Annie Duke

My question concerns No Limit, both cash games and tournaments.  Suppose you are playing, for the sake of argument, A Q suited from the cutoff.  You’ve raised and are now heads up against the button.  You flop top pair w/ top kicker, yet no cards in your suit.  There are two diamonds on the board.   [...]

Annie: With almost 9000 entries into the WSOP, the event now spans almost 2 weeks (if you last that long).  What do you see as the biggest change that has happened to the event?  With several off-days, proliferation of amateurs’ pressing their luck’, and the like, would you support increasing the entrance fee to trim [...]

Hi Annie-
In Omaha Hi-Lo, I know that the best lo hand is A2345 and that the second best is A2346. But what is the third best lo … A2347 or A3456 and why?
Confused in Colorado, Lauri
Lauri:
Actually, it’s neither of those, sorry.
In all high-low split games, the low is figured from the top card down. Best [...]

Annie,
Hello I am new to NL poker, and I hear the term “right odds” to call or play a hand. Can you explain what the right odds are? Thanks, Brian.
Brian – It’s all about the chances you have of making your hand and the amount you’ll get paid if you hit. Let’s say you [...]

Hello Annie…  I’m not sure how to ask my question? I don’t want to make it to general. When you first started playing poker, how did you determine that you could make money playing poker? I would seriously like to test the waters, but I can’t just quit work and start playing and lose everything [...]

Annie,
Remember back before poker became your profession?  When you fell in love with the game, before it became lucrative for you, did you ever feel like you were in this poker cave and couldn’t find your way out?  What I mean is, did you become consumed by the game-whether you were winning big or losing [...]

Annie, What is the best way to get a good starting bankroll? I am a good / solid player, but I have to spend many of my winnings to pay the bills and it is difficult to get a bankroll built up. Any suggestions? Thank you. Allen
It’s the age-old problem, isn’t it? If you’re a [...]

Hi Annie, I would like to know how you deal with those players who play 3,5 or7,2 off suit and win. That just pi**s me off  to beat the band. I don’t mind the bad beats, well not as much. Please tell me how you handle this. Thank you!  Danny
Danny – everybody gets aggravated when [...]

I finally got up the courage to play in a casino last weekend.  I bought in for $100 at a 1/2 No limit game.  I’m pretty conservative and played it pretty tight and built myself to almost $500 after about 5 hours of play. 
I was then dealt a pair of pocket 7’s and made [...]

Annie,
You absolutely stole the show at the TOC. That was awesome with you sending Phil into his obligatory tantrum. My entire gym was watching and we were doing back flips when won.
To let you know, i’ve been playing poker ever since I first watched Rounders. In that time i’ve won [...]