Nicknamed “Annie Legend”, “The Duke”, “The Duchess of Poker”, Annie Duke is an American poker player who has an estimated net worth of $8 million. She gained her net worth when she won a bracelet in the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event. She was also the winner of the , 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions where she earned the Winner-Take-All prize of $2,000,000. She won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010 where she earned a cash prize of $500,000 in addition to the title. From 2011 to 2012, she was co-founder, executive vice president, and commissioner of the Epic Poker League until its assets were auctioned off in June 2012. Duke is also an author of her own bibliography, Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker (2005).

Born Anne LaBarr Lederer on September 13, 1965 in Concord, New Hampshire, Duke attended Columbia University with a double major in English and psychology. She was awarded an NSF Fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study psycholinguistics, a field in cognitive psychology.

Annie Duke married Ben Duke, a close friend from the same university, and moved to his home in Columbus, Montana. With the support of her brother, professional poker player Harold Lederer, she began playing poker in nearby Billings, Montana. She gained publicity after tutoring Ben Affleck in 2004, who then went on to win the 2004 California State Poker Championship. She won the second annual World Series of Rock Paper Scissors in 2006.