Poker writers

First, a brief moment of silence for the departure of Shana Hiatt from the World Poker Tour. Apparently, she is moving on to other endeavors. That, my friends, is a crying shame for poker fans everywhere. The girl is smokin'!

This was forwarded to me at work today. Apparently, Daniel N. has joined the Poker Brat in separate quests for poker world domination.


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Daniel "Kid Poker" Negreanu is unquestionably the top young personality in poker today. His engaging sense of humor and aggressive style of play make him the clear fan favorite and the "good guy" of poker. There’s no attitude about Daniel and that’s why he’s so popular across all of poker’s demographic segments.

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When you visit our website – www.cardsharkmedia.com -- you’ll learn a bit more about Daniel, have the chance to read a sample column, and review a list of upcoming column titles. You’ll even be able to watch a video of Daniel in action as he captures one of his 2004 World Series of Poker titles.

Can we talk about getting your paper on board? Please reply to this email at steve@cardsharkmedia.com or call me at 310-478-4781 with any questions or comments.

I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks for your time,

Steve Miller
President
Card Shark Media

OK, so how do I compete with that? Or for that matter, how does THIS guy compete with that?

www.chuckblountpoker.com

He won $600 playing poker in 2004 and now he is a poker columnist? A syndicated columnist? Man, I've got to give the guy credit for being in the right place at the right time. I'm assuming he was a writer of some sort for San Antone and pitched this column to them (as I did here in Tuscaloosa.) The problem for me is his market is tons bigger. (But I suspect my bankroll is tons bigger, ha ha!)