Poker

I've avoided putting any poker articles here in the past. It's something I'm interested in and like to read about, but I don't really consider it a sport. But the recent boom in the game's popularity has created a question in newsrooms: How much coverage does it deserve. It's particularly relevant during the World Series of Poker, which is currently going on in Vegas. So I've included a few links today to some poker-related stuff.

Card Player.com has continual updates of the main event.


Steve Rosenbloom, who may be the best regular journalist at covering poker, has a look at player's desire for bracelets.


The New York Times has James McManus, author of Positively Fifth Street, covering the World Series of Poker for them.


Jay Lovinger has a daily World Series of Poker updated every day for ESPN.

Rosenbloom is doing a blog from there.

The Dallas Morning News has an interview with David Williams.

Both Las Vegas papers had much lesser poker coverage than I thought.