T-minus 18 hours until my first event and counting! Quite amazing to me that the WSOP is here already. After the November Nine ends, the WSOP seems so far away, but it sneaks up on you so fast! The kids can’t appreciate what I’m talking about. For them it’s like Christmas—it seems like it will never arrive. But, as you get older, the merry-go-round spins faster and faster, and there’s no slowing it down. As kickoff nears, the anticipation builds, to where I just want to get on with it. The waiting is driving me crazy.
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The Waiting’s the Hardest Part
May 31, 2011 · No Comments
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It’s World Series of Poker Time Again, With an Ugly Twist!
May 24, 2011 · 1 Comment
The 2011, post-Black Friday WSOP approaches with lots of unknowns, thanks to the actions of the U.S. government. I don’t want to get too in-depth in this blog with the fact that Internet poker has become a political football, and that decisions involving its legalization have more to do with political expediency and money than common sense and fair play, except to say this: I read an article a few years back where the author was contemplating what to call a collection of politicians, i.e. a herd of cows, gaggle of geese, etc. What he proposed was “a scum of politicians”. Perfect!
The neutering of the major sites in the U.S. poses lots of questions for this year’s WSOP, and for the future of poker in general:
