A Little Self-Pimpage

Vanity is not one of my dominant personality traits, but even I am not above linking to a couple of things I've written this week that appear on other sites:

* All of this month, I'll be writing final-table recap posts of World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) events over on the PokerStarsBlog. My first effort covered Event #1, $215 NLHE 6-max, and appeared yesterday morning. You'll also find recaps by Change100, Jen Newell, Drizz, Pauly, Shamus, and Kevin Mathers.

It is no hyperbole to say that the PokerStarsBlog's WCOOP team is one of the most talented groups of poker writers you'll find assembled on one web page. Brad Willis -- an excellent writer himself -- is at the helm of this outstanding crew.

* I've become an occasional contributor at Out of the Storm News, a web publication of the Heartland Institute’s Center on Finance, Insurance and Real Estate (FIRE). The Heartland Institute is a non-profit organization that strives to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to a wide range of social and economic problems. It should be no surprise that my first contribution is on internet poker and the UIGEA, although future pieces most likely will not have any gaming angle.

* I have a few post ideas that I'm hoping to pound out on this page later this week. I've even written them down this time around so I don't forget them.