She graduate from Columbia University in New York City, New York in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
Children: (with Ben Duke) Maud Duke (b. 1995), Leo Duke (b. 1998), Lucy Duke (b. 2000) and Nell Duke (b. 2002).
Sister of professional poker player Howard Lederer (I).
Won a bracelet at World Series of Poker in Omaha Hi-Lo Split (2004).
Her boyfriend is actor/director Joseph D. Reitman.
Annie Duke Detailed Biography -
Annie Duke (born September 13, 1965) is a professional poker player and author.
Duke was born in Concord, New Hampshire where her father, Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist, was teaching at St. Paul's School. Her brother Howard Lederer also became a poker pro; her sister Katy Lederer is an author and poet.
Duke went to Columbia University where she double majored in English and psychology.
Duke was awarded a NSF Fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study cognitive psychology, specifically psycholinguistics. Her intention was to become a professor but she left school in 1992, after five years of graduate school and one month before defending her Ph.D. work. She left academia to pursue family life with her husband, Ben Duke, and moved to Columbus, Montana.
