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A 21 year old Woodstock (Georgia) native is on her way to Las Vegas to compete in the National Rock, Paper, Scissors championship. If she wins, it’s $50,000 dollars in her pocket and a trip to the international championship in Beijing. Emma Gay is a happy girl.

As a recap, rock, paper, scissors is the childhood game where two people face each other and, at the count of three, toss out either a fist (rock), an open palm (paper) or two fingers (scissors). Paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors, scissors cut paper. Simple. And, if Gay’s streak continues, profitable.

According to an article in the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Gay’s good fortune began this spring, during a night out with friends at Zucca Bar and Pizzeria in Kennesaw. She just happened to be there on the night Bud Light was sponsoring a Rock, Paper, Scissors competition.

Following her victory that night, she went on to compete at Turner Field against other winners from around Georgia.

From the article:

“I was like, ‘I’m just going for the free food and beer,’” she recalls. “And then I got to Turner Field, and I got really competitive. I wanted to win.”

Win she did. On the Jumbotron, no less.

A win in Vegas and Gay will pocket the cash and be off to the international championship in Beijing.

“This is cheesy,” she admits, “but ever since I saw the Olympics when I was a little kid, I’ve wanted to represent my country at something. Wouldn’t it be funny if I represented my country at the international Rock, Paper, Scissors tournament?”

While Gay believes winning is based more on luck than skill, she does have one possible strategy.

“I think I might just wear something cute, because I think there’ll be a lot of nerdy guys there, and so I’ll throw them all off by being cute.”

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