A taste for the finest in material things produced a delicate wife, two children and a more than adequate job. However, his craze for success consumed his focus and overpowered his value system. JED played poker and won a national championship. His fame spread. He also won a trucking company in a challenge match game with a fool. The win allowed him to move from being a small executive fish in a big pond to being the big top fish in a small pond and he loved it.