In the first part of our interview with novelist, ghostwriter, journalist, and poker player Rachel Kranz we discussed her work with mental coach Jared Tendler, the way women and particularly older women are perceived at the poker table, and her experience playing Chino Rheem heads-up in the 8-max event at …
Rachel Kranz, known on Twitter as “AdventuresPoker,” is indeed an adventurous person and very far from the general conception of a poker player. She’s a woman, she turned 60 this year, and away from the tables she works as a novelist, playwright, journalist, and ghostwriter. In 2000 she published her …
Not at lot of poker players had heard of Twitch before 2014, but when the livestreaming video games platform introduced poker among its services in late 2014, it exploded. Jason Sommerville became the public face of Twitch and drew thousands of followers to his broadcasts, where they could watch him …
2013 was the year Loni Harwood broke into the mainstream poker scene after capturing a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 NLH Event and topping a field of 2,541 players. She final tabled 3 events and cashed in 6 events overall. Last year Harwood was not able to complete the series …
On January 31 Esther Taylor-Brady, know as E-Tay, was at the six-handed final table of the World Poker Tour Borgata. We caught up with E-Tay to hear more about her final table experience and to get her take on some of the hands she played. It’s been more than a …
On December 2nd, Poker Night in America filmed a ladies only 25-50 no limit holdem cash game. The game was livestreamed online and episodes begin airing on CBS Sports Network on January 5. PokerWomenNews sat down with professional poker player Dr. Jaclynn Moskow to ask her about her experience playing …
The countdown to Ladies’ Night on Poker in America has begun. On Tuesday ten of the most accomplished and feared female pros will sit down in a all-female cash game for the first time. And you can watch too! The lineup is: Vanessa Selbst, Natasha Barbour, Danielle Andersen, Jessica Dawley, Jamie Kerstetter, Lauren Billings, …
When the televised poker show Poker Night in America announced that it was going to host a ladies-only cash game with some of the biggest and most accomplished female pros, the excitement was huge. Who was going to participate in the first televised all-female cash game? On Twitter Poker Night …
Just a year ago, in November 2013, Yaxi Zhu played her first live tournament. It was the WPT National China. The final table of six played out in South Korea in December after a break and Yaxi Zhu finished in 4th place for $80,650. Since then the young Chinese has …
The WPT Montreal is about to kick off on November 20. with the first of three starting flights. The event will conclude on the 26. with a new champion being crowned. PokerWomenNews caught up with Canadian poker player Thi Nguyen (aka Tea Newyen), who’s had great success at the Playground …