Have you been playing poker for more than a year now? Did you visit an Indian poker room in a recent past or played poker in Bangalore? Did you noticed the number of women poker players in the poker club? Yes; so what did you observe? The very first thing that you must have seen is the increased participation of women poker players in the poker world including live poker tournaments in India. And this increased participation of women in poker industry has proved that poker is no longer just a man’s game. According to the Henden Mob Database on 3rd March ?óÔé¼?£16, here is the list of top female poker players of the world:
Vanessa Selbst
A poker pro from America and the only woman to reach the #1 spot in Global Poker Index World Rankings. Her dominance in the world poker circuit has been such that Vanessa Selbst today holds the title of the best female poker player of the world with total poker earnings of $11,728,255. She has won three World Series of Poker bracelets, main events of the Partouche Poker Tour and North American Poker Tour and also has two World Poker Tour final tables to her name.
Kathy Liebert
Kathy Liebert has been a regular player at World Series of Poker for two decades now and has earned a total of $6,009,065 in poker winnings. Popularly known by her poker nick name PokerKat, Liebert made her first WSOP final table in 1997.
Annie Duke
Prominently known as ?óÔé¼?ôThe Duchess of Poker Annie Duke is the first woman ever to win the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. Thanks to her charismatic personality, Duke knows how to mix it with the best which also helped her win the WSOP Tournament of Champions in 2004. Presently, she holds total poker earnings of $4,270,548, and is author of popular poker books like Decide to Play Great Poker and The Middle Zone.
Annette Obrestad
Annette Obrestad is a Norwegian poker player known to be the youngest person to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. Obrestad was 18 years old when she won the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe in 2007. Since then, she has been rising high with success and has made it to the main event final tables at the European Poker Tour and at the Aussie Millions. Her total poker earnings stand at $3,923,796.
Vanessa Rousso
The most consistent poker player of all time, Vanessa Rousso has recorded multiple six-figure scores in 2006, 2009 and 2011, and continues to be a tough opponent for other players in the poker tournaments. Till date she has earned $3,547,496 in poker winnings, and is ranked among the top five women poker players in terms of all-time money winnings.