Annie Duke did not start out trying to become a successful professional level Texas Hold’em poker tournament player.  In fact, she pursued a professional degree in psychology for many years until her brother, Howard Lederer, convinced her to learn how to play Texas Hold’em poker and take a shot at the World Series of poker tournament in Las Vegas, after seeing her succeed at some of the local games in Billings, Montana.  With the popularity of Texas Hold’em poker tournaments on the rise, Annie Duke competed, won and moved her family to Las Vegas to pursue the sport of gambling and gaming in poker rooms and casinos on a professional level.  Having found tremendous success as a professional level tournament poker player, Annie Duke has authored several books on the subject, including the methods in which she has found success at the Texas Hold’em poker tournament championships.  Her books can be found all over the world, including on the Internet at sites such as WeDoItAllVegas.com and there are very few professional Texas Hold’em poker players who do not know who Annie Duke is or who aren’t familiar with her work on a professional level as a writer.  With this tremendous popularity and exposure, Annie Duke is one of the most popular players in the world at the tournament poker tables, drawing fans from all around the world who are so impressed with her talents and skills at the Texas Hold’em poker tournament table.

As a female player, she stands out as having set several records for winning tournaments and championships against a male-dominated tournament in an extremely narrowly targeted demographic field.  With this focus on staying at the top of her field and leading the charge for women’s poker tournaments, Annie Duke is extremely popular with both male and female players around the world.  Considering the extreme popularity of her novels and instructional books on how to win at Texas Hold’em poker tournaments and all manner of other publicity and exposure that she has received over the years, Annie Duke might be the most famous female poker player in the world.  Regardless of what level of celebrity she might enjoy, Annie Duke has proven again and again that she has the skills, the abilities and certainly the experience necessary to compete with anyone, male or female, in any poker tournament, including Omaha and stud varieties.

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