The Pros: Annie Duke
Annie Duke was born on September 13, 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire. She comes from a family of five.
Annie attended school at St. Paul where her father headed the English department. She later attended the University of Columbia where she majored in Psychology and English.
Annie is married to her husband Ben. Together they have four children, and they live in Las Vegas.
Annie's brother is fellow pro Howard Lederer. After being approached by Annie to learn the "tricks of the trade," Howard taught her how to play poker. He started Annie off with a $2,400 loan. In the spring of 1994 Howard was so impressed with Annie's poker skills that he talked her into coming to Las Vegas to play in the WSOP. She placed in the first two events that she played and also in the $10,000 WSOP championship event, eventually knocking out Howard along the way.
Annie cashed in over $70,000 the first year she played in the WSOP.
Katy Lederer, a sister of Annie, wrote a book named "Poker Face." It's a book that has great insight into both Annie and Howard's competitvie nature.
Annie Duke is the winningest woman player in the history of the World Series of Poker. She place tenth in the 2000 WSOP Championship Event while she was eight months pregnant.
Some of Annie's Accomplishments:
Leading woman money winner at the WSOP, I think 16 in the money finishes there with a second in the 2500 Stud and splitting the
$5000 buy-in limit-hold'em with Eli Balas.
Being one of only two women, along with Jennifer Harman, to play high limit, winning poker on a consistent basis.
She won the $2,000,000 prize in the 2004 World Series of Poker's tournament of Champions.
Pro Lessons by Annie Duke
Learn Omaha: Underestimating The Value of Connecting High Cards
Learn Omaha: Overestimating The Value of Low Connecting Cards
Learn Omaha: Overestimating The Value of A2
Learn Omaha: Overestimating The Value of Baby Pairs
Learn Omaha: Playing Stranded Big Pairs
Learn Omaha from a Pro
Learn Omaha: Overestimating The Value of AA
Movin' on up
The 30-bet Rule
Annie Duke's Official Site
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