Annie Duke - Professional Poker Player Review Series
Annie Duke is a very renowned name in the world of poker. Though Annie is often referred to as an author, she is popular as a Professional Poker Player. She is best known for having won two million US dollars in the inaugural World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions in September in the year of 2004. This page will let you know about the life and achievements of Annie Duke as a poker player.
Annie Duke was born on 13th September in the year of 1965 in Concord in New Hampshire. Her father, Richard Lederer was a linguist as well as a writer. He was also a teacher at St. Paul's School. She has a brother and a sister, Howard Lederer and Katy Lederer respectively. Howard also happens to be a Professional Poker Player while Katy is a poet and also an author. Her best known work is Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers, a book about the Lederers.
She studied in Columbia University with double majors in Psychology and English. She came to be awarded with the NSF Fellowship that permitted her to attend classes in the graduate school under the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied psycholinguistics.
Annie Duke got married to Ben Duke who used to be a very close friend of hers during her university days. After their marriage, Annie moved to her husband's house at Columbus in Montana. It was in the year of 1992 that she decided to give up her studies at school. From this period of time she took up poker as her professional career. The help and support of her brother gave her a real boost to grow more and more in the world of poker.
The fact that She had a true passion for the game of poker is clearly revealed from the steps that she took in her life. Putting an end to her student life, she started playing poker in the legal card rooms in Billings. When she had had enough of help and guide from her brother, she moved with her husband to Las Vegas with the purpose of taking poker as a full time profession.
Annie Duke has bagged a good number of awards in her professional career as a poker player. Her achievements that cannot be described a titles or awards, are also no less in number. In addition to winning two minion US dollars in the inaugural World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions in the year of 2004, she also has the credit of the maximum number of 'in the money' finishes at the WSOP in the year of 2008.
Annie secured the 88th place in the Main Event of the World Series of Poker in 2006. She also has the credit of winning a World Series of Poker Bracelet in Omaha HiLo. She has earned more than three million US dollars in the tournament play. Annie Duke has also found to be writing and speaking on subjects related to the game of poker. At present, Annie feels reluctant to take part in the women only poker tournaments stating that in this game, the women can equally compete with the men.
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