Annie Duke wins $2 million freeroll tournament

Annie Duke wins $2 million freeroll poker tournament

Famous professional poker guru, Annie Duke, presented her excellent skills one more time on September 21 winning the Tournament of Champions. Annie was set to take home all the prize pool collected by ESPN and Harrah's, which reached $2 million. ESPN allowed poker fans to watch the competition on air.

According to Cardplayer.com, Annie had to prove her star poker status playing with Daniel Negreanu, Howard Lederer, Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, T.J. Cloutier, Phil Ivey, Greg Raymer and Phil Hellmuth. But she managed to win the largest freeroll tournament to date.

Annie Duke, the mother of four children, has become the most successful female player in the history of the World Series of Poker, according to Binions Horseshoe in Las Vegas. She collected more than $500,000 with 21 cashes and 11 final tables in 8 years of play. This includes the 10th place finish in their 2000 $10,000 World Series of Poker main event when she was 9 months pregnant with her third child.

The female poker player is also well-known for her theoretical and consultative work. All poker rookies would like to gat some tips from Annie, therefore she is frequently invited to many poker communities. Now she works as a consultant for one poker site, UltimateBet.com. Annie Duke also provides online poker seminars and private poker lessons.