Owen Laukkanen covered the WSOP and other tournament poker since 2006. I always enjoyed his stories. He wasn't much for cardplay or poker theory, but he captured a lot of the fun, craziness and sleaze in the poker business and poker celebrity business.

Anyway, he's just come out with a crime novel titled The Professionals. It has only a few brief mentions of poker, but you can recognize some of his characters from tournaments. I recommend the book if you like that kind of thriller.