In February 2017 Ema Zajmovic made history when she became the first woman to win an open World Poker Tour main event. This huge accomplishment was celebrated at the American Poker Awards in Los Angeles with Zajmovic claiming the Poker Moment of the Year award, ”THE moment that will remain …
Playing poker professionally and raising a family with kids? Forget it! It’s hard to find two universes that collide more. Poker with its combination of chance and skill and the everlasting pressure to do well and deal with anxiety in a stressful casino environment is a huge contrast to the …
In the spring of 2017 Maria Konnikova began her poker journey in Monaco. The Ph.D. in psychology and writer for magazines like The Atlantic and The New York Times and author of two best-selling books Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes (2013) and The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It …
Rachel Kranz (1955-2017) was a bit of a Renaissance woman. She was a playwright, a poker player, a novelist, a ghostwriter and a theatre director. In the early hours of Monday morning, she passed away after battling ovarian cancer for the last few months. What a loss for the poker …
Mixed game pro Esther Taylor-Brady (aka E-Tay) has been running hotter than hot this summer, and she has impressed not only with her play but also with her demeanor on and off the felt. But more on that later. Coming into this year’s series Taylor-Brady had eight WSOP cashes to …
When cash game player Jaclynn Moskow uploaded a new post on her blog Thursday, she threw a hand grenade into the poker community that made Twitter and other social media explode. Now three days later the thread “What happened to Jaclynn Moskow on Poker Night in America” on the 2+2 …
Every year, we see more and more successful women in poker. 2016 is no different as we’ve already seen a number of ladies go deep in major tournaments. But how are some of the more-famous female players doing? We caught up with James Carter from PokerStop.com and he gives us …
Spanish pro Leo Margets has announced on Twitter that she is parting ways with PokerStars to pursue other projects and new adventures: Nuevo año, nuevas aventuras! Se acabó una etapa con Stars y empieza otra con proyectos muy apetecibles. Ganas de exprimir el 2016! — Leo Margets January 2, …
It’s been a while since we last saw Vanessa Rousso at the poker tables. The popular pro has been focusing on a career in music; DJing with Lisa Pittman under the appropriate name Deuces, and studying composition, music theory and digital production on the side. This year she participated in the latest season …
Sixth time’s the charm for Jennifer Harman who will be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, Class of 2015, together with John Juanda on November 6 at Binion’s Gambling Hall. Harman is only the third woman to make the cut and follow in the footsteps of Barbara Enright (2007) and Linda …