Barbara Enright is an American professional poker player, motivational speaker, and Editor-in-Chief of Woman Poker Playermagazine. She has won three bracelets at the World Series of Poker and has made it to the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event final table.

Enright was the first woman to win an open event at the WSOP, the first woman to win three WSOP bracelets, and is the only female player (as of 2013) to have made it to the final table of the main event.

Enright is best known as the only woman to have reached the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 no limit hold'em Main Event. She achieved this in 1995, finishing in 5th place after her pocket eights were outdrawn by a suited 6-3. She also finished in the money in the 2005 Main Event, having qualified through a $10 online satellite. Enright was the first woman to win two WSOP bracelets, the first woman to win three bracelets and the first woman to win an open event at the World Series of Poker.

On July 6, 2007, Barbara Enright was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame along with Phil Hellmuth. She was the first woman to be inducted, followed only by Linda Johnson in 2011.

On February 2, 2007, Barbara Enright was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame, thus making her the only poker player in history to be in all three poker halls of fame including the Senior Poker Hall of Fame, the World Series of Poker Hall of Fame and the Women in Poker Hall of Fame.

Written by Ina Rkh
Last update: 22/04/2015

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