Fri, 03/25/2011 – 03:09 – PokerPages Staff

#5 Cyndy Violette
Violette began her career as a blackjack dealer in Las Vegas.  Eventually, she moved her way to the other side of the table to become one of the WSOP top five women money makers.  After a marriage took her away from the game for a brief period, she would return and go on to become a top money earner.  Her total winnings so far are $1,023,462

#4 Jennifer Harman Traniello
Jennifer’s career in poker began at a very young age.  When she was just eight years old she was playing poker and winning real money.  She has made seven WSOP final tables and has won two gold bracelets.  She is married and has a set of twins, and is still a top competitor at tournaments and live action.  Her total winnings are $2,522,840.

#3 Kathy Liebert
Kathy started out as a Dunn & Bradstreet executive, building a nest egg playing the stock markets.  She then left the corporate world to play poker in the cardrooms of the Colorado Rockies.  This has lead to an impressive ranking as one of the top female money earners.  She won the $1,500 Hold’em Shoot Event at the 2004 World Series of Poker, claiming a $110,180 paycheck and joining the elite World Series bracelet winners.  Her Total winnings are $5,395,484.

#2 Annie Duke
Duke’s poker playing began at home, where her brothers and father cut her no slack.  When she married in her fifth year of college, the Dukes moved to Montana.  The move proved to be challenging financially and she began to play Billings backroom poker games.  In this location, she began to flourish as a poker player.  After moving to Las Vegas in 1994, she took $70,000 in her first World Series of Poker.  Her total winnings are $2,157,246.

#1 Annette Obrestad
Obrestad is the reigning champion of female money winners.  In her short career, she has finished in first place three times.  For Norwegian born Annette the study of bowling led her to take up on an advertisement for poker, where she played free money games.  Her winnings there sparked an interest to continue to play online.  Eventually she would enter live events.  Her total winnings are $3,031,989.