Women’s Poker Yak

“POKERS GIVING HEARTS”

The Holiday season is the loveliest festival of the year. There is a warmth that enfolds our hearts and our homes.  That magic blanket wraps itself around us, weaving a spell of nostalgia, but always, Christmas will be a day of remembrance, a day in which we think of everything we have ever loved and we remember.

The poker community, around the world, keeps the ‘heart of giving’ not just at Christmas but in their lives and hearts all year.  Listen in as Dianna shares about this spirit of giving within the Poker community in this special 12 Podcasts of Christmas podcast.

The following are just a very few of the hundreds in the poker community that reach out to make a difference and change lives. Read the rest of this entry »

Yaktivate.com is pleased to present the 12 Podcasts of Christmas- an eclectic mix of holiday themed podcasts by many of our podcast show hosts. Listen in here as our very own Mrs. Claus, aka Bernadette Dimitrov, interviews each of the hosts participating in this special event.
The hosts tell a little bit about their own holiday podcast , a little bit about themselves, and how to listen in to their unique Christmas podcast.

Here are the shows and hosts that are taking part:

Community and Business with Russell Cox

Say Cheese with Christina Moyer

Conscious Living Radio with Barbie Edwards and Anna Kajawa

Web of Light with Dr. Kevin Ross Emery

Divorce 101 with Carolyn Ellis

Women’s Poker Yak with Dianna Donofrio

Chillin’ with Bobby Joe with Bobby Joe Holman

Red Hot Living with Lynn Ward

KarmaDharma Radio with Suzanne with Suzanne Toro

Conversations with Mrs. Claus with Bernadette Dimitrov

What better way to spread some holiday cheer and sparkle than to check out the 12 Podcasts of Christmas! (And go to Yaktivate.com to see the overall schedule for these exceptional shows.)

“DIVES IN” Poker World

It is an honor to welcome Michael Phelps, as well some of the most recognized faces in the world, Jerry Yang, 2007 World Series of Poker reigning Main Event Champion, Jess Jones, World Poker Association Founder, Kathy Raymond, Director of Poker operations, Venetian and John Colville, Director of Poker & Keno operations at the Golden Nugget to WomensPokerYak.net These and other celebrities will be gracing the pages of Women’s Poker Yak in the weeks and months ahead. Read the rest of this entry »

“WORLD POKER TOUR HOST, POKER ICON,

AMBASSADOR OF POKER”

MIKE SEXTON is all of the above and more.  Sexton is the most recognized “face and voice” of poker in the world thanks to television and the World Poker Tour WoldPokerTour.com soon to be aired on the FOX sports network for season seven.  Having known Mike since the middle 80’s it is a special treat that Mike is sharing his thoughts, advice and insight to the podcast listeners.  Mike Sexton is not only the best poker ambassador in the world, he is a gentleman and portrays his title with class and dignity.  His standards are high as well as his integrity and love of the sport of poker. Read the rest of this entry »

JESSE JONES is gentle, kind man and passionate regarding poker. He is a retired real estate investor and lives in Las Vegas and Hawaii. Jesse has been around poker in excess of  20 years and was convinced poker needed a better image than had always been projected.  Listen as Jesse gives us the rest of the story….. Read the rest of this entry »

1996 – 1997 Ladies Champion
Inductee - Women in Poker Hall of Fame

SUSIE ISAACS started playing poker at the tender age of four as a watch out for her older cousins.
She was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in the world of “Southern Belles” with strong family ties. Read the rest of this entry »

”Achieve your goals but reach for your dreams”… lisa tenner

Lisa Tenner Celebrated as “Event Pro of the Year”
Award is the Equivalent of the Academy Award® in the Live Events Business

LISA credits her dad for her early beginnings road-to-success. Tenner’s real passion was dancing and was picked at an early age to perform with the New York City Ballet. Her father quickly advised her that if she wanted to make money she’d better get her degree and move on to the world of business. Her father, once the manager of Mohammed Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, knew he was heading his multi-talented daughter in the right direction. Read the rest of this entry »

World Series of Poker Media Relations Director

Pictures Say a Thousand Words

NOLAN DALLA – Poker is rich in tradition and Nolan is a living legend to that tradition and mainstream poker.  Dalla has been a leader in the industry and played an instrumental role in the advancement of the Hold’em movement.  Listen as he takes us thru his early years growing up in Texas and playing poker since the age of 5.  He reveals his path from politics to poker. His life in Washington, DC with the State Department to the American Embassy in Bucharest, Romania witnessing the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, then back to DC and working for the Turkish Embassy. Read the rest of this entry »

DEBBIE BURKHEAD arrived in Las Vegas in 1995. Her dreams of becoming a poker pro were just around the corner. Specializing in 7 stud poker, she knew she was good and could make a comfortable living at something she loved. For five years Burkhead grinded out her skill in the $15/30 7-card stud games at the Mirage and then the Bellagio. Debbie then realized she was no longer having fun and her poker passion had become a real job. She knew it was time to look for something else in poker to make a living. Read the rest of this entry »

Photo Courtesy of World Poker Tour

If ever there was woman who sets an example enhancing the image of women taking that next step into the poker world it’s Nancy Todd Tyner.  As you listen to her interesting life you hear the full story.  Poker and Politics has, and I said has as in past tense, been traditionally a “mans world”.  Nancy crossed the barriers in both worlds. Read the rest of this entry »