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Mrs. Duke mightn’t have earned her 1st World Series of Poker Bracelet until ‘04 but she is one of the most powerful poker competitors at the live action games at The Bellagio in vegas. Annie’s long-overdue World Series of Poker bracelet came with a win at the "forgotten game" of Omaha hi lo.

While competitors from the "younger generation" of poker go wild after a huge win at the tables, Annie goes home to be "mom" to her 4 kids. She was born in New Hampshire and raised into a family of poker competitors. If you don’t believe that, observe her brother, Howard Lederer, in action who taught her how to wager on the game.

However, Mrs. Duke is no small-potatoes girl and has won her share of challenging tables, which includes knocking out Howard along the way on several occasions. They’re both competitors that have the capability to win the large cash and do so with a smile.

Mrs. Duke is a tough player at any table due to the fact that she is a real poker player, but it’s a little more than simply being great at the game. Annie Duke is extremely smart and graduated from Columbia University where she double majored in English and Psychology.

When you are seated across from Annie at the poker table you know Annie Duke is there to compete in the game and she starts "sizing" you up from the time you join the poker table. If you can’t bet like a camp, then do not bother.

Winning over three million dollars in tournament play, Mrs. Duke branched out to become a adviser to both UltimateBet.com and Hollywood actor Ben Affleck, who aspired to enhance his abilities and grow into a force at the poker table.

You may see her at the Bellagio, you’ll definitely see Annie on TV and you may even compete against her in an online poker game, but don’t expect an easy win. Unless you’re a champion-in-the-making, you will not defeat her. Although, it’d be exciting to mention you sat at the at the table with "The Duke".

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The primary reason for why Stu Ungar switched from gin to poker was that Stu was a bit too skilled at it. So skilled in fact, that no one possibly could equal him. Even the apparently champions who were meant to be the best at gin rummy were crushed when they faced Mr. Ungar. One such gin rummy professionals was Harry Stein, nicknamed, "Yonkie". Mr. Stein was handed such a humiliating blow at the hands of Stu Ungar that he apparently stopped playing it professionally and never showed up at a gin tournament.

Accordingly, with a distinction like that it was not very long before players became weary of wagering against mr. ungar. He couldn’t find any matches and in his agony he began doing something no one had performed prior. Stu presented starting handicaps to likely opponents with the hope that they might compete against him if they thought they had an advantage. He at will played from a bad position and one account has it that stu even competed with a regular cheater. During the match, he get advice that the absconder was at it once again but Stu Ungar guaranteed that he knew of the chicanery and he would still actually win, which of course, he did.

The same problem followed Stu Ungar into vegas. He won so much that the casinos began requesting that he not to gamble on their poker rooms anymore. The basis for it was that other poker room visitors refused to be seated at the poker table if Stu was playing.

Stu Ungar is remembered better for his accomplishments in texas hold’em poker but he always said that he was far better at gin rummy.

He beat Doyle Brunson in the WSOP in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world camp. Because of his looks that made him seem far younger than he was, he was nicknamed, "The Kid".