by Kate
13. August 2010 10:40
There’s a new kid on the poker block and this time the kid really is a kid- she’s a 7 year old girl who seems to have become so adept at poker that she already knows over a dozen variants and even featured in Card Player Magazine.
Alexa Fisher's passion for poker began when she was only three years old when she saw it being played on TV. Her dad had also been using playing cards and chips to teach her how to count so she had become adept at the rules and basic strategy of Texas Hold’Em by the time she was five.
Alexa took a trip to this year’s WSOP where she made acquaintances with Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Johnny Chan. Poker legend Barbara Enright even took Alexa to Serendipity 3 where she treated the budding poker star to her very first Double Frozen Hot Chocolate. Many of the top pros saw her as a lucky charm and she even gave out some autographs.
While not attending elementary school, she learns as much as she can about Badugi and double-flop Hold’Em. Alexa has learnt the rules to the poker played at the WSOP and outlasted half the field at a charity tournament for Home for Pets.