Kathy Lehne

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Kathy Lehne
Kathy Lehne (2014)
Kathy Lehne (2014)
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 18, 1961
place of residence United StatesUnited States Houston
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,785,000
Total prize money $ 2,765,938
Last updated: March 23, 2020

Kathy L. Lehne (born September 18, 1961 ) is an American entrepreneur and poker player .

Personal

Lehne founded the fuel wholesaler and distributor Sun Coast Resources at the age of 23 . With an estimated fortune of around 380 million US dollars it was in 2018 at number 51 of the business magazine Forbes published list of richest US Self-Made Women. Lehne is married, a mother of three, and lives in Houston .

Poker career

Lehne has occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments since 2007 . It almost exclusively plays high roller events. H. Tournaments with buy-ins of at least US $ 10,000 .

Lehne achieved in mid-May 2007, a Circuit tournament of the World Series of Poker in New Orleans their first live cash placement. In July 2007, she won the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas , a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em . In the Alpha8 series of the World Poker Tour on St. Kitts , Lehne finished second in early December 2014 and received more than $ 435,000. In the same tournament series, she finished sixth at the Bellagio in mid-December 2015, endowed with just under 250,000 US dollars. In January 2016, Lehne finished eighth in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Super High Roller in the Bahamas , for which she received around $ 225,000. In mid-November 2019, she was the only woman in a field of 37 participants at the $ 250,000 Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas in Nassau and reached the final table . Lehne took third place there and received her highest prize money to date of almost 1.8 million US dollars.

Overall, Lehne has earned more than 2.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making it one of the most successful women in terms of tournament prize money .

Web links

Commons : Kathy Lehne  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kathy Lehne on forbes.com, accessed March 23, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Kathy Lehne in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ WSOP Circuit - New Orleans ($ 1,500 + 70 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2020.
  4. ↑ Bellagio Weekly Tournaments - Jul 2007 ($ 1,000 + 80 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Alpha8 Saint Kitts ($ 97,000 + 3,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 23, 2020.
  6. ↑ World Poker Tour - WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 100,000 WPT Alpha8 - No Limit Hold'em High Roller (Event # 18)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ PCA - 2016 ($ 100,000 # 1 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller 8-Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 23, 2020.
  8. ↑ partypoker Millions World Bahamas ($ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Bowl) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 23, 2020.
  9. ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 23, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Lehne, Kathy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lehne, Kathy L. (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American entrepreneur and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1961