Five Great Poker Blogs to Read
Bloggers. Long despised by staid mainstream outlets as nothing more than a collection of overweight cheetoh-bingers not possessed of enough skill to make it in the 'real-world media' who opt instead to give voice to their rage and shortcomings from a lonely PC in a basement somewhere, likely belonging to their parents.
Hogwash. I have little doubt that the projections of the frustrated 'real-worlders' voicing these things is derived solely from the fact that they want to try and deflect attention away from their various secret Cheetoh-binging shames. There is only one cure for this: Go grab a Super-Size bag of the fried orange goodness, smoke a bowl, and learn to love again.
And while you're working on that, you can check your RSS Reader to make sure you are subscribed to these Top 5 Poker Blogs. Ponder their individual significance, and rediscover the virtue that lies within countless layers of degeneracy.
(In no particular order....)
#1--Guinness and Poker
403rd best Hold'em player in the world. The Blogfather. A midget utilizing razor sharp wit plus advanced cut and paste-fu skills to bring your workplace productivity to heel. If you haven't been reading Iggy (or god forbid, know nothing of his many triumphs over vertical adversity), please slap yourself and correct this situation post-haste.
#2---Tao of Poker
Dr. Pauly consistently cranks out loads of content for a ridiculous number of different blogs (including here at LVV). Through his home base at The Tao he keeps Gonzo reporting alive and well, reporting from the trenches of poker tournaments worldwide. Drugs, hookers, and profligate gambling of all sorts--all the stuff suburbanite breeders with responsibilities wish they could do, experienced from the safety of a desktop.
#3---Up for Poker
Otis, G-Rob, and Luckbox (CJ)--Three completely different takes on the same issue or off on their own tangents. If you can't find content you like from at least one of these three action-junkies then you're likely either Amish or dead.
#4---Bill Rini
Bill has been a big part of the poker blogging world for a very long time. There's really only one word for this site: solid. Whereas most blog content is a lot like Chinese food (you'll need to eat again in a half hour or less) whereas a greater portion of servings from Rini is akin to a Lumberjack breakfast-you know you're going to have to take a seat and digest for a while. Bill also posts about is world travels, which is a nice bonus.
#5---Wicked Chops Poker
Lotta Poker news and reportage, plus GIRLS. While the others mentioned here have been around longer, this site is more than deserving of its spot on the list due to their quality implementation of the concept, rather than the concept itself. The concept, of course, being much like pizza, which is still good, even when it's not. And it's probably NSFW, even though it is technically.
I would be remiss in not also mentioning the Rev. AlCantHang, another poker blogging veteran, world traveler, and wholly unique drunken-partying entity (as in, they spring up wherever he is present). Like WCP, it's poker and girls, but with more booze (much more) and is probably even less safe for work.
Thus saith the Lord.
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