Poker pro Annie Duke has admitted that she uses her feminine wiles in order to be the best at poker and dismisses claims that poker is anything to do with luck.
Speaking to the Ottawa Citizen, the poker legend admitted that she will engage in underhand tactics to win against the men, but insists she would never engage in anything but harmless flirting.
Ms Duke says that although she has encountered chauvinism in a male-dominated sport, it actually helps her up her game.
"I've tended to encourage whatever their behaviour was because I figured it would be my advantage," she told the newspaper.
"If someone was flirting with me I'd be perfectly happy to flirt back and give them encouragement. Mind you, I've never as so much held the hand of another poker player, so it's not like they got anything when I walked away from the table," she admitted.
"I guess you can call me a poker tease," Ms Duke said.
"Poker is really the best game out there," she added. "It's a game that gets more complex as you play it more…You see the complexities, and they reveal themselves to you as you become better at the game. It's a game that you don't get bored with."
"There's no luck in poker, not even in a single hand," she added. "All that poker is a decision-making exercise. If you're a better decision-maker than your opponents on whether to bet, raise, or fold or call, or how much you're supposed to raise, that's what it's about. If I'm better in making those decisions than you are then I'm going to win."
The 43-year-old has cashed in many top poker tourneys in her career, including winning a cool $2 million in 2004 at the inaugural World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions.
Poker pro Annie Duke has admitted that she uses her feminine wiles in order to be the best at poker and dismisses claims that poker is anything to do with luck.