At least during the World Series of Poker, the NY Times is having a regular poker column! Two interesting articles. First one has a nice short history of the Series, Holdem and strategy:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/sports/othersports/25poker.html?8hpib

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/sports/wsop-journal.html?8dpc

Robert