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 Barbara Enright has been
playing poker since she was a child. During her career, she has achieved a lot of things that her male counterparts only dream of.
Her accomplishments alone make her stand out and when you add in the fact that she is beating men at "their game",
it only makes it that much more awesome.
Barbara played in a poker room for the first time in 1976. She began making more money than she did from her previous jobs
as hairstylist, bartender, and cocktail waitress. She eventually quit her "normal" jobs and started playing poker full-time.
In 1986, she won her first bracelet at the World Series of Poker in the Women's 7-Card Stud event and pocketed $16,400. She
was the first woman to win two gold bracelets when she won the Ladies Seven Card Stud event again in 1994. In 1995, she
finished in the money in the Pot Limit Holdem event at the WSOP and then less than two weeks later; she did what no other
woman has been able to do. She made the final table in the Main Event and finished in 5th place. Unfortunately for her,
Brent Carter decided to call her all-in bet with 63 suited and he
outdrew her. One year later, in 1996, she was the first
woman to win three WSOP bracelets and the first to win one in an open event. That bracelet was earned in the Pot Limit
Holdem event.
In between her World Series of Poker accomplishments, she was making her mark on other tournaments. She has numerous first
place finishes in major events including the Diamond Jim Brady tournament, the Legends of Poker, and the Hollywood Park
Poker Derby.
At the Legends of Poker in 2000, she won the best all-around player when she made 6 final tables in a wide variety of games.
She final tabled in Limit Holdem, No Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low, Seven Card Stud, and A-5 Lowball. She also made the final
table in the player appreciation tournament. Her award for finishing best all-around was a new car.
Barbara was one of the players in the television show, Poker Royale: Battle of the Ages. The show featured six older players
and six younger players. Some of the other players included
TJ Cloutier,
Dan Harrington,
Miami John Cernuto,
Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh,
Erin Ness, and
Evelyn Ng.
In 2007, Enright was the first woman to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame along with the poker brat,
Phil Hellmuth. The WSOP Commissioner said, "The criteria and
standards for induction into the Hall of Fame are high. A gambler must have played against top competition for high stakes,
played well and gained the respect of his or her peers, and stood the test of time. Barbara and Phil clearly meet these high
standards, and we are delighted to welcome them into the Hall of Fame as the Class of 2007."
Barbara can still be found playing tournaments when her schedule allows. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of Woman Poker
Player magazine and is involved with Cardplayer Magazine humor columnist, Max Shapiro. They reside in Los Angeles. He told me,
"Barbara and I met [in 1995] when each of us was chosen to host an event at the first Legends of Poker, and began living
together soon after. We were supposed to be married a couple of times when first Crystal Park and then the Bike offered to
stage the wedding, but tournaments came up for her and we never got around to it. One of these days, I guess." |
