Phil Ivey: Poker's Phenomenon

I'll admit I was originally sucked into the world series of poker wave that swept the nation a few years ago and I enjoy watching it. Suck at playing it but do enjoy watching it. I recently read an article on Phil Ivey, arguably the best poker player in the world, ini ESPN the Magazine. Phil is black and it did get me thinking about how in the events televised on TV, very few are black. They do have an influx of minorities, including Asians, Latinos, and women if you want to look at them as minorities in a predominanlty male sports domain. (I don't agree they should be looked at as minorities but one could make the case that women are.) But there is a glaring lack of African-Americans in these WSOP events. IS it just a lack of "good enough"black players? What is the disconnect here?