Pokerati » Kerri Walsh http://pokerati.com Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:01:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 RE: What Poker can Learn from the Olympics http://pokerati.com/2008/08/09/re-what-poker-can-learn-from-the-olympics/ http://pokerati.com/2008/08/09/re-what-poker-can-learn-from-the-olympics/#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:45:45 +0000 Dan Michalski http://pokerati.com/?p=4194 As mentioned below, I’m currently watching Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh dominate the Japanese in women’s beach volleyball (poker-playing b-baller Jason Kidd is also watching the game, albeit from the stands, not on TV — as the NBA players are apparently making a concerted effort to be part of the Olympic experience) and there’s all this talk about the wonders of the Olympics … the whole world coming together, men, women people from all races, religions, and countries … putting their problems aside to engage in spirited competition … Where else, when else, do you see this sort of thing, an announcer asks …

And though I think he meant it as a rhetorical question … I’ve actually got an answer: in an online poker room. Except instead of every four years, it’s pretty much constant.

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