Women In Poker

Susie Isaacs: From Nashville to "Cashville"

  She may have been born in Nashville, Tennessee, but Las Vegas is now home to one Susie Isaacs - a well-respected woman of poker. As a little girl her older male cousins had her keep watch for parents who might learn of their hidden poker games. This early exposure to the game prompted her interest and she started playing herself once she learned how to count.

  Isaacs competitive spirit was evident at an early age. The game was so important to her that she sold off her prized comic books to finance her first bankroll. Many years later in 1986 she moved to Las Vegas and the lure of poker prompted her to learn as much as she could about the sport.

  The studying paid off - in a history making kind of way for Isaacs. In 1996 and 1997 she earned the coveted title of the first woman to win the World Series of Poker ladies championship. In 1998 she gave her best to win the million dollar pot and placed 10th in the World Series of Poker $10,000 event.

  Isaacs plays poker as well as she writes about it. She maintains a regular column called "Chip Chatter" in the Poker Player newspaper. Despite her schedule as a cash and title-winning professional tournament regular, Isaacs writes for various poker media including the Poker Digest, Card Player magazine, Casino Player, and Strictly Slots. She even penned her own story called, "Ms. Poker - Up Close and Personal" in 1999 and is working on a sequel.

  By telling her own story through her writings she hopes to see society give poker players the respect they deserve for playing the sport and wants more women involved with poker.

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