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Olivia "Liv" Boeree (born 18 July 1984) is a poker player, TV presenter and model from England who won the 2010 European Poker Tour in Sanremo. Born in Kent, Boeree studied at Ashford School before going on to earn a First Class Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. She was the #1 ranked female player on the Global Poker Index as of November 2015, and #6 on the female all-time live poker winnings list. ==Poker career== Boeree was introduced to the poker industry when she was selected as one of five contestants for the reality TV show ''Ultimatepoker.com Showdown'', which aired on Five in autumn 2005. During the show she was coached by top poker players Phil Hellmuth, Annie Duke and Dave Ulliott. After the show Boeree began playing poker regularly at the Gutshot Club in London, and from there was asked to help out as an on-screen reporter for Gutshot TV at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. Shortly afterwards she became the host of Challenge TV's on-line coverage of the European Poker Tour, also appearing as a reporter for the World Series of Poker Europe on WorldSeriesofPoker.com. In May 2008 she won the 2008 Ladbrokes European Ladies Championships for $30,000. Boeree has accumulated a total of twelve World Series of Poker cashes to date, including finishing 18th in the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe for €26,611. On 21 April 2010, Boeree won the European Poker Tour main event in Sanremo, at the time the largest ever poker tournament held on European soil. Boeree won €1,250,000 and thereby became the third woman ever to win an EPT title.〔(BBC.co.uk: Poker woman from Sittingbourne plays for £2.2m prize )〕 She has shown continuous success on the EPT circuit with eleven Main Event cashes to date. Other notable results include a 2nd place in the 2014 UKIPT Edinburgh Main Event a 3rd place in the EPT Barcelona High Roller event for €391,000 in August 2015. Boeree has been a member of Team PokerStars Pro since September 2010.〔(PokerStars.com: Liv Boeree )〕 Her total live tournament winnings exceed $2,900,000.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liv Boeree」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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