Bluff's Readers' Choice Awards
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 03:45PM I didn't intend to write two entries in a row about The Poker Beat, but today is the last day of voting in Bluff Magazine's Readers' Choice Awards. The Poker Beat has been nominated for Best Podcast, and the six of us who regularly bust our ass to create the show (most for a salary of $0.00) would really love to legitimately call it an award-winning podcast.
The poll closes tonight at midnight. (Not sure of the time zone, so let's say midnight ET, 9:00 pm PT.) If you haven't voted yet, this link will get you started:
Bluff Magazine's Readers Choice Awards
Instead of ending the post here, I figured I'd open up my ballot to let everyone know who and what I voted for. (I always told myself that if I ever got a ballot for the Poker Hall of Fame, I'd publicly reveal my votes.) For another perspective on the Bluff Awards, check out AlCantHang's picks over at the Full Tilt Poker blog -- I'm 75% certain I would have linked to his thoughts even if he didn't pick The Poker Beat as Best Podcast.
Favorite Player of 2009: Phil Ivey
Top TV Poker Show for 2009: World Series of Poker
Favorite Las Vegas Poker Room: Bellagio
Favorite Poker Room Outside of Las Vegas: The Borgata
Top Poker Blog for 2009: Pokerati*
Favorite Online Poker Site: Full Tilt Poker
Favorite Poker Forum: TwoPlusTwo
Favorite Poker Podcast: Poker Road - The Poker Beat
Best Poker Twitter: Erik Seidel
Best Online Poker Player: Tom "durrrr" Dwan
Favorite Poker Villain: Phil Hellmuth
Favorite Poker Personality: Jeffrey Pollack
Favorite Online Poker Resource: SharkScope**
Top Story of 2009: Phil Ivey Makes WSOP Main Event Final Table
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* The toughest vote for me was Top Poker Blog. I don't usually think of Pokerati as a traditional blog, and I definitely don't think of PokerNewsDaily as a blog. If that site got a nomination, then why not Wicked Chops Poker? If I think of traditional blogs, the award goes to Tao of Poker (nominated) or Hard-Boiled Poker (not nominated). But given the choices, I went with Pokerati.com, because that's the one I frequent the most -- the comments are often as informative as the posts themselves.
** I don't use any of the options listed for Favorite Online Poker Resource, but I have heard other people speak favorably about SharkScope, so I voted for it.
If you have questions about any of my other votes, please leave a comment below.
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