There are weeks when coming up with five thoughts about issues surrounding the poker community is a tough thing to do. This was not one of them.
The biggest buy in tournament in the history of the game went off amid continued public debate as to who should and should not be allowed to play. The Poker Hall of Fame made a decision to induct two new members and even more debate heated up over how they go about doing that.
Outspoken Brit William Kassouf dominated ESPN's coverage of the 2016 World Series of Poker Main Event for all the wrong reasons again, and the doors were finally closed on one of poker's most hallowed halls.