Amy and Jen talk about the Ladies WSOP.  Amy's favorite male player is revealed. Jennifer talks about her private lesson with Vanessa Rousso, and what pro poker player was in the chess championships - can you guess?

Welcome to the New Women's Poker Hour with your hosts:

Jennifer Shahade (Chess Bitch)

Jennifer Shahade is a Philadelphia based gamesplayer and writer. She is the author of Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport, co-author of Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess, and the editor of uschess.org.

Jennifer is forever in search of new ways to present games. 2009 was a particularly fruitful year for this: She created hula-chess and naked chess with DimMak Films and roulette-chess with artist and curator Larry List. Jennifer is currently in post production for two 2010 video projects, a feminist poker fairy tale and a reality chess TV show.

Going deep in the Ladies World Series of Poker in  2007 (17th out of over 1200 players) and 2008 (33rd out of 1190) are among Jennifer's poker career highlights. She also played in the WSOP Main Event for the first time in 2009. You can follow her poker results and thoughts on poker on her website.

Jennifer is the co-founder of 9queens, a Tucson based non profit. Jennifer is also a live commentator and an organizer of the 2010 US Chess Championships, hosted by another non-profit, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

Find out more about her on jennifershahade.com and follow her on twitter and facebook.

Amy Zupko (Princess)

Amy Zupko has enjoyed the poker industry in both a personal aspect since 2001 and in a professional capacity since 2004. As a moderator for WomensPokerClub, a position she still enjoys, she is able to see first hand the trials, tribulations and successes of women in poker and give them a voice through her writing.

As poker writer she has worked for Woman Poker Player Magazine (print version), authored the weekly column “Women’s Poker Spotlight” for PokerNews.com, contributed to the book “Women’s Poker Night:Stories and Strategies from the Feminine Side of the Felt,” and now has come full circle to write again for “Woman Poker Player” online. Her articles include interviews with professional players and cover vast range of topics.

Amy looks forward to bringing her expertise and giving listeners a new look at the poker industry through Women’s Poker Hour.

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