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Sep 06 2006, 07:24 PM
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This week's Podcast features interviews with high-profile professional poker player Annie Duke and Bob 'Ditka89' Scheckman.
Annie Duke grew up playing cards with her family at a young age. Originally from Concord, New Hampshire, Annie entered Columbia University at the age of 18 - completing a major in English and Psychology. Duke first began to play poker for a living while in Billings, Colorado, in order to help pay the mortgage on her first home. In 1994, her brother, famed poker player Howard Lederer suggested she try her hand at the WSOP. Annie placed 13th in the Main Event that year and collected $70,000. She never looked back. (1)
After capturing a WSOP bracelet and Tournament of Champions victory in 2004, Annie became a consultant for UltimateBet.com, a poker website with one of the most loyal customer bases on the Net. She has also recently been at the center of a hot issue in the poker world - the lawsuit against the World Poker Tour. Our interview with Annie will focus on her success, her responsibilities as a consultant to UltimateBet, the game of Omaha, and the lawsuit against the WPT.
Our second guest is none other than the all-popular Bob Scheckman ("Ditka89", PocketFives Online Tournament Player Ranking #50). Bob is the oldest ranked online tournament player in the business at the age of 62; though he argues he's got the maturity of a teenager in a 62-year-old body. "Ditka89" has been around the game of poker ever since 1958, when he began playing Draw & 7 Card Stud games when he was 14. He later became a hotshot commodities trader at The Chicago Board of Trade before moving to California in 1978.
Bob re-met his Lesa, at their 25th high school class reunion in 1987, and they have been together ever since. Our interview with "Ditka89" will provide insight into his personal life as he recounts past experiences in a way almost any listener will be able to relate to.
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(1) Biography information obtained from www.annieduke.com