Cyndy Violette

Biography: Cyndy Violette grew up playing poker. When she was 12, she moved to Las Vegas, where, as soon as she reached the legal age, began to gamble in casinos. in 1984, she cashed in a poker tournament and used the winnings to start her career as a professional poker player. After winning $74,000 in a tournament, she got married to her second husband and took a 2 year break from poker. She returned in 1990, winning $62,000 in a tournament. In 1993, she divorced her husband and became an active participant in the World Series of Poker and later, the World Poker Tour. In 2004, she won her first WSOP bracelet in a game of seven-card stud hi-lo split.