Poker Blogger of the Month
Poker Grub
The Poker Grub is maintained by a "brother and sister" team of poker players who call themselves Grubby & Grubbette.
This team is no-nonsense poker aficionados. The seriousness of their love for the game is depicted, ironically, at the caricature that welcomes you on their homepage that says: Will Play Poker for Food.
And it's perfect to set the mood of their poker rantings and ravings, too.
Grubette, as their profile describes her, solely plays live unless tempted online into a blogger tournament.
"Years ago she dragged grubby away from awful blackjack and slots to try poker at Bellagio. Months later after losing his way in 7-card-stud, the siblings grub were at The Palms and grubette suggested Hold'em because "you can play while drunk." Both haven't looked back since."
Their blog entries include the usual discussion of issues now surrounding our favorite game and their adventures or misadventures in and around the tournament circuit. Plus you are bound to pick up some tips on which hand to play or not depending on the poker situation.
No they don't give out tips outright, you just learn by reading how they played their hands -- they would either win or lose. But you can use their experiences in your own playing time.
Grubby had a pretty cool section here called: Grubby's Hands of the Week. Unfortunately it's been ages since he last updated it. Here's hoping he'll breathe new life into it.
Grubby & Grubbette also uses this blog to, well, record down non-poker related yet funny stuff in their daily whatnots. Like this one:
"Going to the bathroom today, I dropped my lighter in the toilet. In one of those life-flashing-before-your-eyes moments, this is what I thought in the space of a few seconds:
Did I pee yet? Could I just flush it? No, then marine animals would eat it and die and their deaths would be on my hands..."
And how do they feel about the passing of the Anti-Online Gambling & Poker bill? Grubby gives us a piece of his mind:
"I don't think it helped online poker's cause when poker sites went public or began mainstream advertising or introduced blackjack and other casino games, blurring the line between poker being mostly a skill game.
We won't fully know the impact of how this will affect not only the estimated $6 billion spent per year by online gamblers (with a good third from poker and a good half coming from the U.S.) but also the multi-billion-dollar advertising revenue that will be lost.
It's all so ridiculous, telling people what they can and can't do with their money. What is this, the 1920s?"
