Jeanne David – Class of 2024
A well-known Mixed Game tournament player, Jeanne has contributed to the world of poker in many ways. David was the head of responsible gaming for the largest poker site in the world, PokerStars, until she retired a few years ago. She was very active in legislative work around the US and Europe, promoting the legalization and regulation of online poker. She assisted in the success of legalizing on line poker for Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Nevada. She was an active Nevada state lobbyist and made several trips up to Reno and Sacramento to speak to senators about how responsible gaming can be in incorporated into every online poker site. She spoke in front of Parliament in the Netherlands, and had several meetings with the UK Gambling commission addressing responsible gaming and the prevention of gambling addiction.
Jeanne is also a prominent member of the mixed game community promoting mixed game tournaments around Las Vegas. She created a distribution list where she informs players about the mixed game tournaments and games are being held in town. She has held master classes teaching mixed games and always tries to get women involved in the tournaments by offering free beginners lessons.
While she retired from the industry in 2021, she never slowed down when it comes to the Poker community. She final tabled the $1500 WSOP Razz tournament right before Covid, and recently hosted the Horse tournament at the Malta Poker festival in the midst of having two heart surgeries!
David has almost $250K in tournament cashes in which 95% of them are in Mixed Games.