Joanne Liu: One of the Million-Dollar Women in Poker

The million-dollar women in poker form an elite group of individual professional players who have reached a distinct level that only a few have yet to attain. These people have proved that they are indeed the best of the best when it comes to playing poker. They may have gone through a lot of difficulties and hard times to reach this point, but they surely deserve the fame and admiration that they are getting from the fans and other players as well.

The elite group of million-dollar women in poker includes Kathy Liebert, Annette Obrestad and Jennifer Harman Traniello. They form the upper echelon of female players who have won more than a million U.S. dollars just by playing the game. On the other hand, the lower echelon of million-dollar female poker players includes Joanne Liu, Annie Duke and Mimi Tran.

Among these excellent female poker players, Joanne Liu deserves some special attention. She is indeed a million-dollar woman who has struck the world of poker in an instant. Since then, she has made a very big name for herself by winning several important poker tournaments throughout the past few decades. As of the moment, she has a grand total of $1,502,505 winnings from playing professional poker.

Liu is impressive because in one single year she has accomplished something that only a few have done. She both learned and started to play in the biggest poker tournaments in the same year. Just imagine how she handled the pressure of big time poker just as she was just starting it out with the game. This is indeed a very classy act and a very tough one to follow.

Liu has a very busy year in 2007. In January, she joined the Crown Aussie Millions Championship. She placed 35th at the Pot Limit Hold'em Teams event. She followed it up with an eighth place finish at the No Limit Hold'em event of the L.A. Poker Classic the following month. In March, she won big-time at the No Limit Hold'em Championship event of the Bay 101 Shooting Star, taking home a glittering $600,000.

In June 2007, Liu joined the Limit Hold'em event of the 38th Annual World Series of Poker. In that event, she placed 15th to take home a total prize of $9,395. Her latest stint at the international poker circuit scene came in November 2007, where she joined the Gold Rush poker tournament. She participated at a No Limit Hold'em event, finishing first to take home a total of $21,400.

Liu undoubtedly belongs to the elite group of million-dollar women in poker, not only in money but in skills as well. They are currently the best in playing big-time poker. Her impressive career record throughout the years has made her one of the most popular and admired female poker players today.