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Caribbean Dream as Mum Plays Cards Right

21 Nov 2005

SCOTLAND -- As reported by the Scotsman: "It is a game normally associated with millionaire playboys and the casinos of Las Vegas.

"But a hairdresser from The Grange is about to take on the world's leading poker players in a challenge which promises a £1.4 million prize to the winner.

"Mum Lucia Barrett will jet off to the celebrity paradise island of St Kitts later this month to take part in the world's most glamorous tournament - the Caribbean Poker Classic.

"The amateur card sharp, who owns a hairdressing salon in Ratcliffe Terrace, won her entry into the big game after becoming one of the growing army of women who play the traditionally male-dominated game of poker online.

"...Mrs Barrett said: "Online poker is a fantastic, fun hobby and even though you always enter in the hope of winning I never dreamt I would get the ticket to St Kitts.

"'Even if I get knocked out of the tournament immediately, I will still be able to soak up the sunshine. Everyone says St Kitts is an absolute paradise.'..."

 
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