At 6'5" tall, people often called me The Poker Amazon, but I just can't quite see myself at the poker table as the classical Greek figure clad in a short leather toga with a bow and arrow.
However, I do relish what Dr William Mouton Marston intended when he created the comic book superheroine, Wonder Woman, in 1941. As a member of an all-female tribe of Amazons, Wonder Woman was a "distinctly feminist role model whose mission was to bring the Amazon ideals of love, peace, and sexual equality to 'a world torn by the hatred of men'."
As a young child growing up in the 50's & 60's in the coal mining camps of Virginia, I recall the fear that hung over my head because of the 'cold war'. We had absurd drills at school where we would jump under our wooden desks to protect ourselves against an impending atomic bomb.
To help insulate myself from this fear, I imagined myself having Wonder Woman's powers of super strength, super speed, stamina, and flight. I saw myself in her red, white and blue outfit with shiny red boots and indestructible bracelets. I could easily vision myself skilled at hand-to-hand combat and in the art of tactical warfare. Of course, I was a natural when it came to animal-like cunning and always had an instant rapport with animals.
Looking back I wonder how strongly the powers of this comic book character imprinted on that girl and later affected my poker game as well as my approach as a poker coach. I do know that for me, poker has been all about embracing my inner courage and facing my fears head on.
Remember my motto…
If you can't raise, don't call.
Donna Blevins
Poker Strategy Coach
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Hello from Montana:
So hoped we would be able to meet in Las Vegas last week. Thought would be a natural for you. When the lights went out in hotel, the casinos were on generator in seconds.
Talk to you soon,
Judy H. Wright aka Auntie Artichoke, family relationship author and keynote speaker
http://www.AskAuntieArtichoke.com
Nice to see you here, Judy! I generally do my traveling to Las Vegas during the World Series of Poker, which is six weeks in the summer… the hottest six weeks, too!
Donna