Kelly Minkin was the last woman remaining in the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event, vying to become only the second woman to make the Main Event final table (Barbara Enright, 1995). She finished in 29th place for $211,000.

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Minkin, 28, is as well-rounded of a person as you could find at that stage of the tourney, having graduated from the University of Arizona with a degree in molecular and cellular biology and then earning a law degree from Arizona Summit Law School. In 2015, she was a medical malpractice defense attorney at the law firm of Kent and Wittekind in Phoenix.

Though it is (unfortunately) notable that she is the last female in the field, it is not like she has never had success at the poker tables. She has earned over half-a-million dollars in live tournaments (not counting this one) and had already cashed three times at the 2015 WSOP. Her most significant cash came in the 2015 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship, where she finished third for $262,912.

If went on to win the Main Event, there would be no rumors about how much money she took home. Unlike many champs, she will pocket all of it (minus taxes). “A lot of other poker players are saying that my situation is really rare,” Minkin told the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “I’ve never had a backer. I’ve kind of come up on my own and had success in tournaments and cash. It’s really hard to say because I feel like each person in poker has their own journey and I’m appreciative and just feel really lucky to be in the spot that I’m in.”

Minkin said she was first exposed to poker by her father and brother, who held $20 tournaments. A few years later, she began playing more on her own, going to the closest casino when she was bored. It paid off and, as she tells it, her employer is more than happy to let her schedule work around poker tournaments.