The beautiful thing about the World Series of Poker on ESPN is absolutely nothing. The event originates from Binion's Horseshoe Casino, a low-ceilinged dump in the vagrant's paradise that is downtown Las Vegas. The featured players have the unkempt eyebrows, gothic stares and cadaverous skin tones of Scooby-Doo villains. They are the least attractive people on TV not named Larry King.
Yet in an era when television is dominated by made-up competitions pitting brainless pretty people against other brainless pretty people--Fear Factor, Survivor, etc.--it is the brilliant uglies of the World Series who have provided some of the best human drama...
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