Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree
GPI:186,630
$3,861,838
Liv Boeree poker player profile. Get latest information, winnings and gallery.
Profile
- Name
- Liv Boeree
- Nationality
United Kingdom- GPI Rank
- 186,630
- WPT Wins
- Total Live Earnings
- $3,861,838
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
| Year | Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | WSOP $10,000 Tag Team Event | 1st | $136,982 |
| 2017 | WSOP $10,000 Main Event | 314th | $35,267 |
| 2018 | WSOP Main Event | 379th | $33,305 |
| 2011 | WSOPE 10,000 Main Event | 36th | 27,500 ($36,736) |
| 2012 | WSOPE 10,000 Main Event | 18th | 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 ad 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 World Series of PokerEvent #87: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | 60th | $8,843 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #6: $3,200 Mix-Max Championship, $3m GTD | 10th | $37,500 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #61: $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 118th | $1,289 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #59: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | 41st | $8,779 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #3: $3,200 8-Max Championship, $3m GTD | 50th | $11,788 |
| 2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona10,300 High Roller | 6th | €70,000 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship | 379th | $33,305 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #71: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (30 minute levels) | 31st | $11,176 |
| 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 High Roller | 14th | $55,740 |
| 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$10,300 Main Event | 17th | $49,680 |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona1,100 PokerStars National Championship | 162nd | €3,710 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship | 314th | $35,267 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #19: THE GIANT - $365 No-Limit Hold'em | 310th | $889 |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo CasinoMain Event | 112th | €7,580 |
| 2017 PokerStars Festival LondonMain Event | 76th | £2,105 |
| 2017 PokerStars Festival LondonHigh Roller | 10th | £6,280 |
| 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague10,300 High Roller | 48th | €19,340 |
| 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin5,300 Main Event | 74th | €9,100 |
| 2016 Aussie MillionsEvent #11: $10,600 Main Event | 80th | 15,000 AUD |
| 2015 partypoker.net World Poker Tour MontrealMain Event | 70th | 7,030 CAD |
| 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona25,500 Single-Day High Roller | 3rd | €391,000 |
| 2015 PokerStars Caribbean AdventureMain Event | 73rd | $20,580 |
| 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague5,300 Main Event | 118th | €10,740 |
| 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London4,250 Main Event | 27th | £14,800 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #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 PokerEvent #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em | 107th | $3,723 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #51: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 54th | $3,168 |
| 2013 PokerStars.com EPT BerlinMain Event | 48th | €15,000 |
| 2013 PokerStars.com EPT LondonMain Event | 62nd | £11,000 |
| 2012 PokerStars.com EPT SanremoMain Event | 120th | €8,000 |
| 2012 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #7: 10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | 18th | €26,611 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event | 631st | $19,227 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed | 47th | $8,551 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry | 84th | $6,157 |
| 2012 PokerStars.it EPT CampioneMain Event | 51st | €9,000 |
| 2012 PokerStars Caribbean AdventureMain Event | 133rd | $17,500 |
| 2011 PokerStars.com EPT PragueMain Event | 83rd | €9,000 |
| 2011 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #7: 10,400 Main Event Championship | 36th | €27,500 |
| World Series of Poker Europe 2010Event #1: 2,650 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em | 19th | £5,624 |
| 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #36: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem | 248th | $2,065 |
| 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Holdem Championship | 53rd | $3,500 |
| 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,000 No-Limit Holdem | 189th | $2,518 |
| 2010 PokerStars.it EPT San RemoMain Event | 1st | €1,250,000 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 28 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 57th | $7,237 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 4 - $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 356th | $2,435 |
| 2009 PokerNews Cup AlpineEvent 3 - 110 No Limit Hold'em w/Bounties | 3sup>rd | €1,360 |
| 2009 Aussie MillionsEvent 7 - $1,650 Bounty Feature Event | 7th | 18,900 AUD |
| 2008 World Series of PokerEvent 41 - $1,500 Mixed Hold'em | 64th | $2,794 |
| 2008 World Series of PokerEvent 38 - $2,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em | 49th | $4,074 |
