Liv Boeri - model, TV presenter and professional poker player

No doubt, Liv Boeri (photo below) can be ranked among the most successful ladies in the history of poker. Despite a series of scandals, periodically arising around the Englishwoman, her career can be envied. After all, the girl's fees have long been measured in seven-figure figures. The popularity and glory of Liv brought her victory at the EPT tournament in San Remo. In addition to poker, the Englishwoman realizes herself as a TV presenter, participants of different TV shows and models. This article will present her brief biography.

Getting to know poker

Liv Boeri was born in the county of Kent (England) in 1984. After graduation from the girl and in thought was not to become a poker player. She went to study at Manchester University on astrophysics. Having received a diploma with honors at the age of 21, Liv moved to London. Then the girl was not determined yet with her own career, but quite successfully earned online poker. She also had other opportunities in the capital of England. One of them was the passage of the casting for UltimatePoker.com - a reality show on British television. This success was for Boeri a breakthrough. The girl not only became popular, but also increased the level of her own game thanks to the help of Dave Ulliot, Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke.

The first victory

After the project was over, Liv Boeri devoted herself completely to poker. For the game online, she began to treat as a work. As the experience grew, Liv switched to higher limits in expensive tournaments and cash games. But success did not come to her immediately. Only in 2008, Boeri managed to win the Ladbrokes European Ladies Championship.

The prize amounted to almost $ 42,000. Of course, for professional players this is not an impressive result, but for Liv this victory was very important. She not only received recognition, but also attracted the attention of the most successful poker room of the planet called PokerStars. By that time, the girl had few achievements, but representatives of this company could see the potential in it.

Contract

Signing a sponsorship deal with PokerStars, Liv Boeri immediately felt its advantages. Support for the company allowed the girl to go to the World Series of Poker. There she three times got into small prizes - $ 4000, $ 1500 and $ 2800. These little victories brought her an invaluable experience. A few months later, under the auspices of PokerStars, the Englishman went to Aruba Classic, where she earned $ 5,500.

Take-off of career

In 2009, the girl's affairs went uphill. At first, she took seventh place in the bounty tournament in the series "Australian Millions." This replenished Liv's purse for $ 19,000. In April, Liv Boeri, whose height is 160 centimeters, reached two final tables on the World Poker Tour, earning another $ 23,000.

But the loudest success in his career was waiting for the girl in 2010. Liv won the main event in San Remo at the stage of the European poker tour. Thus, Boeri became the third female player to receive the EPT title. In addition to 1,250,000 euros to the girl came world fame. And Liv decided to take advantage of her popularity by organizing a Poker in the Park poker festival in London. Players from all over the world gathered there.

The victory on the EPT was not the only success of Liv Boeri in 2010. At the London stage of the same series, the poker player won 51,330 pounds, finishing second in the no-limit hold'em tournament. A large number of spectators watched the final table of the competitions. Although Boeri and lost to Jens Thorson, but showed a fairly serious level of the game.

TV

In 2011, Liv became the leading weekly show of The UK and Ireland Poker Tour. The new profession took away a lot of the girl's time. Therefore, in live tournaments had to play infrequently. Nevertheless, Boeri replenished her bankroll by 150 thousand dollars, winning the Sunday Warm-Up on PokerStars. In 2012, the poker player continued to perform at the World Series and EPT tournaments. Such a major victory, as in San Remo, the girl has not yet been, but it takes prizes quite often.

Currently

Now the earnings of Liv Boeri, whose biography is presented above, exceeded the mark of two million dollars (live tournament poker). Thanks to this, she was among the most successful female players in history. Liv is an active user of social networks (especially Twitter), using them to communicate with fans and fellow poker players. Also, Boeri is part of the "PokerStars Pro" team.

Interesting Facts

• The heroine of this article likes heavy metal and plays electric guitar.
• The girl was shot in photo shoots for many magazines, including the male "Maxim".
• Boeri leads a column in a number of poker publications (Bluff Europe, etc.).