Ladies and gentleman, we here at Poker News Daily are normally not the type to pat our own backs and toot our own horn, but sometimes we just can’t help ourselves. This is one of those times. Bluff Magazine recently revealed its list of nominations for the 2009 Reader’s Choice Awards and Poker News Daily is one of the four nominees in the Best Poker Blog category.
“Poker News Daily is honored to be nominated for a Bluff Readers Choice Award. We’re thrilled to see that so many players and industry representatives alike have come to Poker News Daily for the latest news and events in the poker world,” said site contributor Dan Cypra.
Poker News Daily is up against some stiff competition in a category that includes a broad spectrum of poker content. The three other nominees in the category are Wicked Chops Poker, Tao of Poker, and Pokerati. For those who may be unfamiliar with our competition, Wicked Chops is a blog that combines the content of a poker news site with the look of Maxim Magazine. The crew reports on major poker news stories with their signature tongue-in-cheek flare and throw in a little T & A for good measure.
The brainchild of Dan Michalski, Pokerati is another news-centric blog with a particular focus on the political dealings of poker. Michalski and company keep tabs on all of the major legislative updates and offer their own editorial insight into how court cases, new bills, and political campaigns will affect the poker world.
The final nomination in the category belongs to Tao of Poker, the personal blog of poker media member Paul “Dr. Pauly” McGuire. A contributor to outlets like Poker News, Bluff Magazine, Poker Player Newspaper, and the PokerStars blog, McGuire also has a poker-themed book coming out soon entitled “Lost Vega: The Redneck Riviera, Existentialist Conversations with Strippers, and the World Series of Poker.” The work will debut sometime next year. A recent post on the site offered several nuggets of wisdom about what to do when visiting Las Vegas.
Like we said, that is a tough line up, so we will say right here and now that we are honored to be alongside such an esteemed group of blogs. Nonetheless, we would certainly appreciate it if you would vote for Poker News Daily. The winners will be announced on Bluff’s website on January 28th and the full list will also be published in the February issue of the magazine.
The Best Poker Blog is just one of 13 categories readers can vote on in this fourth installment of the awards. In the past, the site has honored personal blogs from players such as Daniel Negreanu, but this year the category is dominated completely by more news-related sites. Thanks again to all our readers who keep coming back for your poker news fix day in and day out. We’ll try not to let the accolade get to our head.
