...bit about her. I'll drop your chip in the mail, Steve. Andy - Las Vegas

"When it came to Vera Richmond, strong-willed is an understatement. She was the first woman to match wits and bankrolls with the likes of Doyle Brunson, Johnny Moss, Stu Ungar, Bobby Baldwin and other high-stakes poker players. Her father was Alfred Neiman of Neiman Marcus and she owned Vera Designs in Beverly Hills, California. The one overall general consensus in respect to Vera Richmond's poker play was that the men hated her. June Field, a personal friend of Vera's recalls, "Vera had as much money as any of them, as much nerve, and could out cuss any of them. They could not intimidate Vera!" Vera Richmond was the first woman to win a World Series of Poker open field event in 1982. Although her being the first female to win a coveted World Series of Poker bracelet is a matter of public record, the men so disliked her that they never acknowledged her accomplishment."