RIP Poker Blogs?

[tikay]

I really miss these, but most seem to have fallen by the wayside. Anyone know why?

Where have all the poker blogs gone?

I used to bookmark dozens of them, but these days they are conspicuous by their absence. I suppose the times they are-a-changing, and Twitter and the like is killing them. Shame really, can’t beat a good blog.

Extempore by Paul Dotcom Phillips was a cut above, he used long words and everything, but has long gone. Think he started a family and got a life. Disgraceful.

Hit Squad was James Akenhead, the Chattha Brothers, Praz Bansi, and the tall one, I can never remember his name. Karl someone? Hopeless player, as I recall, had no idea, but he was the only one who could write. James is a restaurateur these days, Praz is a bit of a sports better, and the Chatthas still play. The tall one? Training to be a poker analyst on Sky Poker TV. Good luck him, tough gig that.

The Camel Ruminates was well-named, as Keef Hawkins chewed the cud of sorts. That blog went where other blogs feared to tread. He is a Twitter Camel these days, not blogged for years.

Then there was “The Poker Bastard”. Did we ever decide who that was? Crikey, he blasted a few out of the water, me included, but it was mild compared to what we see on Twitter these days.

Milky Bar Kid. Good Lord. That man (Ben Grundy) played BIG. A typical entry would be: ”I've been sticking to a stringent $40k a day stop loss in the last month.” Not sure he is still playing poker. A great example of a lad that got the lot, and did so quietly.

Talking of which, Get It Quietly was a real gem, written by the sharp-tongued Andy Ward. Think he is also a member of the Twitterati these days.

Sleepless in Fulham was David Young’s missive. All a bit highbrow for me. A well-written and well-read blog, and its author became universally known as “DY”. I can’t abide folks who are known by their initials.


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[Marky147]

Used to read loads of them back in the day, and both Andy Ward's were high on the list of faves.

Quite a few of the Cardrunners guys had blogs that I used to follow, and likewise with the Deuces Cracked coaches, too.

Will have to see if I can dig my old-old laptop out, and check the bookmarks for some of the others.

Yorkypud from Pokernews had a great blog, and there was a lad he was pals with 'would-be', who was a pretty good writer as well.

[tikay]

Used to read loads of them back in the day, and both Andy Ward's were high on the list of faves.

Quite a few of the Cardrunners guys had blogs that I used to follow, and likewise with the Deuces Cracked coaches, too.

Will have to see if I can dig my old-old laptop out, and check the bookmarks for some of the others.

Yorkypud from Pokernews had a great blog, and there was a lad he was pals with 'would-be', who was a pretty good writer as well.

Matt still Blogs, though not very often.

You might enjoy "10 things I won't miss about Las Vegas"......

http://www.yorkypuds.blogspot.co.uk/

[Marky147]

Haha, can't say any of the 10 ever bothered me in the slightest. However, I never had to eat 'dealer food'

[Woodsey]

Haha, can't say any of the 10 ever bothered me in the slightest. However, I never had to eat 'dealer food'

I always get nosebleeds there after a few days the AC is so brutal.

[DungBeetle]

Twitter definitely killed them I think.  I used to love the Lee Watts blog, but he started tweeting tournament updates and after that lost his drive to post tournament reports.

[Marky147]

Haha, can't say any of the 10 ever bothered me in the slightest. However, I never had to eat 'dealer food'

I always get nosebleeds there after a few days the AC is so brutal.

I got nosebleeds the first few times I went out there, but it wasn't the AC that caused them

[Rupert]

Some others (Sorry for .ie links, in Dublin airport)
http://dybydxpoker.blogspot.ie/ Ash Mason - Feb 2012
http://gamblaholic.wordpress.com/ Matt Ashton - May 2014
http://diaryofaluckbox.blogspot.ie/ Jake Cody - Feb 2011
http://fenix35.blogspot.ie/ Ben Dobson - Jan 2014
http://andrewteng.blogspot.ie/ Andrew Teng - Oct 2012

Worth adding Andy Wards SOTA blog too: http://secretsoftheamateurs.blogspot.ie/ (Dec 2012).

Lazy fuckers.

[Rupert]

That's before we even start on the likes of bluescouse, DPommo, Sunday8pm et al. Pretty sure even Dubai made a guest post once upon a time although no trace to be found so I may have dreamt that up

[tikay]

Luckily, we still have Rupert Elder.


http://www.rupertelder.com/

[Rupert]

http://bitharsh.blogspot.ie/ another one I used to enjoy

[cambridgealex]

Not to toot my own horn, but I do about 1/month here

http://alexgoulder.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

No interaction tho sadly. If I didn't enjoy writing so much / enjoy life so much I wouldn't bother.

[tikay]

http://bitharsh.blogspot.ie/ another one I used to enjoy

That was excellent, a great read.

Where/what is he now?

[tikay]

Not to toot my own horn, but I do about 1/month here

http://alexgoulder.blogspot.co.uk/?m=1

No interaction tho sadly. If I didn't enjoy writing so much / enjoy life so much I wouldn't bother.

There's rarely much interaction on blogs though, is there? Its not an easy medium to interact. We read blogs, we don't reply to them. Perhaps that was the problem, especially now that Twitter et al is so easy.

[Eck]

Haha, can't say any of the 10 ever bothered me in the slightest. However, I never had to eat 'dealer food'

I always get nosebleeds there after a few days the AC is so brutal.

I always thought it was the alcohol thinning the blood. Like the AC angle better though, will go with that in future..