Erica Schoenberg received blackjack training from a member of the famous MIT Blackjack Team celebrated in Kevin Spaces´ movie “21″. She has gone on to compete in the World Series of Blackjack and in the Ultimate Blackjack Tour, a televised 10 week series airing on CBS.

Jennifer Harman won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in 2000 at the No Limit Deuce to Seven Lowball Event (final table also included Lyle Berman and Steve Zolotow), despited having never played that game prior to the event. She won her second WSOP bracelet in 2002 at the $5K Limit Hold ‘em event.

Jennifer Harman started playing poker at eight years of age, and graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno. Her initial decision to play poker professionally estranged her from her father. After years of little to no contact, they have reconciled their differences. She authored the limit hold’em chapter for Super System II.

Jennifer Harman is the only woman who is a regular player in the “Big Game”, the high-stakes cash game at the Bellagio. She was also an active participant in “The Corporation”, a group of high stakes poker players who played Andy Beal for limits of up to $100,000-$200,000. Harman is married to Italian stylist Marco Traniello, who since became a professional poker player as well. They have twin boys. She is also very close friends with fellow player Daniel Negreanu.

She has appeared on the GSN series High Stakes Poker and on the NBC series Poker After Dark, where Jennifer Harman won Week 8’s tournament. in 2007 Harman finished as runner up in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe. She lost in the HORSE event to Thomas Bihl. She is a member of “Team Full Tilt” at Full Tilt Poker.

Joanna Krupa enjoys playing poker and is currently the official spokesperson for Titan Poker, an online poker room. Joanna has appeared on various magazine covers including FHM, Personal, Inside Sport, Stuff, Steppin’ Out, Teeze, Maxim, in which she was named the Sexiest Swimsuit Model in the World. Maxim named Joanna Krupa #61 in its 2006 Hot 100 list. She was also voted German Maxim’s Model of the Year 2004-2005. Joanna Krupa nude can be seen in July 2005 issue of Playboy. She was a “Juggy Dancer” on The Man Show for a brief period of time.

Joanna Krupa also did a nude photoshoot for animal rights group PETA. The advertisements all have “I would rather go naked than wear fur” as a motto. Krupa has been quoted as saying, “There is nothing sexy about wearing something that is so obviously tied to senseless pain and killing.”

Evelyn Ng achieved fame on the WPT circuit in 2003 after placing second in the Ladies’ Night I tournament - finishing ahead of established professionals including Annie Duke and Kathy Liebert. Ng was included as one of the characters in the video game Stacked with Daniel Negreanu.

Formerly a representative of the online poker room PokerStars, Evelyn Ng is now proud member of Team Bodog along with fellow pros David Williams and Justin Bonomo. Ng was a participant in the King of Vegas television series on SpikeTV, and featured in the second series of British game show Casino Casino as the poker croupier. Evelyn Ng also appeared on Criss Angel Mindfreak as a professional poker player. Criss, having little experience in poker, attempted to psychologically persuade Ng to repeatedly pick a losing hand from a set of covered/open cards.

Jennifer Tilly has appeared in the GSN Poker Royale series. She appeared in the third season of Poker Superstars but was eliminated in the preliminary round. Jennifer Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14, 2006 on Bravo. She was knocked out in third place by Bravo’s internet poker champion Ida Siconolfi (the first non-celebrity to appear on the show) when her A♣ K♥ failed to improve against Ida’s starting hand of K♣ K♠. Tilly appears as a celebrity, rather than a poker pro, in ESPN’s Pro-Am Poker Equalizer.

In a television interview, Jennifer Tilly stated that at this point in her career she is more interested in pursuing poker than acting. As of 2008 her live tournament winnings exceed $450,000. Jennifer Tilly was married to The Simpsons producer Sam Simon from 1984 until 1991. She is currently dating poker professional Phil “Unabomber” Laak and is nicknamed “The Unabombshell” within the poker circuit. Laak is 14 years Tilly’s junior.

Jennifer Tilly also appears in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition video game (along with the above mentioned boyfriend, Phil Laak) that was released in 2007 by Activision.