Kitty Kuo

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Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo (2018)
Kitty Kuo (2018)
  Personal information  
Nicknames
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kittymstarPokerStars

Kitty KuoGGPoker & Natural8
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 248,380
Total prize money $ 2,303,949
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 19th
Best main event 839. ( 2016 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 9
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 12
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: August 27, 2020

Kitty Kuo (* 20th century as Hui-Chen Kuo ; married Hui-Chen Kuo Thomas ) is a professional Taiwanese poker player .

Personal

Kuo is from Taipei . She attended Taipei City University of Science and Technology and Chiao Tung National University . Kuo is married to Russell Thomas , fourth place finisher in the 2012 World Poker Championship , and lives with him in Las Vegas .

Poker career

Kuo has been playing online poker since March 2012 . She uses the nickname kittymstar on the kittymstar platform . In addition, she plays under her real name at Natural8 and GGPoker and is sponsored by this network. Kuo has earned more than $ 220,000 online with tournament poker . Since 2007 she has also participated in renowned live tournaments .

Kuo's first major success was winning the PokerStars Macau Poker Cup Main Event in Macau, with a bonus of around $ 70,000. In mid-April 2010, she won the ladies event at the World Series of Poker circuit in Caesars Palace in Las Vegas , earning almost 7500 US dollars and a curcuit ring. In June 2011 , Kuo was successful for the first time in the main tournament series of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in a shootout tournament in the No Limit Hold'em variant . In early October 2011 she made it to the money for the first time at the Main Event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and finished 59th in London . She finished third at the Hollywood Poker Open Main Event at the end of June 2014, earning Kuo her highest prize money to date of over 140,000 US dollars. In June 2015 , she reached a WSOP final table for the first time and finished a shootout event in fourth place, worth around $ 80,000. At the end of January 2016, she made the final table at the main event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne , and for her sixth place she received a cash prize of 270,000 Australian dollars . At the 2016 WSOP , Kuo was first successful in the main event , finishing in 839th place, which was paid for around 16,000 US dollars. At the EPT in Barcelona she reached a final table at a side event in August 2016 and secured over 100,000 euros . In late January 2018, Kuo finished fourth in the A $ 25,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions for nearly A $ 250,000. At the end of May 2018 she reached the final table at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and finished second behind Darren Elias , who guaranteed Kuo her highest prize money to date of around 250,000 US dollars.

Overall, Kuo has earned more than 2 million dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him one of the most successful women in terms of tournament prize money . From April to November 2016 , she played as part of the San Francisco Rush in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with her team.

Web links

Commons : Kitty Kuo  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kitty Kuo in the Global Poker Index database, accessed August 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Hui Kitty Chen-Kuo on somuchpoker.com, accessed January 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b kittymstar in the PocketFives database, accessed on August 27, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Ambassador Kitty Kuo on natural8.com, accessed August 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Kitty Kuo in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 25, 2016.
  6. ↑ PokerStars Macau Poker Cup (HK $ 9,400 + 600 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 25, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ WSOP Circuit - Caesars Palace ($ 340 No Limit Hold'em - Ladies Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 25, 2016.
  8. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 25, 2016.
  9. ↑ EPT - 8 - UKIPT - 2 - London (£ 5,000 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 25, 2016.
  10. ↑ Hollywood Poker Open ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 25, 2016.
  11. ↑ 46th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2015 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event # 14)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 25, 2016.
  12. ↑ 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 600 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event # 11)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 25, 2016.
  13. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event Championship (Event # 68)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 25, 2016.
  14. ↑ EPT - 13 - ESPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 25, 2016 (English).
  15. ↑ 2018 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 25,000 Challenge (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 28, 2018.
  16. ↑ Season XVI WPT Tournament of Champions Festival ($ 9,600 + 400 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Bobby Baldwin Classic) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 24, 2018.
  17. ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 18, 2020.
  18. ^ San Francisco Rush on the Global Poker League website, accessed August 25, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Kuo, kitty
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuo Thomas, Hui-Chen (full name); Kuo, Hui-Chen (maiden name); kittymstar (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century