Playing Poker Like a Girl
Women suck at playing poker. This was the sentiment by many male poker players throughout the years. Then a few dedicated and talent women players emerged on the scene to challenge that poker was just a game for men. Eventually they would pave the way for other women to enter the sport and enjoy great success.
Barbara Enright and the Old School Women Pros
Barbara Enright is probably one of the most recognizable among some of the "old school" women players that have came up the ranks over the years. She is the first woman to every win an open event at the World Series of Poker when she took the PL Holdem bracelet in 1996. In total, she has three WSOP bracelets.
Enright is also the only woman to make the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. She is also the only woman to be a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Other players from the "old school" era include Linda Johnson and Susie Isaacs. Johnson won a bracelet at the WSOP in 1997 in the $1,500 Razz Event and Isaacs won the Ladies event at the WSOP in 1996 and 1997.
New School Pros
Cyndi Violette is considered old school by some and new school by others. Violette brought notoriety to women poker players in 1986 when she won a 7 Card Stud event for nearly $75,000. This was the largest prize ever won by a woman player.
Violette would also become one of only a handful of women to win a WSOP bracelet in an open event when she won the Stud Hi-Lo split event in 2004. For her career, she has won over $1.2 Million in poker tournaments and is considered one of the best 7 Card Stud players on the planet.
Jennifer Harman is the only woman in WSOP history to have Annette Obrestad became the first woman to win a WSOP Main Event when she won the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2007. Obrestad put the world on notice with her win. Women are now a force to be reckoned with in the poker world, and they will be a table to take your money real soon.
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