Let's try this: If Jennifer Harman wasn't away from poker in 2004 getting a kidney transplant, would she have been Full Tilt Poker's first female pro instead of Clonie? I think so. Clonie rose to fame by winning the first WPT Ladies' Night back in Sept. 2003. The rest of the lineup for Ladies Night I was:
Evelyn Ng
Maureen Feduniak
Annie Duke
Kathy Liebert
Jennifer Harman
Of those 6, Maureen and Kathy are throwaways for any sort of endorsement deal back then (unfortunate but true). Annie already was involved with UB, so that leaves you with Clonie, Jennifer and Evelyn. Evelyn finishes 2nd, and she gets a deal with PokerStars, Clonie wins and is eventually snapped up by FTP. Jennifer's illness means she doesn't get signed by FTP until she returns to poker. If you watch the telecast, Annie after being eliminated makes a comment to the other 3 eliminated women that the producers, TV people, etc got what they wanted with Clonie v Evelyn headsup. So her good looks helped her become a part of Team FTP.
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