Poker’s a sport (I said it), but where can I play at Yale?
For this column, I am invoking the fifth rule of 21st-century sports coverage: If ESPN covers it, it’s a sport.
Next week, I may write about bass fishing or the Iditarod. This week you get poker.
I was first introduced to cards by Mel Gibson. When I was five years old, I saw the movie “Maverick” with my dad and my sister, then three. Mel plays a freewheeling 19th-century gambler, Maverick, with one shot to prove he’s the best card player in all the Wild West, even if it costs him the $25,000 entrance fee for the tournament. The movie’s triumphant climax takes place on a...
Poker is not a sport. Plain and simple. Write about sports bucko.
Not a sport.
If you're somehow unaware, there is ample opportunity to play the real thing. Connecticut is home to the largest casino in the world (Foxwoods) and the two largest in the US (Foxwoods, Mohegan Sun).
Go to the train station, catch the bus to the casinos, and you'll be there in an hour.
Foxwoods is currently hosting the World Poker Finals.
Clever work. We look forward to next week's column.