And What Do You Do? I Do Poker

A man chooses a woman to be his coach in professional poker — very rare! — and also: professional poker. (“Selbst’s success at poker may be genetic. Her mother — who died in 2005, just before Selbst became a poker superstar — was an MIT graduate who paid her way through college by playing poker, and her parents met during a bridge game. Growing up, Selbst’s mom acted as her poker mentor, and the family encouraged competiveness by playing games like cribbage and Mastermind.”)

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