Women In Poker

Liz Lieu

  Liz Lieu is where the worlds of “Americas Next Top Model” and the “World Poker Tour” collide. She sits at the table, disarmingly attractive and stylish, with her trademark blonde streaks, manicured nails, and keen fashion sense, smiling sweetly and knocking player after player out of tournaments.

  Liz currently calls Los Angeles, California but spends almost as much time gambling in Vegas as she does in Bruin state home. For most of her dozen years of poker playing she has focused on the cash game. She had gotten good enough to spend the last four years making her living exclusively as a poker player. Recently though, she has added tournament play to her repertoire. This was a good move for her and a bad move for anyone who finds themselves sitting across from her at a tourney. This year alone, out of seven high profile tournaments, the lovely Ms. Lieu has finished in the top twenty in six of them. Not bad for somebody who fancied themselves as a ring game specialist.

  If her skill at poker was some sort of secret, the whole thing was cracked wide open when Liz showed up at the World Series of Poker in 2005. She was immediately the center of attention at any table she sat at. Those who didn’t take her seriously paid a heavy price in chips. At the end of that tournament, the newcomer, who is Vietnam’s gift to the world of poker, walked away with fifth place and $177,000.

  With other impressive finishes at the 2005 World Poker Finals, the Festa al Lago IV, and the WSOP it is obvious we have a star in the making here. She has made over a quarter of a million dollars in her first year of tournament play. It should be interesting to see where Liz goes from here.

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