The World Series of Poker is just ONE DAY AWAY!  Players from all over are already beginning to descend upon Vegas and beginning their pre-WSOP preparations.   The poker media is in town having their pre-WSOP meetings and Harrah’s has been in meetings for the last couple of days in preparation. What have I been doing?  Playing video poker and watching Doctor Who mostly.   While that may not be the most exciting preparation for the WSOP, we have a long six weeks ahead of us.

With the 2010 World Series of Poker just 3 days away, I figured it was time to introduce everyone to one of the features of this summer’s WSOP coverage.   As part of the 2010 WSOP coverage, I will be bringing you the Poker Junkie Podcast this summer.   Melissa Castello will be joining me in bringing you this segment throughout the summer.   The attached Youtube “video” is a pre-WSOP edition of the Poker Junkie Podcast.

Australian internet tycoon Daniel Tzvetkoff has decided to plead not guilty of having transmitted funds to illegal online gamling. He’s taking the position that poker is not gambling, a truth that I’ve claimed in a previous blog post[[sitetree_link,id=904]]. While other gambling CEOs have chosen to bargain their way out of messy legal situations, Tzvetkoff’s decision to call down the DOJs aggressive play will force them to show their cards. Tzvetkoff is playing a high stakes game, to say the least.

I have some bad news to report. Unfortunately, the “Poker Junkie Monkey” will not be making its way to the 2010 World Series of Poker. For some reason, I was unable to locate the monkey before coming out here. As such, I now have a new mascot for the 2010 WSOP.

Well it is one week until I leave for Vegas.   I am excited and nervous at the same time.   This will be the biggest tournament of my life.   I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do.

*If you wonder whether there are in fact any poker bots out there, I have the answer for you. * *Easy download and installation* *There are poker bots out there* *Easy come easy go*.

It appears the Poker2Nite is no more, or at least according to the twitter’s of Joe Sebok and Scott Huff. Poker2Nite was a poker news program that started on Fox Sports Net and then moved to Versus for season 2. The program was cancelled due to sponsors not renewing according to a twitter from Huff. I wish I could say that this was shocking.

Cab ride to the Rio: $20 WSOP T-shirt and Hat Combo: $20 for the cheap one Entry to Event #3: $1,000 Tip to cocktail waitress: $1 Satellite entry to $1,500 WSOP event: $175 Doyle’s Brunson Autobiography: $19. 99 Date with that good looking blonde passing out flyers: $534. 32 and that’s just for a hug at the end of the night Staking Eskimo Clark in an event: $1,500 Staking T. J.

Daniel Negreanu in his recent blog talked a bit about things that are in the “best interest of poker. ” He goes over several things that he said are in the best interest of poker. The first was the continued elimination of WSOP rebuy events. He says that the events skew history and give guys like him the advantage of being able to get deep in the events.

You have probably been waiting for the follow-up on my revolutionary study aimed at shedding light on the mysteries surrounding poker’s early days. Today I proudly present to you the second part in this very long, multi-part essay. Part I of The Origins of Poker[[sitetree_link,id=1645]] left off after the sacking of Babylon. A tribe of traveling hippies on a pilgrimage to central Asia in honor of Ma Gu, the goddess of Hemp, saved the knowledge of Poker from being lost forever.