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  Annie Duke - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire where her father, Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist, was teaching at St.
Duke was awarded a NSF Fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study cognitive psychology, specifically psycholinguistics.
Duke has a tattoo on her lower back reading "Say yes when nobody asked", which is a Lao proverb.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Annie_Duke   (971 words)

  
 Poker Book Report - annie duke how i flirted poker book review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
From her poker table Duke chips up a significant amount of tips including some advanced theories on bluffing and tells which I found to be qualified enough to actually call them secrets, hence the title.
It is also about how Annie kicks off her shoes and tucks her legs under her butt and settles in to play cards; how she pukes when she feels panicky, but how once the cards are in the air, she is in no danger of throwing up.
One thing I have to tell you--and Annie Duke mentions not a word about this subject, not a single word, is that high stakes poker players have an intimate relationship with the IRS and they are always trying to find ways to lay off their winnings to reduce their taxes.
www.pokerbookreport.com /annieduke.htm   (1215 words)

  
 Annie Duke Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In fact, Annie would throw her cards when she lost a card game - not a sign of her future "poker face" necessarily, but certainly the seeds of her competitive nature.
Duke, was only woman to play in the No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em winner-take-all, invitation-only tournament, established by Harrah's Entertainment and ESPN.
Duke provides online poker seminars at UltimateBet.com for their players, and at any given time people playing at UltimateBet.com can find Duke chatting with other players about the rules of poker (and maybe a little gossip on the side).
www.broadbandpoker.com /annie_duke_bio   (577 words)

  
 Annie Duke | Professional Poker Player Profile
Annie has written her own book, an autobiography entitled "Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at The World Series of Poker." While she is now arguably the most famous woman in poker, Annie Duke is definitely not a full-time poker player.
Duke is very much a family person, a fact that is greatly admired by celebrated sports commentator with nine WSOP bracelets to his name, the "Poker Brat" Phil Hellmuth.
One of the most notable things about Annie Duke is that she doesn't consider being a woman to have any sort of affect on her games.
www.poker-player-profiles.com /annie-duke   (473 words)

  
 Murphy James - Poker's Superstar, Annie Duke: Bluffing, Flirting, and Winning
Annie agonized as her mother retreated into crossword puzzles (she could do the New York Times puzzle in twenty minutes flat) and solitaire, a lonely figure away from the competitiveness that drove the rest of the family.
Annie was using her background in psychology to perfect the reading of “tells:” the blinks, scratches, tics, and flop sweat of opponents that telegraph when they have a good (or bad) hand.
Annie has made it to this level now and is a strong advocate for this to be the norm among the top players.
www.murphyjames.com /clips/slv_duke/index.html   (3151 words)

  
 Annie Duke - Poker player profile, quotes and pictures
Annie was born in Concord, New Hampshire and educated in the prestigious St. Paul's prep school.
Annie Duke plays poker until today and is involved in numerous activities, owns a poker camp and participates in tournaments.
Annie Duke: 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.
www.everypoker.com /annie-duke   (542 words)

  
 Review of Annie Duke
Annie Duke is a very successful high-limit cash game and tournament poker player who has been catapulted into the limelight due to her appeal and successes in televised poker tournaments.
I think Duke would agree that a lot of the situations she faced in her life could reasonably be called bizarre.
The fans of Annie Duke the poker player who are eager to learn more about the background of this remarkable person will probably learn a great deal from this book, although I won't guarantee that they'll gain in understanding.
www.jetcafe.org /~npc/reviews/gambling/annie_duke.html   (893 words)

  
 Babes Of Poker: Annie Duke - Poker Forums
In fact, Annie was often known to throw her cards when she lost a card game -– not a sign of her future as a professional poker player needing a ‘poker face’ necessarily, but certainly the seeds of her competitive nature.
Annie Duke is also sought after by many for her poker skill and knowledge of the rules of poker.
Annie Duke was really cool to me at the Bicycle, although she accidentally burned me with the tip of her cigarette.
www.pokerforums.net /ib-forum-topic-175.html   (923 words)

  
 Understanding Annie Duke: Profiles of Professional Poker Players
Annie's agent set her up with a series of media interviews in advance of shooting a pilot for NBC called "All-In." The show's script (sitcom) was loosely based on Annie's life: a busy mother who pays the bills through playing professional poker.
Annie was raised in an affluent family in New England.
Somehow, Annie felt that something was "wrong." Her emotions sent her mind and body into a hurricane-like internal swirl, and Annie ended up in the hospital.
www.toppoker.org /poker-players/annie-duke.html   (949 words)

  
 Fame & Fortune: Poker Champ Annie Duke (Page 1 of 3)
Annie Duke is the world's most successful female poker player.
Her then-husband was a recipient of a small trust fund from the Duke tobacco family.
Duke is also the mother of four young children.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/investing/20060103b1.asp   (483 words)

  
 Annie Duke | Poker Pro - Bio - FreePokerTraining.com
Early in her childhood, Duke struggled to fit in as a liberal product of two teachers in a sea of conservatism and privilege on the grounds of the prestigious St. Paul’s prep school.
Pretty, smart and popular, Duke completed a major in English and Psychology at Columbia University intending to follow in the footsteps of her parents and becoming a teacher.
Duke now serves as a consultant for the online poker site UltimateBet.com to ensure that their rules of poker and tournament structure match those you would find in the famous poker rooms of the Las Vegas strip.
freepokertraining.com /poker-pros/bio/annie_duke.asp   (598 words)

  
 Annie Duke found her calling | The San Diego Union-Tribune
That's the way Duke sees it, and it is why she believes the startling wave of poker popularity, fed by the success of games on TV, is not simply a craze destined to fold like a check-raised pair of 2s.
Duke is working feverishly to parlay that popularity and her recent success at the table.
Duke describes her poker epiphany following her ill-advised marriage, her obsession to become a pro, and the rigors of childbirth and child-rearing while working the poker circuit.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20051009/news_1c09annie.html   (1411 words)

  
 A Visit with World Champion Poker Professional Annie Duke
Annie has ranked as one of the top players in the world since she started playing professionally a decade ago, long before the game became "fashionable" through its exposure on cable TV.
Annie, who took home $2 million for winning the Tournament of Champions, appeared in Chicago recently to participate in a charity tournament and to promote the new DD Tournament Poker Collector's Edition (PC/MAC), which bears her likeness.
I mentioned to Annie that a veteran Atlantic City poker room manager once mentioned to me that Texas Hold'em is the simplest of all poker games to learn, the easiest to play, but the most difficult to master.
brokopp.casinocitytimes.com /articles/16721.html   (1135 words)

  
 Annie Duke Takes On The World - An Interview (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Annie Duke, on her way to obtain her doctorate degree from the prestigious University of Pennsylvania in the early 90s, was experiencing a personal crisis: She was unsure that she really wanted a life as a professor and researcher.
Annie Duke: Yeah, basically I was going to graduate school at U Penn. My brother had gone to New York when he was 18 to become a chess master (he was really into chess) and he started to play poker while he was there.
Annie Duke: At the end of that first year that I was playing, he told me to come down to the World Series, which I did.
www.pokermagazine.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Poker-Tournaments/annie_duke_interview.html   (2227 words)

  
 Annie Duke - 2004 WSOP Tournament of Champions Winner
Annie Duke (born September 13, 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire) is a professional poker player and sister of poker pro Howard Lederer.
Today Duke is regarded as one of the most famous female poker players, along with Kathy Liebert and Jennifer Harman.
Duke has been a spokesperson for UltimateBet since 2000 and has written many articles for them, mainly on Omaha hold'em.
www.poker-pros.net /annie-duke.html   (443 words)

  
 Annie Duke Photos - Annie Duke News - Annie Duke Information
Annie was born in Concord, New Hampshire into a family who had card playing and competition in their blood.
Annie's parents were teachers, with her father having taught at Saint Paul's Prep School in New Hampshire.
Annie Duke: DD Tournament Poker is a great game for introducing people to the world of Texas Hold'em poker,...
www.tv.com /annie-duke/person/321501/summary.html   (382 words)

  
 Annie Duke - World Series of Poker Annie Duke - Ben Affleck
Annie Duke is a strong competitor when it comes to tournament poker.
Annie is a mother to four children and that sets her apart from almost anybody in the poker world.
She stated in an interview with CBS, "Poker is one of the only sports where a woman can compete on a totally equal footing with a man, so I don't understand why there's a ladies only tournament." Of course this is one of the reasons why I respect her.
www.poker-babes.com /bio/annie-duke   (569 words)

  
 Howard Lederer, Annie Duke: Top poker professionals, poker tournament heavyweights (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Annie Duke, who just so happens to be the sister of Howard Lederer, is one of poker's top female players.
Annie Duke and Howard Lederer (or "Bub" as his friends call him) grew up in a fiercely competitive household in Concord, New Hampshire.
Annie describes her father as a man who would rather pass out and faint than give up in any competition.
www.poker-ranking.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles/howard_lederer.shtml   (690 words)

  
 Annie Duke (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Annie Duke isn't the only poker prodigy in her family.
Annie majored in psychology and English at Colombia University but she quit her academic life and got married to her friend, Ben Duke and together, they moved to Montana.
Annie began playing in legal poker halls and with her brother as her coaching guide, she began winning games.
www.gambling-reports.com.cob-web.org:8888 /anni-duke.html   (253 words)

  
 Annie Duke - Poker Pro - VegasPokerPro.com
Poker enthusiasts watching ring games at the Bellagio may occasionally be lucky enough to spot Annie Duke, one of the best and certainly one of the most famous poker players in the country.
Duke won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in the 2004 $2,000 Omaha High-Low event.
Finally, in 2004, Annie Duke defeated nine other champion poker players in the WSOP Invitational Championship and received the $2 million winner-take-all prize.
www.vegaspokerpro.com /poker-pro-annie-duke.asp   (337 words)

  
 Annie Duke: Talented, and tormented | Poker News
Duke and co-author David Diamond present what at times is a stark, often shocking story of a woman whose fears, and psychological challenges are often paralyzing, and prevent her from achieving what everyone wanted for her....except what she wanted
Duke should be commended for opening up her life, and showing how fears, and mental imbalance can rule and indeed take over a life...if you let them.
Sure, Duke does offer some tips, and some advice in specific tournament situations, but I think the people who could probably be the most helped by this book are young women who may be feeling the same way Annie did, and may be helped by her candor.
www.pokernews.com /news/2005/09/annie-duke-talented-tormented.htm   (561 words)

  
 Annie Duke Bio | Annie Duke Profile (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Annie Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire into a highly competitive card playing family.
Teaching her the basic rules of the game Annie caught the poker bug and in 1992 after 5 years of graduate school she moved with her husband to Billings, Montana and with $2400 dollars in seed money from her brother she started to build her bankroll in the games in her area.
Not only is Annie Duke a world class poker player she is also a mother of 4 and has coached the likes of Ben Affleck in their game.
www.pokergeist.com.cob-web.org:8888 /players.php?id=6   (347 words)

  
 Poker Pro Annie Duke Appears on PocketFives.com Podcast
Duke's bracelet in the Omaha event is indicative of her insight into the game.
She is able to experience the quality of both online poker players and "brick and mortar" casino players: "There are tons of players in their 20's who would have never been as good as they are now has it not been for online poker because of the volume of hands and tournaments you can play.
Annie Duke is a registered member of PocketFives.com, which is dedicated to providing a community and news outlet for online poker: "PocketFives.com is the only forum I post on.
www.prweb.com /releases/poker/podcast/prweb434013.htm   (960 words)

  
 Annie Duke - Poker Champion Annie Duke Profile
Annie Duke's life sounds like a sitcom on steroids.
Annie won the 2004 World Series of Poker Omaha Hi Lo title as well as the ESPN-created invitational World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and its two million dollar first prize.
Annie studied cognitive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania before turning to poker.
www.playwinningpoker.com /poker/players/annie-duke   (118 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Annie Duke is one of the most visible figures in the game and this autobiography provides a great insight into her life told in her own words.
Annie also appears arrogant at times, which is one of the principal criticisms other poker players have of her.
Annie Duke has led a very interesting life both at home and at the poker tables.
www.amazon.com /Annie-Duke-Bluffed-Flirted-Millions/dp/1594630127   (2248 words)

  
 Annie Duke - Poker player fan site with bio & pictures (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Annie felt like she did not quite fit in at school, but decided to matriculate at the University of Columbia.
Annie’s move to the world of poker came as no surprise to anyone who knew her.
The Dukes later realized that a move to Las Vegas was imminent and moved there the very same year as her major breakthrough.
www.annie-duke.net.cob-web.org:8888   (553 words)

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