Name: Annie Duke
Famous-names: Annie Legend/ The Duchess of Poker/ The Duke
Date of Birth: 13th of September, 1965
Place of Birth: Concord, New Hampshire in USA
Present Address: Stonington, Conn. in USA
Poker-Room: Ultimate Bet
Born Annie Duke Lederer, sister to poker pro Howard Lederer, Duke grew up in an aggressive family who love cards very much and this was in their blood. They were one family who proverb playing with each other as an optimistic family time. When Annie was eighteen year old, She matriculated at Columbia University and gone for large town. She finished her major in English language and Psychology at Columbia University and considered to become an educator like her mother and father. Instead, she registered as a graduate in Pennsylvania for Cognitive Psychology.
In 2004 she won two million USD at the initial WSOP contest of Winners a ten-player, "winner take all" invitational tournament. She hit out two thirty four players in process and succeeded her 1st WSOP title. She was included in 3 women jointly Cyndy Violette and Kathy Liebert to succeed an open contest in that World Series of Poker. In Sept. 2004 Annie succeeded 2,000,000USD in the opening WSOP contest of winners, a ten-player, and "winners take all" invitational contest. At the occasion, this win was the maximum cash succeed paid in a lone competition to a woman player of poker. That world-record was broken during the WSOP 2007 Europe Major Event by Annette Obrestad. In Aug. 2007, Annie won over eight of the best poker players of world and succeeded two million USD in the No Limit Texas "winner take all" games, invitation only World Series of Poker Champions tournament hosted by Harrah's Entertainment and ESPN.
Duke has authored his autobiography as book. This shows the obstacles in personal life of Duke, with path of her to get her 1st World Series of Poker bracelet. Annie has launched a DVD series. She also has a manufacturing company.
Lately, Duke authorized The ESPN Poker Club product line that proposes poker fans top genuine quality products of poker. The line that was started in May year 2005 contains chip set of poker, tables, tabletops and other accessories.
Other achievements of Duke
Eleven cash succeeds
One of the most recognized female in Poker
Champion of the World Series of Poker bracelet and of the Tournament of Champions 2004 as well
Career contest prize money in excess of 3.63 million USD
she comes into view in Celebrity Apprentice 2, trying to win money for contributions from actual estate specialist Donald Trump
More than 3.1 million USD in contest income
As year 2008, her whole live contest prize money exceeded the 3,600,000 USD mark.
She had the record of women for top "in the money" ends at the World Series of Poker
She has succeeded more than 3 million USD in contest play