Annie Duke

Birthdate: 9/13/65
Birthplace: Concord, NH
Favorite Poker Game: HORSE
Started Playing Poker: age 22

Men underestimated her at the poker table, but that didn't stop Annie Duke. There aren't many women in the poker world and she is undeniably one of the most popular female player today. Duke is the sister of the famed “poker professor” Howard Lederer and, incidentally, who taught her how to play. In 1994, her brother encouraged her to play full-time. Since then she has won a WSOP bracelet and more than half a million dollars in winnings.

Poker Achievements:

• 2003 World Tournament of Champions title holder
• Annie Duke is the top female World Series of Poker money winner of all-time
• Finished 10th at the WSOP... eight months pregnant.
• 2003 and 1999, she finished second in WSOP Limit Hold’em tournaments

Poker Players
Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan , TJ Cloutier , Layne Flack , Chris Ferguson , Phil Gordon , Joe Hachem , Gus Hansen , Phil Hellmuth Jr. , Howard Lederer , Chris Moneymaker , Daniel Negreanu , Phil Ivey , Men Nguyen , Thomas Preston , Dave Ulliott

Women of Poker
Annie Duke , Barbara Enright , Jennifer Harman , Susie Isaacs, Kathy Liebert, Cyndy Violette, Isabelle Mercier