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Posted by on May 16, 2014 in Blog, General Poker, Personal, World Series of Poker | 7 comments

The Best Seat in the House: A Short History of Poker Tournament Reporting

 

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1990 world champion Mansour Matloubi, watched closely by the poker press corps

 

If winning a major poker tournament represents the game’s greatest glory, reporting on such events can sometimes be its worst drudgery.

In this column, I look back at poker writing and tournament reporting over the years and gives thanks to those who blazed the trail to the present day.

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Posted by on May 6, 2014 in Blog, General Poker | 5 comments

The Story Behind ESPN’s Documentary of “One of a Kind” (Stu Ungar’s Biography)

 

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“One of a Kind: The Rise and Fall of Stuey ‘the Kid’ Ungar” was released nine years ago this week, in May of 2005.

As a first-time author, finishing that book provided relief more than any sense of personal accomplishment.  To this day, I’d like to go back and re-do the entire process all over again.  I’d be especially eager to repeat my one-on-one interviews with Stuey, if that were possible.  I just think they could have been done better.

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