Women In Poker

Shirley Rosario

  For those of you who may find yourselves playing at a table with Shirley I strongly suggest that you objectify her at your own risk. In the realm of poker she is a true belladonna, a beautiful flower that can kill you if you’re not careful.

  Shirley is a fixture at the Bicycle casino in Las Angeles, California, where she is a prop player. As an employee of the casino she is paid to jump start tables that may be lacking in action. This is the occupation that is tailor made for a professional who is chasing their first WSOP bracelet. Day after day Shirley uses the casino patrons as sparring partners to sharpen her claws on, in preparation for tournament play.

  Satellite tournaments and online games are her normal stomping grounds. By her own admission, she spends almost forty hours a week on the computer in several online poker rooms. There is a method to this madness though. This is how she hones her skill. Shirley is one of the most respected Omaha players in the world today.

  Gender stereotypes being what they are, the mental vision one gets when they think of a poker player is a middle-aged gentleman whose taste in attire is questionable at best with a physique that resembles a potato. Shirley does not fit this image and managed to take everyone by surprise when she played her way into the 2004 WSOP main event.

  Rosario is also a poker insider and writer whose work appears on a number of sites including her own. She has profiled some of the biggest names in the game and documented her experiences with them. Shirley is a rising star in the sport and we look for good things from her in the future.

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Interview With Shirley Rosario

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