PZ101: Sara O’Connor Does Things

PZ101: Sara O’Connor Does Things

From The Poker Zoo Podcast by Chris M. aka Persuadeo & Dean Martin

May 6, 2025 · 46 min

About this episode

Chris M. interviews Sara O’Connor about her experiences in poker and her book aimed at novice players.

It’s early in the back nine for the Poker Zoo podcast, so it’s time to focus on what we want to accomplish. I have a fitting guest today in Sara O’Connor, a mid-Atlantic player and writer who has gathered some attention through her book, A New Queen’s Guide to Poker , and through some social media expertise. Sara has a lot of drive. I was introduced to Sara through my friend Jason when he bit off a little more than he could chew in the course of his regular Twitter trolling. While Sara and I discuss many things about her life in poker, her first book is or was the original focus of the interview. I think she has done a great job in acclimating the novice to specifically live casino poker. Explicatory passages such as this could do a lot for the unfamiliar: The game is played with a dealer in the center of the table and two to ten players. Seat numbers start from the dealer’s left at seat one and usually end at eight or nine but may go all the way up to ten. Currently, my favorite seat is seat five, but never become too attached to one seat. You never know which seat you’ll have to start playing at, and attachments can lead to feelings of jinxes…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris M., Dean Martin

Guest: Sara O’Connor

Topics covered

  • poker
  • interview
  • book discussion
  • live casino
  • social media

Keywords

  • poker
  • Sara O’Connor
  • A New Queen’s Guide to Poker
  • live casino poker
  • interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: A New Queen’s Guide to Poker

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