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has been playing poker for eight years, an unlikely hobby for a socialite and a writer in Georgetown.

“Poker’s like a big theater,” she said. “Every hand is a scene and everyone’s an actor. But it’s supposed to be that way. That’s the joy of it, that’s the thrill of it and that’s the game of it.”

She recently played a World Poker Tour DeepStacks tournament at Maryland Live casino, according to The Washington Post, and was one of eight women who made it through to Day 2.

This debutante and friend of Jackie Kennedy wrote best-selling murder mysteries.