October 15th, 2009 by Lyndsie

Annie Duke learned poker the hard way, with neither her father nor her brother letting her get off easy when they played the game in their home.

This is a player to watch, because she is a smart player. She went to Columbia University — that’s the Ivy League, folks — and double majored in English and Psychology. From there it was on to the University of Pennsylvania. However, five years into her doctorate, she married Ben Duke and they made the move to Montana. Times were hard there, and Annie chanced on some of the back room poker games in Billings. She put in hour upon hour, and she got very good — so good that times were no longer hard.

Now she has $1,581,476 worth of winnings under her belt, forty seven cashes, two first place finishes, one WSOP bracelet — and she is only forty four (not that she looks it, of course).

May 19th, 2009 by J7os

There had been a widespread acceptance by both male and female players that Annie Duke is the best poker player in the world. She has many championships and credits to her name but one of the most special is the event where she stood tenth while she was eight month pregnant with her baby.

Annie Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire as a sibling to Howard Lederer, better known as “The Professor” owing to her patient and conservative approach to the teaching of poker to others. In her childhood Annie was helped by her sister Howard but no one ever anticipated that Annie will go on to break all the records and earn hefty fortunes in poker.

Annie was an intellectual and she outscored in English and Psychology as an alumnus of the Columbian university. She even opted for a PhD in Psycholinguistics. However just as she was on the verge of completion she left her doctor’s degree and went for a full time career in poker.

Two of the biggest accomplishments of Annie Duke are: Read the rest of this entry »