The Hurbicide Guru

There was a time not so very long ago, when we all believed that we could be the next great poker thing. Just at the moment when it became possible for someone to make a living off of their celebrity status as a online poker player, the online poker was flush with optimism that such rankings were based on merit. We were told, as players, that if we were good enough, if we studied hard enough, and if we practiced enough, we too could get our fifteen minutes of fame. Well, fifteen minutes have now passed, and many of us have been left on the shadier side of the street. We are not bathed in the light like the poker celebrities. We are the amateurs.

The problem with this development is that we no longer root for our own. Instead of championing the geniuses of our rank, we turn to those that are already established. We turn to the poker celebrities because they had the skill to succeed when we could not. They are the celebrities, and we are the adoring masses. We have found new poker gods, however, but lost our dreams. Maybe it’s time we realize that the poker celebrities are not everything they are supposed to be. We need to find new idols.