The Doldrums
Tuesday, August 18, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
We’re smack dab in the middle of August, commonly known as the dog days of summer. It’s hot just about everywhere (in the Northern Hemisphere at least) and even the most ambitious among us want nothing more than to find a bit of shade to relax in and something cool to drink. And the poker world is hardly exempt from this period of the doldrums. The World Series of Poker ended a month ago, and the November Nine doesn’t reconvene for almost three months. The World Series of Poker-Europe doesn’t start for 30 days, and that’s all the way across the Pond. And the 2009 Aruba Poker Classic is six weeks away, close enough to get excited about but far enough away to seem, well, far away. Heck, there isn’t any potential poker legislation news to report because Congress takes August off. If only we could get them to take the other eleven months off…but I digress.
Fortunately for those of us looking for something to distract from the punishing heat ESPN begins it’s marathon coverage of the Main Event tonight. The Worldwide Leader will broadcast 24 hours of Main Event coverage leading up to it’s broadcast of the final table, and yesterday it was announced that ESPN will be televising the WSOP for the next seven years. So that’s something to look forward to, just as the shows that start tomorrow give us a chance to look back at the not-so-distant past (warning, spoilers in the photos below):
Though even as we look back at the Main Event and watch the drama unfold on ESPN, it’s hard not to think about the upcoming Aruba Poker Classic. Because…it’s Aruba:
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