Barbara Enright, Jennifer Tilly, Susie Isaacs, Marsha Wolak, Starla Brodi, Nani Dollison, Lisa Hamilton, Kristen Bickell. The list of names of previous champions is impressive, and now we can add another name to the list: Jacquelyn Scott. Yesterday the 66-year-old part-time poker player and realtor won one of the most …
It took 52 events before we got our first female bracelet winner at this year’s World Series of Poker. With only 16 events left on the schedule it began to look as though we wouldn’t crown a female champion this summer. But then Carol Fuchs emerged and took down one …
The World Series of Poker launched 11 new events this summer. One of the more popular has been Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold’em with 90-minute long levels and a 7,500 starting stack. A lot of players – 1,914 overall – liked the structure and signed up to play, …
In 2005 actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly won her first bracelet at the World Series of Poker. Now 10 years later, she is in contention for her second gold bracelet in Event #32: $5,000 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em. Day 2 of the event saw 190 players return to the Amazon …
In an interview with PokerWomenNews leading up to the WSOP, actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly said that shorthanded poker is her favorite game: “I believe the shorthanded tournaments are the purest form of poker, since you can’t wait around for cards, there’s a lot more bluffing, and maneuvering going …
After 13 hours of play Day 3 of WSOP Event #20: $1,500 has concluded with 5 players left. The event had 1,844 entries, but at the start of Day 3 only 35 players remained. Poker pro Natasha Barbour from Tampa, Florida, was among the players who returned on Day 3, …
The first final table at the World Series of Poker with two female players is a reality. Yesterday both Elizabeth Montizanti and Kitty Kuo won their second tables in Event #14: $1,500 Shootout. After winning their first tables on Thursday and advancing to Day 2 with 100 other players, Montizanti and …