+Los Angeles Magazine – The Power Issue
Annie was listed as one of LA’s 122 Most Influential People. See the article below as well as her bio on the article posted on the LAMAG website:
Annie Duke
POKER PLAYER
Age: 41. AKA: The Duchess of Poker. Greatest hit: Won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, a $2 million purse. Why her? To call her the best female poker player in the world, which she is, does Duke a disservice. A Ph.D. dropout in psycholinguistics, she is one of the brightest stars in the glitzy new poker universe, smart and sexy enough to make card playing an ESPN event. Posse: Under her tutelage, Ben Affleck won the California State Poker Championship in 2004. The test: Can this mother of four cash in on her celebrity before the poker fad wanes?
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