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Mrs. Duke mightn’t have won her 1st World Series of Poker Bracelet until ‘04 but she is still one of the most feared poker competitors at the ring matches at The Bellagio in vegas. Annie’s long-overdue WSOP bracelet came with a win at the "buried game" of Omaha hi-low.

While competitors from the "younger crowd" of poker go wild following a large win at the tables, Annie goes home and becomes "mom" to her 4 children. She was born in New Hampshire into a family of card competitors. If you do not believe that, observe her brother, Howard Lederer, in action who coached her how to gamble on the game.

However, Mrs. Duke is no small change girl and has won her cut of challenging tables, including eliminating Howard along the way on a couple of occasions. They are both players that have the ability to win the huge money and do so with a smile.

Annie Duke is a strong player at any poker table considering that she is a genuine poker player, but it’s a bit more than just being strong at the game. Annie is very smart and graduated from Columbia U where she majored in English and Psychology.

When you take a seat across from Annie at the table you know Annie Duke is there to play the game and she begins "sizing" you up from the time you sit down at the poker table. If you can not gamble like a camp, then don’t waste your time.

Winning over 3 million dollars in tournament competitions, Annie Duke branched out to become a adviser to both the UltimateBet website and actor Ben Affleck, who wished to sharpen his skills and develop into a force at the tables.

You may see her at the Bellagio, you’ll notice Annie on television and you may even participate against her in a net poker match, but don’t expect an easy win. Unless you’re a camp-in-the-making, you’ll not beat her. However, it would be fun to mention you sat at the same table as "The Duke".

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The primary reason why Stu switched from gin rummy to poker was that he was a tiny bit too good at it. So good in fact, that no player could equal him. Even the commonly called champions who were supposed to be the greatest at gin rummy were crushed when they competed against Stu. One such gin rummy masters was Harry Stein, called, "Yonkie". Harry Stein suffered such a belittling blow at the hands of stu that he allegedly stopped competing in it professionally and never showed up at a gin tournament.

Of course, with a reputation like that it was not too long before people became shy of playing against mr. ungar. He could not find any games and in his boredom he began doing something no one had done prior. He presented beginning handicaps to likely opponents in the hope that they might compete against him if they believed they had an advantage. He deliberately began from a disadvantageous position and one account has it that stu even competed with a regular absconder. Mid match, he received warnings that the absconder was at it yet again but stu assured that he knew of the dishonestly and he would still acquire a win, which of course, he did.

The same problem followed Stu Ungar to Las Vegas. He won so often that the casinos started requesting that he not to gamble in their rooms anymore. The explanation why was that other poker room clients would not be seated at the poker table if he were playing.

Stu Ungar is recollected better for his achievements in hold’em poker but he always insisted that he was much better at gin rummy.

He beat Doyle Brunson in the World Series of Poker in Nineteen Eighty to become the youngest world champion. Due to his features that made him seem far younger than he was, he got the nickname, "The Kid".