She worked in various positions in the casino until she ended up at a corporation banker. She figured she may as well work at the card room where her boyfriend played, and that’s how she ended up at Hawaiian Gardens casino in 2000 when it was still just a tent, not the showplace it is today.
As she says, she was that woman who sat behind her beau listening to bad beat stories and offering support.Īt the time, she was in college working as a cocktail waitress. This is Carolyn Uzeta’s story.Ĭarolyn ended up in a card room the same way many other women do: her boyfriend was a poker player. Whether at the tables or on the casino floor, seeing a woman is still the exception rather than the rule, so when I see a woman in a card room, I am always curious about her journey.
It’s a fact that women are underrepresented in poker.
