Power Poker Dame

An updated edition of Power Poker Dame is in the works! A curated collection of Wendeen’s articles about the poker world and her connections to the gaming industry, Wendeen’s revisited writings for cover the waterfront and include polished articles from the past decade that have appeared in poker magazines and newspapers across the country and new material that is even more revealing about the game, the players, and the business.

There are investigations of poker mobsters in New York and hijinks scams in poker rooms from New Jersey to California. She offers up profiles of poker personalities, management and business tycoons of the industry. Her stories include the infamous beat down of Internet -based poker by the feds and adventures of fame and fortune among poker players making good and being great at the felt.

Wendeen brings to life, like never before, the business of poker, the mystery and the makings of player careers, the mathematical world of online poker, the brash competition and flubs in poker media and adventures at the tables and beyond the felt in poker broadcast booths, casino parties, and dinners with poker aficionados around the world.

A pioneer for women in business, politics and poker rooms, Wendeen is one of the most experienced female high-stakes No-Limit specialists in both cash games and tournaments. She still looks to poker as “just a hobby,” but notoriously continues to beat up on more than a few of the top-rated pros in major competitions and televised cash games. At the end of the day, Wendeen hints at her special expertise, insisting that mastery of people reading skills is the underpinning of the Power Poker Dame.