INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POKER PLAYER
Wendeen Eolis has scored ten prize-winning performances in major competitions and world class fields — seven record-setters for a woman, including three paydays at the World Series of Poker (1986,1993,2003) and a piece of the prize at the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Tour Championship (2003).
By day, Ms. Eolis is the CEO of EOLIS International Group. In her off-hours, she competes in table stakes cash games as well as tournaments where millions of dollars change hands on the turn of a single card. Ms. Eolis stands as the only woman with two decades of experience as a regular No Limit Hold’em player, in both “cash games" and major tournaments.
A commemorative poker chip in honor of Ms. Eolis' achievement at the World Series of Poker was issued by Binion’s Horseshoe Casino in 1996 and reissued in 2002 and 2003. Also in 2003 Ms. Eolis was honored as one of the selected players for the 2003 World Poker Tour Invitational. She is listed in PokerPages’ Women’s Hall of Fame and is ranked in the “top ten list” of female poker players by PokerTop10.com (2003).
INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED POKER SPOKESPERSON
AUTHOR, LECTURER, BROADCAST AND PRINT JOURNALIST, TEACHER. HOST, ACTIVIST
Ms Eolis is an experienced broadcast journalist and poker webcast director and anchor for major poker tournaments. She is also an editorial consultant and leading feature writer for Poker Player the widely distributed poker newspaper as well as other internationally circulated poker newspapers, magazines and websites. Ms. Eolis’ poker memoir, Power Poker Dame, is slated for publication in late 2004. Ms. Eolis is a keynote and motivational speaker at corporate, charitable, and special events and has lectured at the New York Learning Annex and at poker industry conferences. She relates poker at the card table to negotiations at the conference table and beyond the felt. She is available for poker seminars and private lessons. Ms. Eolis champions smoke-free poker and the highest standard of professionalism in the operation of poker games.
RECORD-SETTING TOURNAMENT PERFORMANCES
Money finisher, World Series of Poker, 2004, 33rd Place (840 players)
Money finisher, Bellagio Five Diamond WPT Championship,2003 (only woman)
Money finisher, WSOP Seniors World Championship, 2003 (only woman)
Winner, Russ Hamilton No Limit Hold 'em Invitational, 2000 (only woman at the final table)
Note: Sabbatical from major tournament competition 1993-2000
1st woman "money finisher " twice in the final WSOP event, 1993
Winner, European Open, No Limit Hold’em event — Isle of Man, 1990 (only woman)
1st woman finalist in a major event, Hall of Fame, 1988, 6th place
1st woman "money winner" in the final WSOP event, 1986
POKER PLAYER IN THE NEWS
National Media Features: 2000 - Present
Post Tribune, March 2004 • VoiceAmerica.com, September 25,2003 • New York Times, February 9, 2003, November 20, 2000 • Playing With the Big Boys, 2002 (Book) • GQ, August 2000 • A&E Biography Close Up, July 31, 2000 • Court TV, April 6, 2000
Other Features: 2000 - Present
New Jersey Star Ledger, April 6, 2003 • Card Player Magazine, July 2002, July 2000 • Poker Digest, May, 2002, October, 2000 • Maximum Golf, May 2001 • Atlantic City Press, December 2000
Past Features: 1986 - 1999
NY Daily News, 1999 • Card Player Magazine, 1996, 1993 • Chicago Tribune,1991• Independent (London), 1994 • Legal Times, (Washington, DC), 1993 • NY Post, 1993 • National Enquirer, 1991 • Manhattan, Inc., 1990 • New York Magazine, 1989 • Continental Airlines Magazine, 1989 • Players Panorama, 1988 • Newsday, 1987 • Las Vegas Review Journal, 1986
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CAREER PROFILE
Ms. Eolis is the CEO of EOLIS International Group,a legal management and attorney search consultancy that specializes in the selection and review of outside counsel, top level attorney searches and career counseling for senior lawyers who seek positions as partners, legal executives, directors and elected official. She also offers singular expertise in the gaming industry, acquired in government assignments and in representations of casinos. Ms. Eolis has served as first assistant/senior advisor to Governor George E. Pataki and as a special advisor to former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani.
BUSINESS EXPERT
Wendeen H. Eolis, C. P. C.
- Founder and CEO, EOLIS International Group
- Government advisor and consultant to federal and international agencies
- Former first assistant and senior advisor to New York Governor George E. Pataki
- Former special advisor to New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
- Motivational speaker and seminar leader for business and special events
- Internationally recognized poker player and industry spokesperson
- Author, Power Poker Dame (in progress); poker lessons for negotiators
- Columnist, NY Law Journal; Contributor, trade journals/magazines
Wendeen Eolis specializes in legal affairs relationship counseling including crisis management. She offers singular expertise in selection and review of outside counsel, oversees top level searches and coaches attorneys for positions as CEOs, corporate directors and elected officials.
Ms. Eolis also offers broad expertise in the gaming industry, acquired in state and federal government assignments and in representations of casinos around the world. In addition, she is a motivational speaker who uses her achievements in poker competitions as a metaphor for successful negotiations.
Since the late sixties, when Ms. Eolis founded the first search firm exclusively for practicing lawyers, she has advanced the professionalism of attorney search and law management consulting services to respond to the needs of the legal profession and consumers of legal services — worldwide.
As a motivational and keynote speaker at law firm and business meetings, conferences and special events. In her lectures she reflects upon her diverse experience in business, politics and poker.
She is CEO of EOLIS International Group, the legal management consultancy and attorney search firm that has spawned an entire industry. She is also former first assistant to New York Governor George E. Pataki and previously served as a longtime advisor to Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani. In addition, Ms. Eolis founded and oversees Hope’s Champion, a pro bono program of credentialed volunteers who assist Lower Manhattan businesses, survivors and victims’ families of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Also an internationally recognized poker player, Ms. Eolis uses poker as a metaphor for masterful negotiating strategies in professional and personal life. Ms. Eolis holds six record setting performances for a woman in major poker tournament competition and world class fields. Binion’s Horseshoe Casino has issued a commemorative casino chip in her honor for “women’s milestones” at the World Series of Poker, the richest and most prestigious poker tournament in the world.
Ms. Eolis chronicles the battles she has fought at the felt and lessons she has bought in card games and other “high stakes poker pursuits” in her forthcoming book, Power Poker Dame.
SAMPLE SPEECH AND SEMINAR TOPICS:
- Negotiate promotions all the way to the top – to partner, president, or CEO
- Bluffing is an over-rated strategy in law, business, politics, and card rooms
- Women have the advantage at any poker table
- It doesn't necessarily take a pro to beat a pro; the power of the three D’s
- Reading people is the art of the deal
Win by playing to your strengths and concealing your weaknesses CEO, EOLIS International Group; founder, first attorney search and legal management consultancy Former first assistant and senior advisor to New York Governor George E. Pataki
- Former special advisor to New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani
- Motivational speaker and seminar leader for business and special events
- Internationally recognized poker player and industry spokesperson
LEGAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, ATTORNEY SEARCH
Ms. Eolis specializes in legal affairs relationship counseling which includes outside counsel selection and review, top level attorney searches, and career coaching for attorneys who seek unique positions in law and business and as corporate directors and elected officials.
GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, GAMING
Ms. Eolis advises government officials and political candidates regarding operations and media issues and vets lawyers for top positions in government. She also offers singular expertise in the gaming industry, acquired in her government assignments and in casino representations.
EXPERT WITNESS
Ms. Eolis is recognized as a pre-eminent expert witness on attorney and law firm compensation matters, employer discrimination claims, placement fee disputes, and customs and practices in the gaming industry. She has been retained for arbitrations, state and federal proceedings.
PERSONNEL INDUSTRY LEADERSHIP
Leadership in the personnel industry since 1967 includes: founder and first President National Association of Legal Search Consultants, Board of Directors National Association of Personnel Consultants and President, Association of Personnel Consultants of New York. Ms. Eolis is a recipient of NALSC’s Distinguished Service Award and APCNY’s Lifetime Industry Service Award.
JOURNALIST, SPEAKER, SEMINAR LEADER
An internationally recognized poker player, Ms. Eolis is the author of the forthcoming book, Power Poker Dame. In lectures and seminars she uses poker as a metaphor for masterful negotiating strategies. She is a columnist for the New York Law Journal and contributes to various trade journals and magazines.
POST 9/11 LEADERSHIP
Ms. Eolis founded and oversees Hope’s Champion, a pro bono program of credentialed volunteers who advise Lower Manhattan businesses and employees that were disrupted by the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
CIVIC board DIRECTORSHIPS, COMMUNITY SERVICE
Ms. Eolis is a Director of New Yorkers for Children, serves as a PENCIL Principal for a Day, and is on the leadership committee of the International Women’s Forum. Ms. Eolis was previously a Director of WNYC Radio and Television and was on the Mayor’s Host Committee for the United Nations’ 50th anniversary.
POKER PERSONALITY
Ms. Eolis has achieved eight prize-winning performances in major tournaments; six record-setters for a woman. She is a spokesperson for the industry as a poker player, journalist, speaker, host and activist.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS, CAREER HONORS
Ms. Eolis received a BA from New York University (Chester H. Lane Award recipient). She is a certified personnel consultant and experienced arbitrator. Ms. Eolis is also conversant in French and Spanish.