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Newly Joined RankingHero Notables: Kara Scott

 

@Kara Scott is living proof of the fascinating diversity in the poker world when it comes to family and education backgrounds and personal histories. She went from teacher and Muay Thai boxer (!) to TV presenter and producer, poker player and ambassador, and today is one of the most respected and admired personalities in the industry. Please give a warm welcome to Kara and don't miss her interview for RankingHero!

Follow Kara on Instagram for more beautiful woman-in-red pics :)

She was born and raised in a small community in Northern Alberta, Canada, where winter temperatures of minus 50 degrees Celsius are not uncommon. Kara grew up close to nature, without luxuries such as running water or an in-house toilet. She says she was proud to be ‘the smartest kid in class’ and we’ll take her word for it since there were only six of them in that class :)

Armed with a linguistics and a teaching degree, as well as her martial arts training, she embarked in London right after she finished her education, bringing only her suitcases and the wish to ‘see the world’.

After some big city high-and-lows and a few years in teaching, she ended up working in television and by 2008 had fallen in love with poker. She started as show host but refused to be a ‘talking head asking silly questions’. So Kara learned everything she could on her own and then some more from the pros she was watching and interviewing every day, and took to the live felt in 2007.

2008-2009 marked her live poker career highs, including her biggest cash to date ($415,381) with a runner-up finish from PaddyPower Irish Open. Watch her flop the nuts in a hand from that final table (with 3.8 million views!):

2013 was a great year for Kara on a more personal level – she got engaged to be married to poker pro @Giovanni Rizzo and moved to Italy.

More big changes followed in 2014 as she left partypoker and the just married couple announced a new collaboration with Italian company Tilt Events.

Kara's latest poker project is with the Aria Super High Roller TV Series and this year again, we'll have the pleasure of watching her as sideline reporter and anchor for the WSOP on ESPN! 

Kara has just joined us and still hasn't had time to explore the website but promised to do so very soon! We'll be looking forward to her feedback about HeroScore!

Meanwhile we invite you to read her exclusive interview for RankingHero, to visit her profile and give her distinctions.

http://www.rankinghero.com/kara.scott

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Very cool, great interview and Welcome @Kara Scott 

It's great to see Kara on here. She's done a huge amount to help keep poker popular, and seems like a genuinely nice person.