Bloggers infiltrate the WSOP - and a good time is had by all.



One of the things I looked forward when planning my trip to the WSOP was meeting up with fellow poker bloggers. I was kind of bummed that I missed the blogger get-together at the beginning of the WSOP, getting to the after party too late to catch the action. Although I'm pretty sure the video I was planning to shoot wouldn't have ever aired on primetime. But I have been lucky to meet up with quite a few of my favorite reads in the flesh.

Of course Pauly is here. I like the fact that Pauly and I work so hard to be bad influences on each other, especially when we are both such pushovers. And earlier this week I finally got to meet the one and only Felicia. And I totally cracked up when she told Pauly he sucked at poker. She is just SO like her blog; no pulled punches. And yesterday Otis blew into town. I’m not sure how you can be irreverent and corporate at the same time. But Otis definitely pulls it off. Flipchipro of course has been here for the duration as LasVegasvegas always has the inside skinny on this town. Although this is not the first time I’ve had the Flipchip pleasure, as he swung by when I was in Vegas for the infamous “Vegas Virgins” shoot. Some guy expectantly introduced himself to me as Hank. Hank? Who the frig is Hank? Oh. HDouble. Wow. His The Cards Speak is always a great read…and I promise to devout some time in another entry bestowing its virtues. Dan from Pokerati was here earlier and is planning to return. I’ve met Dan before, playing in the media event at the WPO this year. As Pokerati also blogs about the legal aspects of poker in my home state of Texas, I keep up with them regularly. And I mentioned in an earlier blog that I got the pleasure of meeting Jen Leo, who continues to pop in and out. Even Lou Krieger has gotten into the WSOP blogging frenzy.

While I always enjoyed the benefits of solo blogging, it turns out blogging orgies are pretty hard to beat.