Former postal worker and current poker teacher, Linda Johnson was once called the “first lady of poker.” By all accounts the name is appropriate for this year's female Poker Hall of Fame inductee. The inductees often get lost in the news of the final WSOP table so I decided to give them a blog each. Linda Johnson was born in 1953 in Long Island. She currently resides in Las Vegas. She began playing blackjack on vacation when she still worked for the post office. Discovering she was good at cards she quit her job in 1980 and has played professional poker ever since. Johnson received her WSOP bracelet back in 1997 for winning the Seven Card Razz. She has enjoyed seven final tables during her career. With over $300,000 in poker earnings alone. Johnson has certainly done well. Besides playing poker Johnson has held a number of poker related roles. For eight years, Linda Johnson published Card Player Magazine. After selling the magazine Johnson continued to have a say by contributing articles to the publication. Johnson's most well known contribution to poker would be her establishment of the Tournament Directors Association (TDA). The TDA is responsible for setting basic tournament rules. But it goes on. In 2009 Linda Johnson, along with three fellow poker professionals, established the charity pokergives.org. The charity is a sort of hub for poker players and poker tournaments to raise and distribute money to charity. There is an advisory board that determines where the money will go in a given year. Today, Johnson acts as a floor announcer during poker tournaments and as a consultant for the World Poker Tournament (WPT). And in her spare time she organizes poker player cruises. Linda Johnson is the second woman to be inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.