Chicks with decks: The female lived experience in poker

International Gambling Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 367-385

  Abarbanel, B Lillian ^a   Bernhard, Bo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

competition; gender; poker; qualitative; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867950973     PISSN: 14459795     EISSN: 14794276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14459795.2012.680900     Document Type: Article

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