The Coffee House Philosopher

Doc Holliday and the Powder Puff Poker Players – Part 8

 

March 17, 2019



Perhaps now would be a good time to paint a general picture of the Powder Puff Poker Players with a broad brush. Scores of women in the mid-1800s chose to try gambling at cards as a way of making a living other than becoming a traditional “school marm” or store clerk. But if they were going to have a go at playing poker for a living, they were going to have to be anything but a powder puff to be successful.

First of all, it was a dangerous, risk-filled way for a woman to make money that offered both high stakes reward and financial ruin dealt in the same hand. A successful lady poker pl...



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