Colette Doherty is an Irish poker player.
In her career, she won the
Irish Poker Open
The Irish Poker Open is the longest running No Limit Texas hold 'em poker tournament in Europe and second longest in the world after the World Series of Poker.
First organised in 1980 by Terry Rogers, a well known Irish bookmaker, the tournam ...
twice, including in its inaugural year, 1980, and again in 1991.
She is also noted as the first European and first female player to play in the
World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments held annually in Paradise, Nevada and, since 2004, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. It dates its origins to 1970, when Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker pla ...
, a position she earned through her first Irish Poker Open win, in a deal with Terry Rogers.
She also made two appearances in
Late Night Poker
''Late Night Poker'' is a British television series that helped popularize poker in the 2000s. It used "under the table" cameras that enabled the viewer to see each player's cards.
The show originally ran for six series between 1999 and 2002 ...
and has played at the
Gutshot Card Club The Gutshot Poker Club (also known as The Gutshot Poker Collective or simply The Gutshot) was a poker club, bar, restaurant and internet cafe located on Clerkenwell Road, London, England. The club opened in March 2004 and closed in 2007. It was fou ...
.
References
External links
Hendon Mob profile
Female poker players
Irish poker players
Irish Poker Open winners
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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