A Twitter poll by Allen Kessler has set the sharks amongst the fish in a debate over the value of allowing players unlimited re-entry in the $10k WPT Five Diamond Main Event.

I learned a new word, today.

Cicatrix – new tissue that forms over a wound and later contracts into a scar.

Poker players are riddled with cicatrix. You can’t see them. Poker isn’t Jaws or Lethal Weapon. Sure, you have the same scenes, with people sharing wounds in the form of bad beats, but you can’t peel away the skull and reveal your inner pain and suffering, like Quint and Riggs.