Hard-boiled Poker review
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Most people like taking credit for their work if they have the option to do so or at least enjoy putting their name out there to be seen. However, the author of Hardboiledpoker.blogspot.com prefers to go operate anonymously going by the moniker of Short-Stacked Shamus while dispensing numerous posts about poker.
Overview
Hard Boiled Poker is your traditional blog except the mystery author doesn’t pretend to be some guru or expert. Instead Short-Stacked Shamus admits to being an online low-limit to micro-limit player with a marginal knowledge of strategy. Shamus normally discusses happenings in poker along with his own experiences playing the game.
Look
The things setting Hard Boiled Poker apart from other blogs in terms of looks is the all black background and the 1930’s feel to it. The 1930’s feel comes from all the pictures of old-style reporters and gangsters that decorate the site. A few video clips can be seen here as well.
Content
The content is mostly blog postings by Shamus centering on subjects like his hand histories, simple strategy tips, and what’s going on with regards to poker laws. Some of the fun in reading the content is finding a little bit out about Short-Stacked Shamus. Judging from some of the posts, Shamus is a male who covers WSOP events for Pokernews.com (that’s pretty much all I figured out). Also, he seems to have recently started up a radio show that has been well-received so far.
Unique pros / cons
Shamus’ blog posts are normally pretty entertaining to read (besides the hand histories) and insightful. Visitors seem to have taken pretty well to his pod cast radio show too.
One thing that’s bothersome about the site is that finding the blog posts archives takes a little too much effort since it’s located towards the bottom of the home page.
Bottom Line
This blog is worth checking out from time to time by people who take a casual interest in poker.
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