Tonight we saw the completion of the jewelry auction. The show opened with Phil Hellmuth calling me to let me know that the other team had contacted him. He also told me that a friend and business associate was the one who helped Natalie Gulbis out in trying to get him to bid against me. [...]
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Monday, April 20th, 2009UltimateBet Goes All In to Support Humanitarian Efforts in Darfur
Monday, June 30th, 2008Miami, FL – UltimateBet today reaffirmed its commitment to helping to eliminate genocide in Africa by pledging its ongoing support to the Ante Up For Africa Foundation, an organization created to raise public awareness and raise funds for Sudan-related charities through poker tournaments and other events.
“UltimateBet is once again recognizing an often-overlooked, incredibly important cause [...]
Annie Duke and UltimateBet Invite Online Poker Players to Change the World
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Online poker site UltimateBet.com offers poker players a number of ways to get behind Annie Duke as she runs a marathon in support of Ante Up For Africa.
Annie Duke and UltimateBet.com today announced a unique opportunity for poker players to help support the humanitarian efforts in Darfur.
UltimateBet poker pro Annie Duke will be running in [...]
Annie Duke to Manage New Tournament Schedule at UltimateBet
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008Online poker site recruits world poker champion to enhance tournament schedule and overall poker offering
Miami, FL – Leading online poker site UltimateBet.com today announced a groundbreaking new poker tournament schedule while welcoming one of the world’s greatest poker professionals as its new poker room Consultant. The online poker site has taken the bold step of [...]
UltimateBet Pro Annie Duke to Ante Up for Multiple Sclerosis
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008World poker champion and UltimateBet star Annie Duke is en route to Montreal and Ottawa, Canada this weekend for UltimateBet.net’s Cross Canada Tour. While teaching Canadians how to elevate their poker game is undoubtedly an important cause, the UltimateBet pro will be making a pit stop in New York for something even more worthy.
Duke will [...]
Annie Duke to Represent UltimateBet at Aussie Millions
Thursday, January 10th, 2008Miami, FL – Online poker site UltimateBet.com today announced that acclaimed world poker champion Annie Duke is heading to Australia for the 2008 Aussie Millions this month.
The UltimateBet.com pro heads down under with an impressive poker resume. Duke has cashed 34 times at the World Series of Poker, amassed 14 Top 10 WSOP finishes, and [...]
Annie Duke Takes Center Stage for Online Poker Discussions in Washington
Friday, November 30th, 2007UltimateBet poker pro Annie Duke was in Washington earlier this month to testify before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on online gaming.
“I was honored to be able to represent the millions of poker players who enjoy playing poker on the internet,” stated Duke in an online chat on the WashingtonPost.com website. “We made some excellent [...]
Annie Duke on Gut Instincts (Psychology Today)
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007Psychology Today Magazine, May/Jun 2007
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Poker champ Annie Duke on gut instincts and bluffing.
Annie Duke, one of the world’s top professional poker players, is an excitable fast-talker, a shameless flirt, and an affectionate mother of four children. And when she’s at the poker table, Duke, 41, is an enigma who crunches numbers while [...]
Los Angeles Magazine – The Power Issue
Tuesday, February 27th, 2007Annie 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?