Liv Boeree
Olivia "Liv" Boeree is a British poker player, television presenter, speaker & writer. She is a World Series of Poker and 2010 European Poker Tour champion, and is the only female player in history to win a WSOP bracelet and EPT event.
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. Boeree is a 3x winner of the Global Poker Index European Female Player of the year and currently sits at #5 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.In May 2008, she won the 2008 Ladbrokes European Ladies Championships for $30,000.
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.
At the 2017 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, Boeree won event #2 for $273,964 with Russian poker player and boyfriend Igor Kurganov.
Other notable results include a runner-up finish in the 2014 UKIPT Edinburgh Main Event, 1st place on Poker After Dark in 2017 and a 3rd-place finish in the EPT Barcelona High Roller event for €391,000 in August 2015.
Awards: Boeree won Female Player of the Year in 2014, 2015 and 2016 at the European Poker Awards, as determined by Global Poker Index points she accumulated during those years. She was also awarded "Europe's Leading Lady" in 2010 at the European Poker Awards.
Boeree has been a member of Team PokerStars Pro since September 2010. As of January 2020, her total live tournament earnings exceed $3,800,000.
In February 2016, she was announced as the Team Manager of the Global Poker League team "The London Royals".
In November 2019, Liv Boeree announced on Twitter, that she has left Team PokerStars after nine years and will quit professional poker.
World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year | Tournament | Prize |
| 2017 | $10,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em Championship | $273,964 |
Charity work
In 2014, Boeree co-founded Raising for Effective Giving, an organization that promotes a rational approach to philanthropy often referred to as effective altruism, and provides advice on choosing charities based on certain criteria. The organization also publishes an annual guide to effective giving, highlighting which charities may be worthy of receiving funds, and for which ethical reasons.As of January 2017, Raising for Effective Giving has raised over $6,000,000 for its supported charities.
Boeree has raised concerns about possible risks from the development of artificial intelligence and supports research that is directed at safe AI development.
Television
Boeree's TV hosting credits include Discovery Channel's "The Mind Control Freaks" in 2015-2016 and Red Bull TV's "MindGamers" in 2017.From 2011-2013, she co-hosted UK and Ireland Poker Tour, a weekly show that aired on Channel 4 in the UK.
Her poker TV appearances include NBC's Heads Up Poker in 2011 and 2013, Channel 4's Shark Cage in 2014 and the European Poker Tour from 2010-2016 and Poker After Dark on Poker Central in 2017.
Other appearances include BBC4 Documentary "The Joy of Winning" discussing game theory with Presenter Hannah Fry, BBC Breakfast alongside Boris Becker in September 2010, and on ITV's GMTV by Lorraine Kelly about her European Poker Tour win.
In 2011, Boeree was a member of the Celebrity Graduate Manchester University team that took part in BBC2's seasonal general knowledge tournament, Christmas University Challenge.
In 2006, she appeared on the Channel 4 show Codex.
On 21 July 2007, Boeree appeared on the ITV show Golden Balls, winning £6,500.50.
Speaker
Boeree gave her first TEDx talk at TEDxManchester in February 2018 on the benefits of thinking in probabilities. One month later she spoke at the TED 2018 Conference in Vancouver during their inaugural "TED Unplugged" session. Her topic was "Three Life Lessons from the Poker Table".Boeree appeared as a guest speaker at Oxford University Union in May 2016, Jesus College, Cambridge in February 2017, the Cheltenham Science Festival in June 2016,
Websummit Dublin in Nov 2015 and Effective Altruism Global, Google HQ in San Francisco Aug 2015
Boeree also appeared on Sean M. Carroll's Mindscape podcast to discuss probability and effective altruism.