Extreme sitting

I have to say that I enjoyed last night's Colbert Report, which featured an appearance by Annie Duke. I think the show might have been a repeat, since some of the other material seemed dated, but it was new to me.

I got a good laugh when Stephen Colbert, asking Annie why the popularity of poker had exploded, wondered if it might be an offshoot of extreme sports and is, in fact, "extreme sitting." It's funny because it's true. Annie replied with the standard line about how folding 80 percent of hands is quite boring and that the game can best be described as long stretches of boredom, interspersed with brief moments of terror.

All in all, I think Annie handled herself well during the interview, even mixing it up with Colbert a time or two.

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