"The poker table is a proxy for the boardroom table," according to Londoner Jo Living. The 42-year-old, from Islington, began playing the game eight years ago and went on to found a firm where people ...

"When you play poker, you can say you play the cards, but you can also say you can play the table. "It means that you begin to notice how other people are playing, and you begin to predict.

and reading people. Erin Lydon, president of Poker Power, joined the organization after a career on Wall Street. To her, the appeal of the poker is that, “The poker table is a meritocracy.