Kara Scott
Encyclopedia
Kara Scott is a Canadian TV personality, journalist and poker
player.
Born in northern Alberta
, Canada
, Scott moved to the United Kingdom
in 1999 and worked in the UK media until 2009 when she moved to California. Having trained in Muay Thai
while she lived in Canada, she landed the job of sports presenter for the Five martial arts show "Now is the Time: Night of Combat" and moved on to associate produce the show as well.
series with Paul Magriel
and John Clark, High Stakes Backgammon
, produced from the 2005 World Backgammon Championships for Game TV in Canada and Pokerzone
in the UK. Scott also hosted the first series of World Series of Backgammon
, in 2006 which aired across Europe on Eurosport
, Poker Channel Europe and Game TV in Canada.
Scott was also one of the main hosts of the award winning show "Poker Night Live
". She quickly immersed herself in the poker media and previously wrote 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", "Gambling Online Magazine" and "UK PokerNews." Scott is also one half of the duo behind UK poker podcast
"On The Rail".
Scott is known as one of the faces of Sky Poker on Sky Television
channel 865 (alongside Helen Chamberlain
, Richard Orford and Norman Pace
); a dedicated poker channel which launched in Feb 2007, as well as being the TV Host for the 2007/2008 season of the European 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.
Scott is also involved in the film world and was one of the stars (and the line producer) for martial arts film "Sucker Punch" starring Danny John-Jules
.
In 2007, Scott lost a proposition bet
to Chris Tessaro
, host of The Hardcore Poker Radio Show, resulting in her having to do her commentary from the EPT San Remo while dressed in a bunny suit.
In February 2010, she joined Gabe Kaplan
as co-host of GSN
's High Stakes Poker
for its sixth season, following the departure of previous host A. J. Benza
. Scott's role is conducting direct interviews with the players as the game progresses.
Kara joined ESPN
's coverage of the World Series of Poker 2011 Main Event as a "sideline" reporter.
Scott has been based in California since 2009 and now lives in Santa Barbara.
winnings exceed $550,000.
At the 2008 World Series of Poker
(WSOP) $10,000 buy-in Main Event, Scott finished in 104th place out of a field of 6,844 players, earning $41,816. Scott is the only woman who cashed in both the 2008 and 2009 WSOP Main Event, the second woman ever to have cashed in back-to-back Main Events, after finishing 238th out of a field of 6,494 players in 2009.
"I know a lot of people don't think I can play and there are always going to be people who say I can't. But I have made the final of a female championship, I won a Sports Star Challenge, I went deep in the World Series of Poker Main Event and now I've come second in the Irish Open."
On the 14th January 2009 PartyPoker announced that Kara Scott would join Team Party alongside poker pros such as Mike Sexton
and Felipe Ramos
, which means she will appear playing more often with the PartyPoker branding and yet still continue with her Poker TV presenting career.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...
player.
Born in northern Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Scott moved to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
in 1999 and worked in the UK media until 2009 when she moved to California. Having trained in Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...
while she lived in Canada, she landed the job of sports presenter for the 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 of the first televised backgammonBackgammon
Backgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and players win by removing all of their pieces from the board. There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits...
series with Paul Magriel
Paul Magriel
Paul David Magriel Jr. is an American professional backgammon player, poker player and author based in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Chess:Paul was New York State Junior Chess Champion at the age of 19, while a student at New York University....
and John Clark, High Stakes Backgammon
High stakes backgammon
High stakes backgammon was a TV series capturing world class match-play backgammon from the 2005 World Championships in Monte Carlo.Hosted by Kara Scott, commentary by Paul Magriel and John Clark.Production Company, 8mm Productions...
, produced from the 2005 World Backgammon Championships for Game TV in Canada and Pokerzone
Pokerzone
Pokerzone was a channel dedicated to poker, broadcasting on Sky Digital channel 843 since 19 May 2005. Previously known as Game In TV it rebranded on 26 April 2005 and launched the following month....
in the UK. Scott also hosted the first series of World Series of Backgammon
World Series of Backgammon
World Series of Backgammon is a major televised live tour. The television shows capture the match action, jeopardy and background around some of the world’s largest backgammon tournaments, and have broadcast throughout Europe on Eurosport 1 and 2 whilst being distributed worldwide by ESPN...
, in 2006 which aired across Europe on Eurosport
Eurosport
Eurosport is a pan-European television sport network operated by French broadcaster TF1 Group. The network of channels are available in 59 countries, in 20 different languages providing viewers with European and international sporting events...
, Poker Channel Europe and Game TV in Canada.
Scott was also one of the main hosts of the award winning show "Poker Night Live
Poker Night Live
Poker Night Live was the United Kingdom's first live Internet poker show, broadcast between 2005 and 2007 on Pokerzone, usually between 9pm and 1am...
". She quickly immersed herself in the poker media and previously wrote 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", "Gambling Online Magazine" and "UK PokerNews." Scott is also one half of the duo behind UK poker podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
"On The Rail".
Scott is known as one of the faces of Sky Poker on Sky Television
British Sky Broadcasting
British Sky Broadcasting Group plc is a satellite broadcasting, broadband and telephony services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with operations in the United Kingdom and the Ireland....
channel 865 (alongside Helen Chamberlain
Helen Chamberlain
Helen Marie Chamberlain is an English television presenter.She previously worked as a holiday camp entertainer and Disc Jockey before working on a variety of radio and television programmes...
, Richard Orford and Norman Pace
Norman Pace
Norman Pace is an English actor and comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Hale and Pace with his friend and comic partner Gareth Hale...
); a dedicated poker channel which launched in Feb 2007, as well as being the TV Host for the 2007/2008 season of the European Poker Tour
European Poker Tour
The Pokerstars European Poker Tour is a series of poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour , created by John Duthie, winner of the inaugural Poker Million tournament. It began in 2004 as part of the worldwide explosion in Texas Hold 'em popularity...
. 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.
Scott is also involved in the film world and was one of the stars (and the line producer) for martial arts film "Sucker Punch" starring Danny John-Jules
Danny John-Jules
Daniel "Danny" John-Jules is a British actor, singer and dancer. John-Jules attended Rutherford Comprehensive School, Penfold Street, Marylebone, from 1972 to 1977. He is best known for portraying Cat in the television programme Red Dwarf.-Dance and song:John-Jules is a baritone...
.
In 2007, Scott lost a proposition bet
Proposition bet
In gambling, the term "proposition bet" has two definitions.-Primary definition:...
to Chris Tessaro
Chris Tessaro
Chris Tessaro is a radio personality, journalist, and actor in Canada. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he now makes his home in Toronto. He hosts the North American wide The Hardcore Poker Show along with his co-host, Rob Pizzo, on Hardcore Sports Radio on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 98, and also...
, host of The Hardcore Poker Radio Show, resulting in her having to do her commentary from the EPT San Remo while dressed in a bunny suit.
In February 2010, she joined Gabe Kaplan
Gabe Kaplan
Gabriel W. "Gabe" Kaplan is an American comedian, actor, poker commentator, and professional poker player.He was born in Brooklyn, New York...
as co-host of GSN
Game Show Network
The Game Show Network is an American cable television and direct broadcast satellite channel dedicated to game shows and casino game shows. The channel was launched on December 1, 1994. Its current slogan is "The World Needs More Winners"...
's High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker
High Stakes Poker is a cash game poker television program broadcast by the cable television network GSN in the United States. The poker variant played on the show is no limit Texas hold 'em. It premiered on January 16, 2006 and ended on December 17, 2007 and it returns back on March 1, 2009 and is...
for its sixth season, following the departure of previous host A. J. Benza
A. J. Benza
Alfred Joseph “A.J.” Benza is a gossip columnist and television host. He was born in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, though he moved with his family to West Islip, New York on Long Island shortly after his birth. He has two sisters, Rosalie and Lorraine.He is married to his second wife,...
. Scott's role is conducting direct interviews with the players as the game progresses.
Kara joined ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's coverage of the World Series of Poker 2011 Main Event as a "sideline" reporter.
Scott has been based in California since 2009 and now lives in Santa Barbara.
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 Woman's Open which aired on Five in late 2007, before going on to win the first main heat and placing 6th in the final. In 2008, she won the PartyPoker Sports Star Challenge. Scott finished second at the Irish Open in 2009, winning €312,600. As of 2010, her total live poker tournamentPoker tournament
A poker tournament is a tournament where players compete by playing poker. It can feature as few as two players playing on a single table , and as many as tens of thousands of players playing on thousands of tables...
winnings exceed $550,000.
At the 2008 World Series of Poker
2008 World Series of Poker
The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker . Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, the series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in several variants. All events but the $10,000 World Championship No Limit Texas hold...
(WSOP) $10,000 buy-in Main Event, Scott finished in 104th place out of a field of 6,844 players, earning $41,816. Scott is the only woman who cashed in both the 2008 and 2009 WSOP Main Event, the second woman ever to have cashed in back-to-back Main Events, after finishing 238th out of a field of 6,494 players in 2009.
"I know a lot of people don't think I can play and there are always going to be people who say I can't. But I have made the final of a female championship, I won a Sports Star Challenge, I went deep in the World Series of Poker Main Event and now I've come second in the Irish Open."
On the 14th January 2009 PartyPoker announced that Kara Scott would join Team Party alongside poker pros such as Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton
Michael Richard Sexton is an American professional poker player and commentator. He is a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.-Early years:...
and Felipe Ramos
Felipe Ramos
Felipe de Jesús Ramos Rizo is a FIFA football referee from Mexico, who officiated three matches at the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He made his debut as a referee on May 2, 1983....
, which means she will appear playing more often with the PartyPoker branding and yet still continue with her Poker TV presenting career.