My New Column Debuts
Tuesday, June 7th, 2005, 12:04 pm
Just like me to forget to toot my own horn. I’m writing a poker column for a fine publication up in Boston called Barstool Sports. Their motto is “By the Common Man, For the Common Man”, and while it may seem odd that such an elitist snob such as myself would write there, they do have the incredibly redeeming quality of having pictures of girls in bikinis on the cover. Oh, how I’ve dreamed of having my byline in a publication featuring half-naked girls on the cover…I’m actually having a dream right now. And it’s a nice dream, too.
So check out my first column, hope you enjoy it. As my regular readers would expect, there’s no deep thinking about strategy or theory or that crap. No, my first essay is about why you shouldn’t wear goddam sunglasses at the table if you’re playing low-limit poker.
I’m also going to (finally) have some poker-related short stories coming up very soon. One’s almost done, have a few more in the pipe, have a place to publish them. When they’re ready to be unveiled, you shall learn about it here.
8 Responses to “My New Column Debuts”
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November 30th, -0001 at 12:00 am
Good stuff….but I wore them in the WSOP – if nothing else to deflect the gratuitous stares.
June 7th, 2005 at 7:04 pm
Great piece, Gene. I look forward to many more 🙂
June 7th, 2005 at 11:14 pm
Loved the article. Good mix of humor and real info.
June 8th, 2005 at 1:14 am
Added you to my links section in my blog hope you dont mind. Hey live up the road from you in Erie, PA
June 8th, 2005 at 2:11 pm
Mr. Okerlund,
I salute thee.
Keep crushing.
June 8th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
Hey Gene! I’m a Boston native and I read Barstool now and again. As a matter of fact, I read your article last week… good stuff! I even wondered if it was you, then thought “nah, the guy don’t even live here!”
Good luck with the new writing gig… I’ll be sure to pick up Barstool every week from now on.
Marlow
June 8th, 2005 at 5:18 pm
Very well done sir!
June 11th, 2005 at 10:23 pm
Err…I thought I commented on this already, but no…
Great job! Congrats.