Career
Gazes has been playing poker since 1986. Gazes preference for high-low split and mixed games such as H.O.R.S.E and H.O.S.E. has earned her the nickname "Mixed Games". She made the 2001 World Series of Poker South.H.O.E. final table.
She took a $250,000 payout for her victory.
Gazes made multiple final tables during the first season of the Ultimate Poker Challenge and appeared as a guest commentator on that program She appeared in the GSN series Poker Royale Battle of the Sexes.
In 2007, she made two final tables at the Aussie Millions, the Main Event and Pot Limit Omaha event, taking home over $230,000. As of 2016, her live tournament winnings exceed $1,040,000.
Kristy was formerly married to poker pro Bill Gazes.
In recent years she has shifted her career focus from poker to the stock market and now owns a successful options trading business.