The Bernard Lee Poker Show (3/22/22): Linda Johnson

The First Lady of Poker, Linda Johnson talks about winning her WSOP bracelet in 1997.

The First Lady of Poker, Linda Johnson talks about Cardplayer Cruises and her passion for cruises

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Linda Johnson

In this episode of The Bernard Lee Poker Show on the Cardplayer Lifestyle Podcast Family, Bernard Lee continues to celebrate Women’s History Month by interviewing Linda Johnson, Poker Hall of Famer and The First Lady of Poker.

At the start of the interview, Linda discusses how she became involved with poker and the support of her father as she did. Linda also discusses the games, especially stud, that she played early in her career. She recalls the headlines when she won her WSOP bracelet in 1997, and talks about her time as the publisher for Card Player Magazine.

During the second part of the interview, Linda talks about her passion for going on cruises and about Card Player Cruises specifically. Linda talks about her history and experience with the World Poker Tour and recalls her passion for teaching poker, including the WPT bootcamp. Finally, she talks about how to increase women’s participation in poker and recalls getting inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.

0:00	Welcome to The Bernard Lee Poker Show. The show continues to celebrate Women’s History Month by interviewing Linda Johnson, Poker Hall of Famer and The First lady of Poker.
2:09	Poker League Of Nations Ad
3:10	Bernard welcomes Linda Johnson, Poker Hall of Famer and The First Lady of Poker.
4:46	Linda joins the show and discusses how she became involved with poker with the support of her father.
12:10	Linda discusses the games, especially stud, that she played early in her career.
18:51	Linda recalls the headlines when she won her WSOP bracelet in 1997.
21:25	Linda talks about her time as publisher for Cardplayer Magazine.
28:23	Poker League Of Nations Ad
29:25	Bernard welcomes back Linda Johnson, Poker Hall of Famer and The First Lady of Poker.
30:08	Linda talks about her passion for going on cruises and Cardplayer Cruises.
34:58	Linda talks about her history and experience with the World Poker Tour.
39:35	Linda recalls her passion for teaching poker, including the WPT bootcamp.
44:03	Linda talks about how to increase women’s participation in poker.
51:26	Linda recalls getting inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.