Nikki was one of the few long-term female users of our community. She showed up on NWP in its early years -- either 2004 or early 2005. She listed herself as being from Oregon and posted some pictures of herself. She was a young woman and appeared to be real. She was never playing poker at significant stakes, so she was unknown outside of our community, despite being a young female.
When PFA started in 2012, Nikki showed up under a different screen name -- and not one which was obviously male or female. This was fine, and in fact I encouraged people to do this if they wanted a "fresh start" from their known NWP/DD identities. Only past scammers were disallowed from registering under a new name. Nikki was one of the people to take me up on this offer.
Her time on PFA was not particularly notable. She had a 3-figure post count, and mostly stuck to discussing poker-related topics. Her opinions were not particularly provocative, and her new account was assumed by most to be an occasional male poster who would mostly share brief comments on existing topics.
Two years later, in 2014, she decided to come back as herself as Nikki. At this point, she split her posting between both accounts, but again, the posts were unremarkable.
In 2018, she ceased posting on both accounts, and disappeared from PFA. Her last post was on Nikki, in October 2018, and was pahticipating in a $100 contest by Chinamaniac.
Given that she hasn't been heard from in 5 years, there are many possibilities, one being that she passed away. However, we have had users abruptly disappear in the past, who later show back up. (The latest example was "big dick", who vanished a few years ago, only to recently briefly return.)
Now Nikki has returned, but something really weird is going on with her accounts. Read on...