Marsha Wagoner

Marsha Wagoner
Personal information
Date of birth	July 18, 1948
place of birth	Brisbane
Nickname	The Grand Dame of Poker
place of residence	Downey
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	100,000 $
Total prize money	$ 956,007
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	24
Best main event	12. ( 1997 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	4th
Last updated: February 18, 2020

Marsha Wagoner (born July 18, 1948 in Brisbane , Queensland ) is a professional Australian poker player .

Poker career

Wagoner started out as a blackjack and poker dealer in a Sydney casino in 1976 . She soon started playing stud poker herself . A year later she moved to Reno , Nevada, with her children . Here she was able to live off her winnings at the poker table. She also played tournaments here and not just cash games like she did in Sydney. It wasn't until the 1980s that she moved again - this time to the “poker stronghold” of Las Vegas . In Hold'em and Seven Card Stud tournaments, she was able to successfully demonstrate her skills. Despite her success, Wagoner moved to Southern California in 1987 to continue her poker career there. Her wins at the World Series of Poker included a second place in Seven Card Stud Hi / Lo ( $ 52,500 ) in 1992 , a third place in Limit Omaha Hi / Lo in 1995 ($ 35,700) and 1999 ( $ 34,630) and a ninth place in Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better 2012 ($ 12,822). Your tournament winnings total just under a million US dollars. At the same time, she also worked as a casino clerk at the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood .

Honors

In the 2007 feature film Glück im Spiel ( Glück im Spiel) , Wagoner made a brief cameo. She was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame , which was founded in 2008.

Private life

In 1997, at Hollywood Park Casino, she met her future husband, Kenna James , whom she accused of cheating at the poker table when they first met. However, when he was found to be innocent, a friendship developed which then turned into romance. Eventually they got married. In 2002 she was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm . The operation in March 2002 was successful and Wagoner was able to return to the poker table. In 2008 she separated from Kenna James.

Web links

• Marsha Wagoner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Marsha Wagoner in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Marsha Wagoner in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Portrait ( Memento from December 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) in the Women in Poker Hall of Fame, accessed on February 18, 2020.