For twenty years I have managed to cobble together a plethora of revenue streams: galleries, art festivals, workshops, public demonstrations, private art lessons and commissions. I consider myself I grinder in the art circle. Joey Knish is labeled as a 'grinder', making money by playing poker his entire life, never getting rich, but grinding it out through his many connections rather than gunning for the big score at some high-stakes poker tournament. John Turturro plays the role of Joey Knish, modeled after poker legend Joel 'Bagels' Rosenberg, center of the New York poker world who died in 2014 at age 58. but I love good movies about the card-playing lifestyle, and I have watched none better than 'Rounders'. He's been a rounder, earning his living at cards. Studio Eidolons Joey Knish is a New York legend.