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Cyndy Violette (born 19 August 1959 in Queens, NY) is an American professional poker player.

Her family relocated to Las Vegas when she was 12 years old. As a child, Cyndy loved to play cards on the kitchen table with her Uncle Ross. As an adult, the first time she tested out her skills in a casino was when she was pregnant with her daughter, Shannon.

After short stints in dealing blackjack and poker, Cyndy went to a Lake Tahoe poker tournament in 1984. She built a small bankroll at the tournament which was the proof she needed to decide to become a professional poker player. After winning a Golden Nugget tournament (7 card stud – $74,000 most money ever won by a woman at the time), and being featured in a Playboy article as well as many other articles and TV shows, she was swept off her feet by her second husband, which caused her to take a hiatus from poker for two years.

On a trip to Caesars Palace in 1990 Violette couldn’t resist entering a tournament and won it and the $62,000 prize. One paper’s headline stated that she was “back with a poker vengeance!” She decided to return to poker out of her deep love for the game, still maintaining her residence in Washington state, but also splitting her time in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.

After getting divorced in 1993, Cyndy heard they were legalizing poker in Atlantic City. Violette spent the summer with her residence at the Taj Mahal, and by the spring of 1994 decided to set up shop there. She continued to travel back and forth to Las Vegas and California, always attending the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in for a few months every year. She bought a house in the Atlantic City area and has made it a haven for her many books and transformational tapes and vegetarian cooking.

At the 2004 World Series of Poker, Cyndy achieved her dream by winning a WSOP bracelet in the 7 card stud high-low split tournament. She has also competed on the World Poker Tour.

As of 2005 her total live tournament winnings exceed $675,000.

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