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Spotlight on Annie Duke Annie Duke is these days one of the most recognizable faces in the poker industry. Since the world of poker peaked in popularity about 4 years ago, when it was trendy to take part in poker and watch poker on tv, Duke became a household name. She now bills herself as the best female in poker, and many would agree that she is right. Having started playing the game over 15 years ago to pay her first mortgage, Annie Duke’s poker journey has taken her all over the world and back. Furthermore, anybody who assumes that Texas Hold’em players have no education or are only playing because they have no other options have clearly never met this star player before. Not only did Duke aspire to be a teacher at one point, but she has a masters degree in psychology and was studying for a Doctorate when she decided academia wasn’t the right choice for her and left it in favor of marriage and family. Her first World Series of Poker event was hugely successful having almost reached the top ten spot, and even managed to go head to head against her famous poker star brother, Howard Lederer, and has done it again four times since. Annie has turned her name into an internationally known brand and has her own line of instructional books and dvds, makes personal appearances, and also is a poker coach to the stars. Her success in the poker world has given her and her family a wonderful and comfortable life in Los Angeles where she is exploring television and film production in addition to her full plate of online poker play. Back to June 2009 Archive. |
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