Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree

Nationality
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
GPI Rank 61,445
WSOP Bracelets 1
EPT Wins 1
Total Live Earnings $3,871,790
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Biography

Liv Boeree is a former British poker player and former PokerStars Ambassador. Over the course of her career, she cashed for over $3.8 million and won both a European Poker Tour title and a World Series of Poker bracelet — the only female player in poker history to achieve such a feat.

Away from poker, she has a degree in Astrophysics from the University of Manchester. She is in a long-term relationship with fellow former poker player Igor Kurganov.

Biography

Liv Boeree was born in 1984 in Kent, England. Boeree first entered the poker scene in 2005 when she was chosen for a poker reality TV show in Britain along with four other contestants. The show also featured some of the best-known poker pros such as Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke, and Dave 'Devilfish' Ulliott who trained the five poker rookies and helped them take their first steps in the world of poker.

Boeree's TV debut opened her new paths in both show business and poker – in 2006 she took the job as a journalist and a TV presenter for Gutshot TV covering the 37th annual World Series of Poker. She then joined the Challenge TV to work as an internet reporter for the European Poker Tour and covered WSOP Europe events for the official WSOP.com website.

Boeree at the WSOP

Boeree has a total of 25 WSOP cashes on her record. In 2017, she won the $10,000 Tag Team event with her boyfriend Igor Kurganov for $136,982 each.

Liv Boeree's Top 5 WSOP Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2017WSOP $10,000 Tag Team Event1st$136,982
2017WSOP $10,000 Main Event314th$35,267
2018WSOP Main Event379th$33,305
2011WSOPE €10,000 Main Event36th€27,500 ($36,736)
2012WSOPE €10,000 Main Event18th€26,611 ($34,718)

Boeree on the European Poker Tour

The biggest success at the tables came to Boeree in Italy in 2010 when she outplayed the outstanding field of 1,240 players at the European Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event taking home a whopping cash prize of €1,250,000 along with the shiny EPT trophy. This victory put Boeree among the most successful female players and made her one of the most popular poker stars in the world. The year 2010 continued on a high note for Boeree as she finished second in a £2,000 No-Limit Hold'em event in her home country's EPT London for more than £50,000.


Fun Fact: In 2018, Boeree hosted a TED Talk where she explored the ways one can use probabilities to improve everyday decision making.


Other Poker Achievements

Boeree won her first major tournament in 2008 by taking down the European Ladies Championship title collecting $42,000 in first-place prize money. Her other memorable finishes include winning a Poker After Dark heat in 2017 for $150,000 and winning a tiny little £50 event at the UKIPT in 2010 for £1,475.

Boeree signed her first sponsorship deal with an online poker site in 2008 when she joined Absolute Poker and represented the site for more than a year. In August 2009, she switched her badge and joined the Ultimate Bet Poker Team Pro.

In August 2011, Boeree left UltimateBet as the site could not recover from the events following the Black Friday and seized its existence. Just a month later Boeree signed a deal with the industry's leading poker site PokerStars and joined its Team Pro. She quit PokerStars in 2019.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
153rd $9,952
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
60th $8,843
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship, $3m GTD
10th $37,500
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #61: $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
118th $1,289
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #59: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em
41st $8,779
2020 WPT World Online Championships
Event #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship, $3m GTD
50th $11,788
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona
€10,300 High Roller
6th €70,000
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
379th $33,305
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels)
31st $11,176
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 Main Event
17th $49,680
2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 High Roller
14th $55,740
2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona
€1,100 PokerStars National Championship
162nd €3,710
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
314th $35,267
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em
310th $889
2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino®
Main Event
112th €7,580
2017 PokerStars Festival London
Main Event
76th £2,105
2017 PokerStars Festival London
High Roller
10th £6,280
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague
€10,300 High Roller
48th €19,340
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
€5,300 Main Event
74th €9,100
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #11: $10,600 Main Event
80th 15,000 AUD
2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour Montreal
Main Event
70th 7,030 CAD
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona
€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
3rd €391,000
2015 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
73rd $20,580
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
€5,300 Main Event
118th €10,740
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London
£4,250 Main Event
27th £14,800
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em
158th $2,489
2014 Aussie Millions
$10,600 Main Event
28th 35,000 AUD
2014 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,000,000 Guarantee Main Event
50th $32,000
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
107th $3,723
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
54th $3,168
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
48th €15,000
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London
Main Event
62nd £11,000
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Main Event
120th €8,000
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
18th €26,611
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
631st $19,227
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
47th $8,551
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
84th $6,157
2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione
Main Event
51st €9,000
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
133rd $17,500
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Main Event
83rd €9,000
2011 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: €10,400 Main Event Championship
36th €27,500
World Series of Poker Europe 2010
Event #1: £2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
19th £5,624
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
248th $2,065
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
53rd $3,500
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
189th $2,518
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
1st €1,250,000
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
57th $7,237
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
356th $2,435
2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine
Event 3 - €110 No Limit Hold'em w/Bounties
3rd €1,360
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event
7th 18,900 AUD
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em
64th $2,794
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
49th $4,074

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