READ: Eileen Sutton on Poker - Playing the Girl Card in NY
Eileen Sutton party-crashed her way into the poker world, found that she liked being one of the guys and now calls her rebellion part of her nature as a poker warrior.
Sutton, a writer and poker player in New York, recently published an essay of hers on Salon titled ��Poker for girls: In New York��s male-dominated world of underground poker, I found my true strength.�� She is also the author of The Total Poker Manual published through CardPlayer.
But now, in this inner look at the gritty and war-zone-like gambling scene in New York, she reveals how she found poker through a corporate networking event, enjoyed the jolt of heroism each hand made her feel, faced huge losses, brushed off old traumas, and ultimately ended up as the ��lone member of her own Fight Club.��
A couple excerpts from the post:
Rough games aside, opponents became friends and crooked foster parents �� harsh yet tender substitutes. Make money, be less alone bellowed this weird new tribe.
Frankly, I��m like them. Poker seduces my vulgar tomboy nature into a kind of exquisite bloom. My f-bombs are now legendary.
Read the full article here on Salon.com.
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