Celebrity Poker Player: Amy Poehler

Poker is hot and poker players are now huge celebrities. And even Hollywood could not resist the influence as more and more stars are going to the poker tables.




Celebrity poker players are now common sight in major poker tournaments like the World Series OF Poker and World Poker Tour. Some of them even finish in the money!






The TV business, as always, didn't fail to notice the connection between poker and ratings. ESPN airs World Series Of Poker final table tourneys, the Travel Channel has World Poker Tour and on the mainstream primetime viewing the Bravo Channel has Celebrity Poker Showdown.

Just like these Emmy Award nominee Amy Poehler stars as mid-level bureaucrat Leslie Knope on NBC's comedy “Parks and Recreation.”





Amy Poehler received her first Emmy nomination in 2008 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on "Saturday Night Live." Due to a change in eligibility, this is an unprecedented nomination, making Amy Poehler the first performer in "Saturday Night Live" history to land a spot in this category.





Her move to Saturday Night Live seemed like a natural progression of her promising, young career. Besides her current status with Saturday Night Live, Poehler has also appeared in a score of movies, made cameos on a number of television shows, and even voiced a character for the cartoon hit Sponge Bob Square Pants and The Simpsons.


Amy Poehler has also contributed memorable impressions of Kelly Ripa, Sharon Osborne, Avril Lavigne, even Senator Hillary Clinton, Sharon Stone and Michael Jackson and Paula Abdul.





Among her many talents, Amy is apparently a fairly competent poker player. In 2004 she appeared in the 5th game of the 3rd tournament of Celebrity Poker Showdown. She did not win in this particular instance (losing to fellow SNL cast member Seth Meyers), but Amy did make a fairly good showing for herself.



While Amy may not have given her best performance during her appearance on Celebrity Poker Showdown, she still played well, she took out Hank Azaria with a flush.





Poker has traditionally been a man’s game, but recently there have been several women who have taken the game by storm – and take home the big pot.

There is a considerable new currency in poker world – female celebrity poker players. Part of the means of attracting this oft ignored demographic lies in what we are now seeing on our T.V. Screens.



Amy is a very funny lady whose poker skills are no joke. They aren't just some of the best women poker players in the world - they're some of the best, period. Just remember that the next time you think that young lady across the tournament table from you is going to be a pushover.



No matter what the future of poker, one thing is certain – wanted or not, women have a seat at the table and there’s nothing anyone can do about that. As to whether every seat should be filled by a woman, only time will tell what happens to women-only poker tournaments.





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