Liv Boeree

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Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree (2019)
Liv Boeree (2019)
  Personal information  
Date of birth July 18, 1984
place of birth United KingdomUnited Kingdom Maidstone
Nickname Iron Maiden
Nickname
Liv BoereePokerStars
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,698,300
Total prize money $ 3,852,996
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 26th
Best main event 314th ( 2017 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 2
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 8th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: August 26, 2020

Olivia Fleur "Liv" Boeree (born July 18, 1984 in Maidstone , Kent ) is a British poker player , television presenter and model .

Boeree has made nearly $ 4 million in live poker tournaments and is one of the most popular poker players in the world. She ranks seventh among the most successful women in terms of tournament prize money . Boeree won the Main Event of the European Poker Tour in 2010 and a bracelet at the World Series of Poker in 2017 .

Personal

Boeree studied astrophysics at the University of Manchester and later moved to London to do poker shows on television . In 2010 it graced the cover of Maxim in the spring issue . Boeree was in a relationship with poker player Kevin MacPhee and has had a relationship with Russian poker pro Igor Kurganov since March 2014 . Together with him and the German poker player Philipp Gruissem , she founded the charity project Raising for Effective Giving, which is based on the principles of effective altruism , in early July 2014 . The project is mainly active in the poker community and collects donations for highly effective charity organizations.

Poker career

Boeree at the EPT in Saalbach-Hinterglemm (2011)

Boeree has participated in prestigious live tournaments since 2007 . She was on the Absolute / Ultimate Bet Poker team until August 2010 . From September 2010 to November 2019 she was one with the nickname Liv Boeree the Team PokerStars on.

In June 2008 Boeree was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and cashed in tournaments in the variants Pot Limit Hold'em and Limit / No Limit Hold'em . In mid-April 2010 she became the third woman to win the Main Event of the European Poker Tour (EPT). For this she prevailed against 1239 other players in Sanremo and secured a prize of 1.25 million euros . At an EPT side event in London in early October 2010, the British woman finished second and received over £ 50,000 . In mid-January 2014, she finished second at the UK & Ireland Poker Tour Main Event in Edinburgh, endowed with almost £ 60,000. At the end of August 2015, Boeree reached the final table at the EPT high roller event in Barcelona and finished the tournament in third place for just under 400,000 euros in prize money. At the 2016 WSOP , she finished 528th out of 6,737 participants in the main event and received more than $ 20,000 in prize money. In June 2017 , Boeree and her partner Igor Kurganow won the Tag Team Championship of the WSOP and with it their first bracelet as well as joint prize money of around 270,000 US dollars. The couple donated half of this prize money to Raising for Effective Giving . At the end of August 2017, Boeree won an event on the television format Poker After Dark with a prize of 150,000 US dollars.

In 2010, 2014 and 2015, Boeree was named the best female European poker player at the European Poker Awards , based on her scores on the Global Poker Index in those years . From April to November 2016 she played as team manager for the London Royals in the Global Poker League and made it through to the playoffs with her team.

Web links

Commons : Liv Boeree  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Liv Boeree on poker-king.com, accessed September 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ All Time Most Popular Players in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 8, 2019.
  3. ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2017.
  4. ↑ a b c d Liv Boeree in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Liv Boeree and Kevin MacPhee - Love Blooms at PokerStars on pokerstars.com February 6, 2012, accessed January 11, 2018.
  6. ↑ News: Liv Boeree on Effective Altruism. Retrieved April 11, 2017 . .
  7. ↑ Liv Boeree: “It's time to give something back” ( Memento of May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerzeit.com of October 21, 2014, accessed on December 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Linch Zhang: The Poker Pro Who Wants to Save the World. In: Huffington Post. November 22, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2017 (American English). .
  9. ↑ Christian Zürcher: The Robin Hoods of poker . In: Tages-Anzeiger, Tages-Anzeiger . November 15, 2014, ISSN  1422-9994 ( tagesanzeiger.ch [accessed on March 28, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Liv "Iron Maiden" Boeree says goodbye to her sponsor ( memento from March 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com from August 8, 2010, accessed on March 17, 2017.
  11. ↑ Liv Boeree on PokerStars.eu, accessed December 2, 2016.
  12. ↑ Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov are leaving PokerStars at casino.org on November 15, 2019, accessed on November 25, 2019.
  13. ↑ EPT - 6 - San Remo (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 2, 2016 (English).
  14. ↑ European Poker Tour - EPT London (£ 2,000 + 150 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 28, 2020.
  15. ↑ UK & Ireland Poker Tour - UKIPT Edinburgh (£ 1,000 + 100 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 28, 2020 (English).
  16. ↑ EPT - 12 - ESPT - 6 - Barcelona (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 8Max # 36) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on December 2, 2016 (English).
  17. ↑ 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 December 2, 2016.
  18. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Tag Team Championship (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 3, 2017.
  19. ↑ WSOP 2017: Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov win gold together on pokerstars.com on June 3, 2017, accessed on June 9, 2017.
  20. ↑ Poker After Dark - Voices Carry Week ($ 25,000 Poker After Dark - Voices Carry Event # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 25, 2017.
  21. ↑ London Royals on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 12, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Boeree, Liv
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boeree, Olivia Fleur (full name); Iron Maiden (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British poker player, television presenter and model
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Maidstone , Kent , England , United Kingdom