Kristen Foxen, Jeanne David, and Starla Brodie had been formally inducted into the Ladies in Poker Corridor of Fame (WiPHOF) on Wednesday throughout a ceremony sponsored by PokerStars on the Plaza Resort and On line casino in downtown Las Vegas.
Brodie, a two-time World Collection of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, handed away in 2014. She was inducted as a pioneer within the recreation as she was one of many first ladies to have ever gained an open WSOP occasion. A handful of her relations attended the ceremony, and her son, Daniel, gave an acceptance speech that introduced the 150 or so attendees into an ovation.
Foxen could not make it to Las Vegas for the festivities as she is busy chasing her sixth WSOP bracelet within the Bahamas on the World Collection of Poker Paradise (WSOPP). She gave an acceptance speech by way of PokerNews with an introduction from 2018 WiPHOF member Maria Ho.
“In my poker profession, I made a decision I used to be fairly decided to attempt to present that girls can compete. I simply needed to be as profitable as I might be,” Foxen, whose husband Alex Foxen is a surefire future Poker Corridor of Fame member (as is she).
David’s Fortunate and Unfortunate Day
Tuesday was, let’s say, an odd day for David, sooner or later earlier than she obtained the best honor of her lengthy poker profession. She defined to PokerNews in a pre-ceremony interview how she went from unhealthy luck to profitable a ClubWPT Golden Passport into the $5 million freeroll that begins on Friday at Wynn Las Vegas.
“Yesterday was an attention-grabbing day,” David mentioned, starting to inform a wild story. “After I discovered that (Foxen) could not make it, I mentioned to one in every of my associates, ‘what occurs if I get sick and may’t make it? What occurs if I get meals poisoning?'”
David did get up on Tuesday with a bout of meals poisoning from her dinner the earlier evening. She turned involved the WiPHOF ceremony must go on with none of the inductees in attendance. However she started to really feel higher later that very same day and she or he met some associates at Wynn the place she knew was holding a drawing for ClubWPT Gold members to earn a seat into the historic freeroll.
The drawing awards extra than simply Golden Passports. Some gamers win free swag, whereas a couple of earned even greater prizes, together with a McLaren GTS luxurious automobile. However David wasn’t anticipating to hit any of essentially the most coveted prizes, after which she turned over the envelope to find she’d gained a Golden Passport and might be competing within the $5 million freeroll this weekend.
“I screamed as a result of it was the Golden Passport, and I used to be so excited and everybody’s congratulating me,” she mentioned.
Sadly, for the previous PokerStars Head of Sport Integrity, her day would take a flip for the more severe. The combined recreation specialist left Wynn and headed to Horseshoe to fulfill a buddy, and that’s the place a taxi driver ran over her foot.
“He ran over my massive toe. I’ve tire tracks to show it,” David defined.
She additionally has a boot on to show the harm, however she was a trooper and made it to the Plaza the next day to present an acceptance speech in entrance of her many associates, together with poker execs Karina Jett and Chip Jett, together with WiPHOF and Poker Corridor of Famer Jan Fisher, the emcee for the occasion. Actress Jennifer Tilly and fellow WiPHOF member Lupe Soto each dazzled the group as effectively.
David is uncommon in that she’s impacted the sport each as a participant and on the operator facet. As the top of recreation integrity for years, she helped combat to persuade lawmakers in Nevada that poker is a recreation of talent.
“For me simply to get into the Corridor is a shock, it actually was, and I’m so honored about this,” the brand new WiPHOF member mentioned.
David had a principally no good, very unhealthy, horrible day on Tuesday. She bought sick and broke her foot. However she did win a seat within the largest freeroll in poker historical past and she or he obtained the glory of a lifetime the next day. So, it hasn’t been all unhealthy. Issues may get even higher for her if she wins the $1 million first place prize within the historic occasion, which takes place through the WPT World Championship competition.
