- Kara Scott
infobox poker player
firstname=Kara
lastname=Scott
nickname=Great Scott
caption=Kara Scott at the2008 World Series of Poker
hometown=Brighton
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=1
wsop main event best finish rank=104th
wsop main event best finish year=2008
multi-year wsop winner=
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ept money finishes=Kara Scott (IPA2|kɛərə) is a TV personality, journalist and
poker player in theUnited Kingdom . Born in northernAlberta ,Canada , Kara moved to the UK in 1999 and has been working in the UK media since 2002. Having trained inMuay Thai while she lived in Canada, she landed the job of sports presenter for Five martial arts show "Now is the Time: Night of Combat" and moved on to associate produce the show as well.Television hosting
She was the host for two series of "World Series of
Backgammon ", which aired onEurosport , and was also one of the main hosts of the award winning show "Poker Night Live ". She quickly immersed herself in the poker media and now has a regular column in industry magazine "Flush" as well as having articles published in "Poker Player Magazine" and her poker exploits have been documented in other poker media such as "CardPlayer Magazine", "Online Gambling Magazine" and "UK PokerNews." Kara is also one half of the duo behind UK pokerpodcast "On The Rail" which is currently being hosted on the Poker Player Magazine Website.Kara is known as one of the faces of
Sky Poker on Sky Television channel 865 (alongsideHelen Chamberlain ,Richard Orford andNorman Pace ); a dedicated poker channel which launched in Feb 2007, as well as being the TV Host for the 2007/2008 season of theEuropean Poker Tour . In August 2008, following her success at the World Series of Poker, she announced her departure from Sky Poker, with the intention of becoming a professional poker player.Kara is also involved in the film world and was one of the stars (and the line producer) for martial arts film "Sucker Punch" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0762137] staring
Danny John-Jules .Poker
She has played in various television poker tournaments broadcast on
Challenge and Five, primarily in celebrity heats. She won the celebrity heat of the PartyPoker.net World Women's Open [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/festival.php?a=r&n=4655] which aired on Five in late 2007, before going on to win the first main heat and placing 6th in the final, winning $5000. In 2008, she won the PartyPoker Sports Star Challenge [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/festival.php?a=r&n=5148] , netting $50,977.At the
2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $10,000 buy-in Main Event, Kara Scott finished in 104th place out of a field of 6,844 players, earning $41,816 [http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/tourney/tournament-results.asp?tid=4948&grid=411] . This also marks her first time cashing at the WSOP.Notes
External links
*http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2007/12/kara-scott-interview.htm
*https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=show_static&page=live_presenters
*http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2024360/
*http://www.63336.com/celebrityanswers/ca_karascott.htm
*http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=90254
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