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Queen high: as a woman on the World Poker Tour, I've discovered the best way to gain a man's respect: walk away with his money.

Publication: Texas Monthly
Publication Date: 01-JUN-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Queen high: as a woman on the World Poker Tour, I've discovered the best way to gain a man's respect: walk away with his money.(As told to/ stories from Texans in their own words.)

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I started playing poker when I was about fifteen years old. I dated a boy in high school, and we would go to his house and play Texas hold 'em and seven-card stud with his parents. We played every weekend, and his parents expected us to make good on our bets. I improved by playing at friends' houses, and five years later I was making a profit at poker, supplementing my work as a travel agent in Dallas. It wasn't until I went through a divorce that I started going to casinos in Shreveport to play on the weekends.

Now I'm playing on the...

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