Similarly to many other things, poker has traditionally been considered a man’s game. There are, however, countless examples which absolutely prove that this conception is quite wrong. In fact, women can also be good at poker and at defeating their male opponents. They can win prestigious tournaments capturing millions of dollars.
Here are five women that obviously know how to play this exciting game and they do it quite well. These are the top 5 female poker players that have captured the most substantial sums from live tournaments.
5. Vanessa Rousso
The Miami-based player has collected the amount of $3,515,577. The beginning of her career dates back to 2005. She has taken part in quite a lot final tables and has several first finishes. In May 2009, she won the €25,000 + 500 European High Roller Championship No Limit Hold’em event, where she scored the biggest cash in her career. Rousso captured the sum of $700,160 for her excellent performance.
4. Annette Obrestad
The Norway-born player has won $3,919,293 from her participation in various tournaments. Her career started when she was 15. In 2007, she became the youngest person to ever win a World Series of Poker bracelet. Back then, she was barely 19 years old. Obrestad defeated a number of well-known male poker pros at the 2007 WSOP £10,000 + 350 World Championship No Limit Hold’em event to capture the amount of $2,013,733 – so far, the most substantial in her career.
She almost won yet another prestigious tournament a mere month after her best achievement. In October 2007, Obrestad finished second at the €7,700 + 300 EPT Dublin No Limit Hold’em, where she was awarded $429,181.
3. Annie Duke
The total winnings of the female poker pro amount to $4,270,548. She has a WSOP golden bracelet from the 2004 No Limit Hold’em – Tournament of Champions where she scored the biggest winning in her entire career. There, Duke captured the amount of $2,000,000. She also won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010 where she received $500,000.
Duke was also a spokeswoman for ieLogic, an Oregon-based company that offered online poker software for various popular websites. She was also appointed as a spokesperson for Ultimate Bet but left the company in 2010.
2. Kathy Liebert
Liebert joined the world of poker more than 20 years ago. She holds one WSOP bracelet and in 2002, she became the first champion of Party Poker Million, where she captured $1,000,000. She has numerous other first, second, and third finishes, as well as participations in final table plays. At present, she has won the amount of $6,038,551 from live tournaments.
1. Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst is a name that fans of poker have certainly heard of. So far, the Brooklyn-based female poker pro has accumulated the impressive sum of $10,614,397 from live tournaments. Last year, she won a World Series of Poker event for $871,148. The player has a total of three WSOP bracelets. She scored her best live cash in 2010 when she finished first at the Partouche Poker Tour €7,750 + 750 No Limit Hold’em Main Event and captured $1,823,430.
