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The Tragedy of Poker

This is the final article that will appear at Poker Uncensored, as the Founder is retiring from poker journalism effective July 7, 2025. In 2015, I didn’t personally know anyone who had killed themselves, died from overdosing on drugs, or murdered their spouse to try to cover gambling debts. I knew suicide, drug abuse, and problem gambling were things that existed, I just didn’t personally know anyone it impacted. Then I started playing poker. I then started writing about poker. A decade later people I sat down with at the poker table in New England had actually killed themselves and overdosed on opiates. One I played with actually did murder his wife hoping to collect an insurance payout to cover gambling debts. He was found guilty of Murder by a jury, his appeals denied, and now his children get to spend the rest of their childhood with no mother and a father who is locked up in jail for life. Poker is filled with people who are misogynists and homophobic. In no other community have ...

The World is Obsessed with Love

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We are obsessed with love. Love is not just something that people seek, but something that people are entertained by. Bachelor in Paradise returns to ABC and Hulu in less than a month, but that’s just one television program of dozens that focus on journeys to find love. You have Million Dollar Matchmaker, Love is Blind , Love Island , Farmer Wants a Wife , The Bachelorette, Jewish Matchmaking , Married at First Sight , 90-Day FiancĂ©e , and many more. There are, of course, television programs that totally flop, but others have been renewed season-after-season. The Bachelor started with a single man looking to find love and grew into a franchise with spin-offs such as Bachelor Pad , Golden Bachelor, The Bachelorette , Listen to Your Heart , and even international shows such as Bachelor Canada, Bachelor Japan , and The Bachelor: Love in Paradise in Europe. The majority of Americans are more likely to tune into a reality dating show that to watch televised poker. You can find reality ...