I found a nice interview that PokerLizard did with Jennifer Leigh


How does a 21 year-old college student go from playing $5 Sit-N-Gos to making a living playing $100/$200 limit poker and appearing on nationally televised poker events in less than one-year? PokerLizard sat down with Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, one of the most well known names in online poker to find out the answer.


PokerLizard: Ok, so how did you first get interested in poker?


Jennifer: Actually, when I was a little girl, I got into video games and lived my life on the computer. I played mostly RPG's (role-playing games), which has a big community, and so began talking to other players. One of them was Robert Boyd, who is Dutch Boyd's brother. He introduced me to poker and I started with $5 Sit ‘N Go's, and I actually won my first one. And that's what kind of thrilled me into finding out more.


So I went out the next week and purchased like 20 poker books to start learning.


PokerLizard: Which ones would you say helped you the most?


Jennifer: “Theory of Poker” by Sklansky, and also his Tournament Poker for Advanced Players were definitely very beneficial to my learning.


PokerLizard: Those two sure are a grind to get through…


Jennifer: They are, they are, but I was a pre-law major in college, so learning and reading have always gone hand in hand for me. I was very studious in school.


PokerLizard: So how long would you say you've been playing ‘serious' poker?


Jennifer: I'd say about 6-7 months now, meaning that's my main source of income.


Up until then, it was just a learning process and more or less just trying to improve my game – playing small tournaments online. Then I realized it was time to leave school because my grades were just slumping. So since I was able to pay my bills with poker, I decided to give it a go. It wasn't something I sat down and figured out, “well, this is what I'm going to do.” It just fell into place. And it's definitely not the glamorous lifestyle a lot of people think it is, but I'm giving it a shot.


Read the rest at Pokerlizard