Kathy Raymond Poker
| Katja Thater | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Miss Slick, Lady Horror |
| Residence | Wedemark, Germany |
| Born | 14 July 1966 (age 54) Hamburg, Germany |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 2 |
| Money finish(es) | 6 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 2 |
Katja Thater (German pronunciation: [ˈkatja ˈtaːtɐ]; born 14 July 1966 in Hamburg) is a German professional poker player and horse breeder. She is married to another poker professional, Jan von Halle.
Her popularity in Germany comes from the wide coverage on local television of her participation in the Poker Nations Cup and Women's Poker Open.
Before becoming a professional poker player, Thater was the director of an event and marketing company in Hamburg and competed in dressage tournaments at horse shows. She continues competing in her spare time.
Kathy Raymond Poker Game
- Kathy Raymond has run some of the biggest and most successful poker operations in the United States, one of the many reasons why she was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame - Class of 2012. She's managed mega-sized poker rooms at Foxwoods, the Venetian, and now Green Valley Ranch.
- Congratulations to Ron Ware who took down the OE event after a long battle heads up against GVR Director of Poker Kathy Raymond who came in 2nd place. Thanks to all who played our first OE event in a SPT series!
One of the largest and nicest poker rooms on the Strip, the Venetian opened its room in the spring of 2006. Home to the popular thrice-yearly Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series, it is managed by Kathy Raymond, formerly of Foxwoods Resort Casino. Wait Time: Usually very low - plenty of tables means a short wait time, especially if you're not particularly picky about game or limits. One of the largest and nicest poker rooms on the Strip, the Venetian opened its room in the spring of 2006. Home to the popular thrice-yearly Deep Stack Extravaganza tournament series, it is managed by Kathy Raymond, formerly of Foxwoods Resort Casino. Wait Time: Usually very low - plenty of tables means a short wait time, especially if you're not particularly picky about game or limits.
Thater represented Germany as a member of the national team in the 2006 Poker Nations Cup in Cardiff, participated in the Women's Poker Open in London. She was also a member of PokerStars Team Pro.
She won her first World Series of Pokerbracelet in 2007 in the $1,500 Razz event. Other major tournament finishes include fourth place in the 2002 Austrian Classics and fifth place in the $1,000 World Championship Ladies no limit Texas hold 'em event in 2007. In 2010, she won a $1,000 buy-in 8-Game Mix Event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas for over $10,000.[1] In 2016, Thater continued her success at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, finishing second to Donald McCalmont in the $1,100 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo Split Eight-or-Better event.[2]
As of 2010, Thater's total live tournament winnings exceed $350,000.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ ab'Katja Thater's profile on The Hendon Mob'. The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^'PCA - 2016, #88 7-Card Stud - Hi/Lo 8-Handed: Hendon Mob Poker Database'. pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links[edit]
Kathy Raymond Poker Rules
Kathy Raymond Poker Club
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame is designed to honour the contributions women have made to the poker world over the years. Nominees are also required to be aged over 35 and to have been active in the poker industry for at least ten years, either as a player or working within the industry.
This year, 10 nominees were put forward as potential candidates for the honour but in the end just JJ Liu and Kathy Raymond found themselves immortalized in the pantheon of women poker legends.
JJ Liu is currently listed 7th on the ‘Women’s All Time Money List’ with $2,595,841 in earnings and is also the highest placing female in the WPT having finished runner-up to Ted Forrest at the 2007 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars for $600,000. Born in Taiwan, “JJ” Liu, 47, moved to the US to study for a Master’s degree in computer engineering and later became a software engineer before discovering she had a talent for poker.
Kathy Raymond, too, is a proficient cash game player but it’s her contribution as an industry professional that ensured her a place in the Hall of Fame. In the accounting field for twenty years, Kathy Raymond craved some excitement and decided to become a dealer in 1992 and by 1998 had worked her way up to Director at Foxwoods. She then later became the Director of Poker Operations at the Venetian Casino in Las Vegas, which is her current position.
In a previous interview, when asked what her greatest contributions has been to the poker world, Kathy Raymond replied: “I believe that the introduction of Deep Stack poker tournaments, which I formally introduced at the Venetian in 2007, changed the industry for the better..I was [also] the first to sign up to be a charter member of the World Poker Tour in 2002. I realized very quickly that televised hole cards would bring a whole new segment of players to the tables.”
Congratulations to both JJ Liu and Kathy Raymond for being inducted into The Women in Poker Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will now take place on August 31st at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas.