One of the newest members of Team UB, Liv Boeree represents the online poker room UltimateBet in live competitions around the world. Who is she? Where did she come from? Her origins might surprise you.
The player known as “The Iron Maiden” for her love of heavy metal studied astrophysics at the University of Manchester before moving to London. It was there she was introduced to the game of poker when she was selected as a contestant on “Ultimatepoker.com Showdown,” a reality TV series where players were mentored by a poker professional and competed for cash and prizes. It was during the filming of this series that she met Phil Hellmuth, who coached her and showed her how to play poker.
After appearing on TV, Liv began playing poker more seriously. Her good looks and quick wit made her a natural presenter for Gutshot TV’s coverage of the World Series of Poker as well as Challenge TV’s coverage online for the EPT, and her regular column in “Bluff Europe” magazine is read by thousands of poker fans. There’s more to Liv than her media presence, however: she’s a threat at the tables, both online and off.
In just a few years, Liv has secured multiple top-10 finishes in a number of first place wins in Texas Hold’em tournaments across London. In May 2008, Boeree claimed the top spot in the Ladbrokes European Ladies Championship, besting a field of 53 players for $30,000 in cash and positioning herself as a top female poker player. Liv took the 2009 WPT Championships series in April by storm by making two side event final tables and finishing 37th in the main event for $41,000.
It’s easy to see why Liv has become a valuable part of TeamUB. “It’s an honor to play with the two people who helped launch my poker career,” she said after joining the elite group. “Annie and Phil are two of my favorite players so to sit on the same team as them is a bit of a surreal experience but one I’m definitely proud of.”
Liv can regularly be seen at both online and real-world poker events around the globe, If you’re looking to play against her, add “Liv Boeree” to UltimateBet’s UltimateBuddy feature and see if you can rock as hard as The Iron Maiden!
Poker unlike other casino games such as; Backgammon, Blackjack or Roulette is more like a game with strategy rather than luck, since in this game you don’t need either to count or calculate anything, just to have a winning hand.
The Poker game has many variations, that you can play them in an online casino site, at home with friends or if you wish you could go to Vegas too.
Let’s start with Texas Holdem. Holdem is the most popular online poker game played among professional players around the world.
Here below are two rules that will sharpen your game skill:
1) Raising
When there are more than two players still in the hand, only one bet and three
raises can be made in one betting round. Once the third raise is made the betting is
“capped”. Once betting is capped, the players can only call or fold.
However, if a player intends to raise, he has to declare it or put the same amount
of chips he is going to raise. After the raise, the player cannot bet anymore,
meaning place more chips.
2) Buying chips
The minimum number of chips a player is allowed to buy before their first hand
dealt is determined by the house rules. Typically is 50-200 times the big Blind.
The player may reload or add more chips to their stack any time between their
hands.