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Annie Duke

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The Resume

    (September 13, 1965- )
    Born in Concord, New Hampshire
    Birth name is Anne Lederer
    Won one World Series of Poker bracelet
    Won $3.1 million in tournament play
    Won more money in the WSOP than any other female player
    Sister of Howard Lederer
    Nicknamed Annie Legend, the Duke and the Duchess of Poker

Why she might be annoying:

    She left graduate school just one month before she was to defend her thesis.
    She bet fellow poker player Steve Zolotow $500 that her marriage would last at least five years.
    She tutored Ben Affleck before he won the California State Poker Championship (2004)
    Complaining that poker players have to pay tournament fees but are restricted from wearing their sponsors' logos, she said, 'We [poker players] are not even slaves. We're people paying to pick the cotton.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    She refuses to play women-only events, saying 'Poker is one of the only sports where a woman can compete on a totally equal footing with a man, so I don't understand why there's a ladies only tournament.'
    She said that if she has to choose between a tournament or one of her children's plays, the play would always win out.
    She correctly answered 35 consecutive questions on 1 vs. 100, setting a record as the longest-lasting mob member.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 60.87% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 11.11% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 14 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 61 Votes: 49.18% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 133 Votes: 51.13% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 249 Votes: 62.65% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 142 Votes: 48.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 132 Votes: 56.82% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 2673 Votes: 74.86% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 115 Votes: 36.52% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 149 Votes: 44.97% Annoying