If poker is a game of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, then writing about poker is quite often seemingly endless monotany interrupted by occasional episodes of exhilaration.
The wonderful staff of writers at Poker News do their very best to make the game fun for readers. I’m constantly marveled at how creative they are in describing what basically amounts to a repeat of cards, hands, and flops that has been seen and reseen many times over. Nothing is original once you’ve been covering this game for a few years. You end up seeing it all. Over and over and over.
What makes the game special, and magical on occasion, are the people and personalities. Even the bizarre moments can be wildly entertaining to read about. Consider the following account posted at Poker News, and linked to the coverage at WSOP.com.
There are many writers here who also do some great work. I wish I had time and space to link to all of those who help to give us different perspectives, as well as a few laughs. My deepest gratitude to everyone who sacrifices their summer to be here at the Rio in Las Vegas.
The following incident which happened right after the dinner break was written about by two outstanding writer-reporters, Remko Rinkema and Rich Ryan:
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