Kathy Liebert - Poker Player

Kathy Liebert is a famous American professional poker player. Throughout her poker career, she has earned $6,972,098 million, with her best live cash winnings amounting to $1,000,000. She ranks third on the Women’s All-Time Money List after Vanessa Selbst and Kristen Foxen.

Biography

Kathy Liebert is a popular poker player from the United States. She won a bracelet at the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

In 1994, she performed well in many tournaments across the United States, including Amarillo Slim's Superbowl of Poker and the California State Championship.

Kathy secured second place in a $3,000 No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament, winning $123,690 in 1997. She also made it to the final table, acquiring 17th place in the 1998 World Series of Poker Main Event (WSOP).

Kathy made history in 2002 by winning the inaugural Party Poker Million Cruise tournament. She took home a prize of $1,000,000, making her the first woman to win $1 million. The same year, she came runner-up in another bracelet event, winning $91,700.

In 2004, Kathy received a WSOP bracelet, winning $110,180 in a $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event.

Personal Life

Kathy was born on October 1, 1967, in Nashville, Tennessee, but was raised in New York. She graduated with a degree in business and finance from Marist College, Poughkeepsie, New York. After graduation, she worked as a Business Analyst for Dun & Bradstreet, a Fortune 500 company. Becoming dissatisfied with her job, Kathy took the advice of her mother and quit to do something she loved.

Undecided about her future, Kathy headed to the West Coast, making a short stop in Las Vegas, where she played casino poker for the first time. She had learned the game when her parents invited friends for occasional in-house friendly competitions.

Eventually, Kathy ended up in Colorado and played $5-Limit poker. She learned the fundamentals of the game by playing weekly and further improved her game by reading books by top pros.

Poker Career

At the beginning of her poker career, Kathy was a prop player in Colorado, where she played at casinos. She attained a significant milestone in 2002 by winning the inaugural Party Poker Million tournament, earning one million dollars.

She has reached the final tables of the World Poker Tour events six times. One of her outstanding achievements was securing third in the Borgata Poker Open in 2005, earning recognition for being the highest-finishing woman in World Poker Tour (WPT) history at that time, until J. J. Liu secured runner-up in Bay 101 Shooting Stars tournament in 2007.

Kathy Libert won the WSOP bracelet in 2004 in a $1,500 Limit Texas Hold'em Shootout event, becoming one of three females to win an open event in the 2004 WSOP.

She won the Poker Royale: Battle of the Sexes series in 2005. In June 2008, Kathy earned $306,064 by securing third place in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship at the 2008 WSOP.

She was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame in 2010 and was nominated for the Poker Hall of Fame in 2022.

Quick Facts

Date of Birth: October 1, 1967

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Nationality: American

Profession: Poker Player

Net Worth: $6.89 Million

Tournaments

A friend encouraged Kathy to try her hand at tournament poker, so she again headed for Las Vegas. Kathy finished second in her first tournament, Omaha Hi-Lo. A week later, she entered her first Texas Holdem tournament and stood second. After one week of tournament poker, she had won $34,000.

It was just the beginning of her tournament career, so she travelled to other major tournaments that year and won many times. Consistently building her bankroll with good tournament performances, Kathy could buy houses in Las Vegas and California.

At the 2004 World Series of Poker, Kathy won a gold bracelet in a $1,500 Limit Texas holdem Shootout event. She was one of three women to win an open event in that year's WSOP.

Kathy also appeared on and won the 2005 Poker Royale: Battle of the Sexes series. On June 1, Kathy made the final table of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Holdem World Championship at the 2008 WSOP and finished in 3rd place, earning a total of $306,064.

As of 2009, she has one World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet, made five WPT final tables, and won $5,600,000 in live tournaments. She has won more prize money in open-field tournaments than any other woman in poker history and is ranked 38th overall.

Kathy Liebert also serves as poker coach to actor James Woods. Kathy is now a role model for most women poker players wanting to make it big in the grand poker circuit.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Kathy Liebert from?

Kathy Libert is from Nashville, Tennessee, United States.

What nationality does Kathy Liebert hold?

Kathy Libert holds an American Nationality.

How much is Kathy Liebert’s net worth?

Kathy Liebert's net worth is $6.89 million.