You could win the lottery or inherit the family fortune. Or, you could quit the grind of a mundane job, take the poker skills you have fine-tuned as an online player, and try your hand at professional poker.
The man nicknamed Temple of Doom by Vince Van Patten seemed to live up to the name. No, he wasn't tearing out beating hearts or baiting Indiana Jones, but he did have a very sour face, hardly ever smiling despite sitting at the final table of the Doyle Brunson North American Championship during Season Four of the World Poker Tour. The man was Don Zewin, and he may have been pouting because he was the short stack and couldn't play.