Poker Stories Podcast: Linda Johnson Talks About The Big Gamble That Led To Her Career In PokerPoker Stories Is An Audio Series That Features The Game's Best Players and Personalities |
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Poker Stories is a long-form audio series that features casual interviews with some of the game’s best players and personalities. Each episode highlights a well-known member of the poker world and dives deep into their favorite tales both on and off the felt.
Linda Johnson, dubbed “The First Lady of Poker” by Mike Sexton, is a real living legend of the game. Johnson has been playing poker for more than four decades, and along the way she won a World Series of Poker bracelet, helped start the World Poker Tour, owned and operated Card Player Magazine, saw the world with Card Player Cruises, and helped found the Tournament Director’s Association, serving on the board.
Johnson was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2011, becoming just the second woman to join the exclusive club after Barbara Enright in 2007. (Jennifer Harman became the third in 2015.) Just last year, Johnson was also given the inaugural WPT Honors Award.
Highlights from this interview include going postal, a big life gamble, blowing off law school for poker, not being married to the president of poker, putting her foot down, defending the live one, making Men the Master lose his hat, being a jet-setter on the high seas, betting on grocery store totals, calling out assholes, final table hot flashes, and forgotten WSOP history.
You can check out the entirety of the interview in the audio player at the top of the page or download it directly to play on the go from iTunes or your favorite podcast app.
Catch up on past episodes featuring Daniel Negreanu, Nick Schulman, Barry Greenstein, Chris Moorman, Bryn Kenney, Mike Sexton, Brian Rast, Jean-Robert Bellande, Scott Seiver, Greg Raymer, Maria Ho and many more. If you like what you hear, be sure to subscribe to get the latest episodes automatically when they are released.
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