Annie Duke

Annie Duke is an American, born September 13, 1965, in Concord, New Hampshire, a former professional poker player who later became an author in cognitive-behavioral decision science and decision education. She won a World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the 2004 Omaha Hi-Lo Split event and the same year captured the WSOP Tournament of Champions, defeating her brother and nine former world champions for a two million dollar prize, and in 2010 she became the first and only woman to win the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. In 2000 she placed tenth in the WSOP Main Event while nine months pregnant, the second-highest female finish in that event's history, and she retired from poker in 2012 with 1.17 million dollars in career WSOP winnings across 39 cashes.