PokerDivas founder Ellen Leikind, who turned to cards after years in the Fortune 500, is the author of a book called PokerWoman. “My mother taught me how to play when I was a girl, but once I entered adulthood, I was never invited to the table,” she told the Transom. “It was such a boy’s sport, much like corporate America”…
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This is an entertaining and enlightening book. And dangerous. Take the title seriously: It really is written to give women an advantage in virtually every area of life, from poker to business to personal relationships. Which is the reason every male and female poker player, and non-poker player, should read it. Ellen Leikind analyzes the games of poker and life in a straight-forward manner, with many examples, to make the lessons easy to apply. The transitions can be fascinating. Take ‘Playing with Fire: Trading on Attraction,’ Read it, if only in self-defense.
– Nelson Rose, Editor and Chief, Gaming Law Review