Betty Carey

[stacy123]

Been a while since I have heard this name. In 1983 Betty took third place in the World Series of Poker. She didn't play in a whole lot of tournaments but had great success in the game.

When she was fourteen, her father died in an auto accident. She had a really hard time dealing with it and began skipping school and becoming unruly. She decided to move out of the house and rented an apartment. Needing to pay the $60.00 rent she started working as a carhop and began to play poker.

The first time she sat down to play she won and her love of the game grew from there.

She said she loved being able to wear blue jeans and not having to impress anyone as a poker player. She said she met a lot of cons on her journeys and once was even robbed at a hotel room she was staying at. Here is what she said about that...

She once got robbed in a hotel room in Billings, Montana, but she didn’t spend any time crying about it, thanks mostly to the .357 Magnum and the .38 she carried. “He grabbed my purse and we struggled,” she explained. “The straps broke and he took off. My gun was in my suitcase and my bullets were in my curler case. I finally found two bullets and went after him. And then a horrible thing happened. I fell down, and he got away. If I’d have caught him, I would have killed him.”

pokernews.com

She played poker like she lived life. She had a kill or be killed mentality. In a poker game in Lake Tahoe, she won $90,000 in just three hours of play!

She traveled all around playing the game she loved and then all of the sudden in the late 80's, she up and retired out of the blue. She lived on a ranch in Wyoming wanting to raise her daughter in peace.

Then in 2008, she came back to play in the World Series of Poker and finished 36th out of the 716 players who entered the $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event.

[Dyno Don]

Good going Betty Carey.

And to all the ladies playing poker, keep up the good work.

Besides, you're a sight for sore eyes after looking at all the guys at the table...

[ClassyTouch]

I think I may have to start playing poker..LOL Ladies put on your best poker face and learn the game.LOL