It's been a long time since I started reading a new (as in, new to me) poker blog and liked it enough to point y'all to it. (I live in the South now, so I'm not just allowed to say "y'all"--I'm required to.) But I've now found one that is worth calling your attention to. It's written by Rachel Kranz, and it's called "Adventures in Poker."
I first became aware of it because Jennifer Newell started posting links to it on both Facebook and Twitter a few weeks ago. I thought I'd get around to checking it out sooner or later, but didn't actually do so.
But then Nina (my girlfriend, aka Cardgrrl) told me that she had started reading, too, and was impressed at the quality of the writing. Nina is not easily impressed by blog writing, but she was this time--to the point of saying that she was envious: "If I were still doing my poker blog, I hope it would be that good." So yeah, that got my attention.
And now that I've read the last three posts, I see why both Jennifer and Nina thought it stood out from the field. It's well-written, thoughtful, introspective, brutally honest and even confessional. Really quite compelling.
You might want to go check it out.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
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Two years ago, I had read about Kranz here, so perked up when she came to my table on the second day of the 2015 Seniors WSOP event. She is a writer by trade, so it's no wonder readers appreciate her blog. Oh by the way, I ended up knocking her out of the event with A-K suited all in pre.
liked it enough to point y'all to it
Meant to add this. When it refers to many people, you're supposed to say "all of y'all."
I remember that hand!;) Thanks for the kind words.
Huge thanks to you and Nina for these lovely words!
I used to love Nina's blog. Seeing "cardgrrl" mentioned above was a blast from the past! Also just discovered Rachel's blog after seeing a comment from her this summer on one of Matt Stouts FB posts. Great blog
Rachel, does your blog not allow comments?
Correct. I thought when I started it in 2010 that there was so much trolling in the poker world, I didn't necessarily want to invite that...and now there is even more! People can find me on Twitter, though...:)
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