Both comic book fans and poker players are often mischaracterized. Stereotypes usually include 30-year-old nerds for the former, and grizzled old men sitting in smoky card rooms for the latter. Professional poker player and comic lover Xuan Liu, 29, turns such stereotypes on their heads.
Liu isn't at the 2015 World Series of Poker yet — she estimates she'll arrive in a week or so — which means she'll miss this weekend's Amazing Comic Con Las Vegas at South Point Casino. A missed opportunity for the poker pro and self-described comic book geek.