We have a team of talented female instructors and add instructors to a class as we get additional sign-ups. Instructor Kim Vacarro will be teaching at Friday's July 20 class. She also happens to run HR for Burning Man.

Kim started playing poker in 2006. Introduced at a home game, she fell in love with the game that made her brain yell "weee" in happiness. She now plays at least 3 times a week in home games and local Bay Area casinos, and makes monthly trips to improve her game against Las Vegas poker players. As an HR professional, Kim carefully manages her "table image" and is constantly amused with the reactions of her male counterparts – some men even take on the fatherly role and fold in order to be respectful. Kim has a passion for sharing poker and bringing more women in to the poker world and is always eager to teach and mentor women.

Sarah Cooper

owner, Adventurous Sports

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