- Kathy Liebert
infobox poker player
firstname=Kathy
lastname=Liebert
nickname=PokerKat
caption=Kathy Liebert at the Festa al Lago World Poker Tour 2004
hometown=Las Vegas, Nevada
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=27 [ [http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=188 WSOP player profile] ]
wsop main event best finish rank=17th
wsop main event best finish year=1998
multi-year wsop winner=2000
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables=4(+1)
wpt money finishes=12Kathleen H. Liebert (born
October 1 ,1967 inNashville, Tennessee ) [ [http://www.guidetopoker.com/Kathy-Liebert.php GuidetoPoker profile] ] is an American professionalpoker player. She is the first woman ever to win a tournament with a first prize of $1,000,000. [http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/kathy-liebert/ Poker Babes profile] ]Early life
Liebert grew up on
Long Island inNew York . She attendedMarist College in Poughkeepsie where she earned a bachelors degree in business and finance. [http://www.poker-babes.com/bio/kathy-liebert/ Poker Babes profile] ] She was hired byDun & Bradstreet , 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 . She would later go on to enter tournaments and she won the first Party Poker Million event in 2002, the first limit poker tournament with a $1 million prize. She has made several final tables of theWorld 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 byJ. J. Liu in 2007.At the
2004 World Series of Poker , Liebert won a gold bracelet in a $1,500 limitTexas hold 'em Shootout event. She was one of three women (Cyndy Violette andAnnie Duke being the other two) to win an open event in that year's WSOP.Liebert also appeared on and won the series .
After being eliminated from the
World Speed Poker Open inLondon in September 2005, Kathy provided commentary on the final alongside Gary Jones.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 and finished in 3rd place, earning $306,064.As of 2008, she has one
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet and over $4,500,000 in live tournament winnings. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=154 Hendon Mob tournament results] ] She has won more prize money in open field tournaments than any other woman in poker history.Although Liebert has made a career out of poker, she still uses her financial acumen to invest in the stock market. [ [http://www.worldpokertour.com/players/?x=profile&id=3314 World Poker Tour profile] ] She also holds a blue belt in
karate .Liebert now resides in
Las Vegas, Nevada andDowney, California .Notes
External links
* [http://www.pokerkat.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.interpoker.com/pros/kathy_liebert.shtml InterPoker profile]
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