Annie Duke
Actor, TV Personality
1965 –
Who is Annie Duke?
Anne LaBarr "Annie" Duke is an American professional poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker gold bracelet from 2004 and formerly was the leading money winner among women in WSOP history. Duke won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010. She has written a number of instructional books for poker players, including Decide to Play Great Poker and The Middle Zone, and she published her autobiography, How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker, in 2005.
Duke co-founded the non-profit Ante Up for Africa with actor Don Cheadle in 2007, to benefit charities working in African nations, and has raised money for other charities and non-profits through playing in and hosting charitable poker tournaments. She has been involved in advocacy on a number of poker-related issues including advocating for the legality of online gambling and for players' rights to control their own image. Duke was co-founder, executive vice president, and commissioner of the Epic Poker League from 2011-12.
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- Born
- Sep 13, 1965
Concord - Also known as
- Annie Lederer
- Anne LaBarr Lederer
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ben Duke
(1991 - 2004)
- Ben Duke
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Lived in
- Portland
- Billings
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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