Barbara Enright

The first poker game Barbara Enright remembers playing is a game of heads up with her brother. They started playing for matchsticks and then graduated to playing for pennies. She was four years old at the time. She first played in public card rooms back in 1976. It was the start of an accomplished and long career.

This mother of eleven children was drawn to professional poker because of the freedom it offered – namely the freedom to set her own schedule. She’s a tough competitor who enjoys the challenge of playing poker for a living.

She’s an aggressive player and claims that she has been since she and her brother graduated to playing for pennies. She keeps things in perspective and enjoys playing in tournaments. Barbara has played in tournaments in Europe as well as across America. She believes in making your own luck and playing to win.

Barbara has good people reading skills and counsels aspiring players that people reading skills are essential for playing top-notch poker. While players can learn a lot about the mathematics and statistics of poker from books, the people skills can only be learned during real life play. She sharpens her game online as well, at ParadisePoker.com, where her screen name is ItsOnlyMe.

Barbara is an energetic competitor whose extensive poker accomplishments include the following:

· Won the prestigious private 2003 Aces and Eights Tournament.
· Won two World Series of Poker Ladies Events.
· Won a total of three World Series of Poker bracelets.
· Placed fifth at the 1995 World Series of Poker.
· Ranked sixth on the All Time Women’s Money List.
· Has over half a million dollars career winnings in tournament play.
In 1996, became the first woman to win a major event at the World Series of Poker.