Great video of one of my favorite players - fellow Canuck Daniel Negreanu. He’s the nicest guy in poker and a consistently compelling TV star of poker. But here he seems to be on the end of a long run of getting shafted. Great Television. But a hell of a bad hand for Daniel. - Scott Pilson swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/zxy4XUgZfBo&rel=1&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0",...

What is it, exactly, that makes a sport? Is it competition? Referees? Scorekeeping? Teams? Large Prizes? Is Poker a Sport??? If all sports have these elements, then you may like to count poker as a certifiable sport. Most of these criteria seem obvious enough. Competition is inherent, especially...

Let me start out by asking my fellow male comrads whether they can subscribe to a few behavioral ecological situations that can arise when your typically hapless poker guy makes his way to a table. Let me set the scene: 22 yr old slick boy approaches the table looking serious and waaaay tougher that...