Playing Poker With Annie Duke

Annie Duke is a name synonymous with the most difficult poker moves and the most genuine intentions towards the game. Playing poker with Annie Duke is no tomfoolery. This woman with grit of steel has put rivals in their places and uplifted the game to another level altogether. Ever since her move from Columbus, Montana to Las Vegas, she has never once lost focus on the game. Annie Duke has come a long way since her initial stance of playing poker in the legal Billings card rooms and her initial coaching by her brother Howard.

She took very little time to outsmart Howard, a professional player much before her. She rightfully dedicates her poker fame and winnings at the various events at the World Series of Poker to the focus and determination that she claims to her developed and not inherited. Did you know that her winning at the world championship in 2000 came at a time when she was eight months pregnant! Annie Duke's media hype comes out of the considerable publicity she has bagged for tutoring none other than the actor Ben Affleck.

It was under her guidance and mentoring that the actor went on to win the California State Poker Championship in the year 2004. Annie Duke has in her kitty the $2,000,000 won at the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions. Her finishing as the 10-player at the ‘winner-take-all invitational event' got her a TV appearance on the Late Show, hosted by David Letterman. Her Annie Duke World Series of Poker bracelet and other Omaha HiLo tournament play have earned her respect and a lot of attention worldwide.

Annie Duke remains in opposition to restrictions placed on televised tournaments, especially on the players. Their inability to wear sponsorship logos and yet pay the entrance fees is not acceptable to this woman of poker. Annie Duke has not spared her own brother and beat him hollow at the 2004 World Series of Poker in four separate events. She is known to bring emotion to the poker table but not to the game plan when it comes to a tournament. This discrimination comes from the fact that Annie Duke is not some dumb blonde playing the game. Her total live tournament winnings are estimated to exceed $3,200,000. She takes the game and her winning seriously and plays her part as spokesperson for Ultimate Bet with soul.

She has rightly and with sincerity earned the many epithets associated with her name - "Annie Legend", "The Duke of Poker", "The Duchess of Poker" and "A Girl Among Gamblers'. These are just a few, she is the proud author of her own biography that goes by the title: Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at The World Series of Poker. Annie Duke has given the poker table shared by men and women a new dimension - one of mutual respect and equal opportunity. She is a legend more for her ongoing support to the revival and upgrade of the game than her winnings.