Achieving respect and credibility as a media personality is no small accomplishment. I know that from experience; I've succeeded in two separate disciplines of journalism. In more than a decade, I'd never met anyone who was as dedicated enough, and perhaps crazy enough, to have done the same. Not until I was introduced to Kimberly Lansing.

The anchor for the hugely successful World Poker Tour, Kimberly has an enviable resume that starts with working as an entertainment reporter for the Associated Press, and boasts well-known names like Us Weekly, InStyle, WireImage and People Magazi...

As the World Poker Tour's tenth season kicked off Thursday in Los Angeles, WPT CEO Steve Heller promised that the benchmark run will be "unlike anything seen before in the poker world."

That's a tall order. The WPT has been a mainstay on television since 2002. Along the way, it's become the most recognizable brand in the poker world. There's a subscription website (clubwpt.com), a magazine, a poker boot camp, a video game, DVD's and merchandise all bearing the WPT name. It still stands tall as one of the premier institutions for poker players, second only to the prestigious World...