Prima Poker Honours Brave Lady

Wednesday, 2 June 2004

Prima Poker qualifier, Rose Richie, finished as the highest ranking woman at the World Series of Poker last week, despite suffering from lupus – a disease that leaves her in crippling pain.

Prima Poker qualifier, Rose Richie, finished as the highest ranking woman at the World Series of Poker last week, despite suffering from lupus – a disease that leaves her in crippling pain. Rose, from St Petersburg, FL, finished 97 out of 2,576 outlasting many of the world’s top players, until the pain began to take its toll.
My family was so excited,' said Richie, who wore her grandson's photo in a locket around her neck as she played. 'They were pretty impressed; most of the pros were out when I was still playing.'
'I played very cautiously, and I knew there'd be a lot of players like myself who were not as experienced,' she said Wednesday afternoon from her hotel room as she prepared for a round of interviews with ESPN, NBC and other media outlets. 'I wasn't reckless. I paid attention to who was playing and how they were playing.'
Rose started playing poker online at PrimaPoker.com, in order to take her mind off her pain and feels that, were it not for her illness, she could have gone further: 'My health was a big factor.” She said. “I was in a lot of pain. That's what contributed to me not focusing as well as I should have.'



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