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Kathleen H. Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
) is an American
United States

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 professional poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 player. She is the first woman ever to win a tournament with a first prize of $1,000,000.

Poker
Liebert started her professional poker career as a prop player in Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
.






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Kathleen H. Liebert (born October 1, 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
) is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 professional poker
Poker

Poker is a family of card game that share betting rules and usually List of poker hands. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bets and how many rounds of betting are allowed....
 player. She is the first woman ever to win a tournament with a first prize of $1,000,000.

Early life


Liebert grew up on Long Island
Long Island

Long Island is an island located in southeastern New York, United States, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are Borough s of New York City, and two of which are mainly suburban....
 in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
. She attended Marist College
Marist College

Marist College is a private liberal arts college of 180 acres , located on the east bank of the Hudson River near Poughkeepsie , New York, New York, on US 9....
 in Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie (town), New York

Poughkeepsie is a town in Dutchess County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 42,777 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the native term, "Uppu-qui-ipis-in," which means "reed-covered hut by the water."...
 where she earned a bachelors degree in business and finance. She was hired by Dun & Bradstreet
Dun & Bradstreet

The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation , headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, United States, is a provider of credit information on businesses and corporations....
, but left, unhappy with corporate life. Successful stock investments allowed her to quit her job and travel the country.

Poker


Liebert started her professional poker career as a prop player in Colorado
Colorado

The State of Colorado is a U.S. state located in the Mountain States of the United States of America. Colorado may also be considered to be a part of the Western United States and Southwestern United States regions of the United States....
. She would later go on to enter tournaments and she won the first Party Poker Million
PartyGaming

PartyGaming Plc is an online gambling company, best known for its online poker room PartyPoker.com. It is headquartered in Gibraltar and quoted on the London Stock Exchange....
 event in 2002, the first limit poker tournament with a $1 million prize. She has made several final tables of the World Poker Tour
World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour is a series of international poker tournaments featuring most of the world's professional players. It was started in the United States by attorney/television producer Steven Lipscomb, who now serves as CEO of WPT Enterprises , the firm that controls the World Poker Tour....
 (WPT), including a third place finish in the 2005 Borgata Poker Open, making her the highest finishing woman on the WPT until a runner-up finish by J. J. Liu
J. J. Liu

Joanne Jishung Liu is a professional poker player from Palo Alto, California . She is the highest placing female in a World Poker Tour Championship event, finishing runner-up to Ted Forrest at the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars in 2007....
 in 2007.

At the 2004 World Series of Poker
2004 World Series of Poker

The 2004 World Series of Poker was held at Binion's Horseshoe after Harrah's Entertainment purchased the casino and the rights to the tournament in January....
, Liebert won a gold bracelet in a $1,500 limit Texas hold 'em
Texas hold 'em

Texas hold 'em is the most popular poker game in the casinos and poker card rooms across North America and Europe, as well as online poker. According to Doyle Brunson and Johnny Moss, it was originally considered a variation of seven card stud, and was called "Texas hold 'em seven card stud" back in the 1920's....
 Shootout event. She was one of three women (Cyndy Violette
Cyndy Violette

Cyndy Violette is an United States professional poker player who won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2004.Cyndy often played poker with family members as a child....
 and Annie Duke
Annie Duke

Annie Duke is a professional poker player and author who won a WSOP bracelet the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event and was the winner of the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions where she earned the winner-takes-all prize of $2,000,000....
 being the other two) to win an open event in that year's WSOP.

Liebert also appeared on and won the series Poker Royale: Battle of the Sexes
Poker Royale

Poker Royale was a television series on the Game Show Network , which featured Betting #No limit Texas hold 'em Poker. The first series began on December 7, 2004....
.

After being eliminated from the World Speed Poker Open
World Speed Poker Open

The World Speed Poker Open was an international poker tournament held under speed poker rules....
 in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
 in September 2005, Kathy provided commentary on the final alongside Gary Jones
Gary Jones (poker player)

Gary Herbert "The Choirboy" Jones is a professional poker player from Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He is also a regular color commentator on The Poker Channel....
.

On June 1, Liebert made the Final Table of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2008 World Series of Poker
2008 World Series of Poker

The 2008 World Series of Poker was the 39th annual World Series of Poker . Held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino, this year's series began on May 30, 2008, and featured 55 poker championships in List of poker variants....
 and finished in 3rd place, earning $306,064.

Although Liebert has made a career out of poker, she still uses her financial acumen to invest in the stock market. She also holds a blue belt in karate
Karate

or , and often mis, is a martial arts developed in the Ryukyu Islands from indigenous fighting methods and Chinese martial arts kenpo. It is primarily a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands and ridge-hands....
.

Liebert now resides in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, and an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and entertainment....
 and Downey, California
Downey, California

Downey is a city located in southeast Los Angeles County, California, United States, 21 km southeast of downtown Los Angeles, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 107,323....
.

As of 2009, she has one World Series of Poker
World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is the "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". It is held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada....
 (WSOP) bracelet and her total live tournament winnings exceed $5,000,000. She has won more prize money in open field tournaments than any other woman in poker history and is ranked 39th overall.

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