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Pro Tour-San Diego: Evelyn Ng on Magic
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-02-23 11:31:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Pro Tour, PT, San Diego, Interview, Youtube, Video, Evelyn Ng, Poker
Evelyn Ng became a poker sensation after outlasting numerous top level female players at the 2003 Ladies Night Out on the World Poker Tour. Towering over most opponents at six feet tall with model good looks, Evelyn quickly found herself a star of sorts on the professional poker circuits. It was there that she met former Magic players-turned-poker-stars David Williams and Eric Froehlich. Before long, they were cajoling her to try this OTHER card game they were sure she would love, and after numerous urgings (and occasional teasing from Evelyn about Magic itself), she relented.
The verdict? Like other games in her past, Evelyn was hooked.
Which is how she found herself watching from the rails of Pro Tour-San Diego. While not qualified for the event herself, Ng came to support both David Williams and Froehlich who received celebrity invites to come back to competitive play. We sat down to chat with her about her perspective on Magic, her background with the game, and what, exactly, she thought of the Pro Tour atmosphere.
You can find Evelyn on Twitter at Twitter.com/Evybabyee.
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.