Annie Duke Bio & Articles

Annie Duke's love affair with poker began at an early age in Concord, New Hampshire. Brought up playing the game with her father and brother come professional poker player Howard, her success began in local poker games where she played to pay the bills.

WSOP & Vegas Calling

In 1994 Howard suggested that she try her hand at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas where she ended up in 13th place and knocked him out of the game. This confidence boost led her to move to Las Vegas with her husband Ben Duke to pursue a professional poker career.

In 2000 Duke finished in 10th place in the WSOP main event which is still the best place finish by a woman to date, and she did it all while 8 months pregnant!

In 2004 she won her first gold WSOP bracelet in Omaha Hi-Lo and the success still continues with her total tournament winnings to date in excess of $3.5 million.

Annie Duke the TV Star, Writer and Coach

Apart from being seen on numerous reality TV shows including her current stint on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice 2, Duke has written a book, released a set of DVD's and recorded a pilot, all on the topic of Poker.

"By limiting your losses to 30 big bets, you are effectively minimizing the time you spend playing with a poor table image, playing passively, or steaming at the table and maximizing the amount of time you spend playing your A-game. If you don't go beyond 30 big bets, you won't dump off large sums when you are playing poorly or are in a bad game. Loss limiting acts as an objective stop-gap."

She even taught Ben Affleck the finer details of the game which resulted in him winning the 2004 California State Poker Championship.

Philanthropy

In her spare time, Annie is an advocate for Refugees International, an organisation which provides humanitarian aid to those who were forced to leave their homes due to war or natural disaster, but most of all she is a mother of 4; Maud, Leo, Lucy and Nell.

Annie Duke Videos

Annie Duke vs 100

Annie Duke Interviewed by Tiffany Michelle at the 2008 WSOP