Jennifer welcomes Amanda Botfeld, author of “A Girls Guide to Poker” to the GRID. Amanda discusses a hand from the tag team event at the World Series of Poker, where she paired up with the man who taught her poker 15 years earlier: her dad. The heart-warming duo came in third place, cashing for 50K total. Amanda emphasized the wholesome elements of poker in a viral tweet from one of their early poker lessons “Love you dad, and couldn’t have done it without you.”
Amanda brings to the GRID the very first hand she was dealt on the final table: king jack offsuit. She elected to play aggressively against the chip leader, three-betting the button vs a hijack open. As the hand progressed, she had to decide whether to commit most of her chips…or play it safe.
Amanda talks about her passion for getting more women into poker as an author, and as an instructor and the curriculum coordinator for Poker Power, a rapidly growing organization that aims to bring over one million women into poker. Jennifer has recently joined the Poker Power advisory board.
You can find Amanda on twitter, instagram and giving lessons at Poker Power. And check out her book A Girl’s Guide to Poker.
This episode features special music from Austin based musician and friend of the GRID, Jenny Parrot. Check out her new album, the Fire I Saw, on bandcamp, spotify and YouTube.
Now that Amanda has covered king-jack-offsuit, there are 108 combos left on the GRID. Check out previous episodes using our Support the GRID by pre-ordering Jennifer’s book, Chess Queens on Bookshop, B&N or amazon.
