In the first two tournaments of the 1994 World Series of Poker, Duke placed 14th (
out of 506 players in a LIMIT event) and 5th
(out of 212 players in a LIMIT event), and finished 26th
(out of 268 players) in the NLH Main Event.
Following her move to Las Vegas, Duke continued successfully playing poker on a professional basis through the late 1990s, and by 2000 had 16 in the money finishes at WSOP events, prior to the WSOP World Championship event that year.
From 2000 onward, she became well known for her high profile achievements in WSOP events. In the 2000 WSOP World Championship event, although nine months pregnant with her third child, she placed 10th out of a total of 512 players, which was the second-highest finish by a woman in the event's history.
She received a WSOP gold bracelet in 2004, placing
first out of 234 entrants in an Omaha Hi-Lo Split tournament.
By July of that year she had become the top female money winner in the history of the WSOP; earning over $650,000 from 25 in the money finishes, including 13 at the final table.
Later in 2004, she placed first in the inaugural WSOP Tournament of Champions, beating her brother and nine former world championship winners and winning $2 million.
WSOP ToC was a freeroll - 10 players.
In the 2006 WSOP Main Event, she was one of only two women left in the tournament when she finished in 88th place with $51,129 in winnings.
In 2010, Duke won the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, winning $500,000 and becoming the first and only female winner of the event as of 2013.
Another freeroll - by invitation only.
As of 2013, Duke's total winnings from her 38 cashes at the WSOP is $1,141,567 and she holds the women's record for most in the money finishes at the WSOP, ranking 34th overall.
As of 2015 - both Vanessa Selbts and Jen Harman have more WSOP money finishes than Annie. Heck, even Kathy Liebert has more money wins than Duke.
Essentially Annie Duke is the female Phil Hellmuth - she entered nearly every event the WSOP had back in the day (usually 21-30 one-day events per year) - and she happened to cash in a few between 2004-2010.
Her true ROI is probably close to 1 cash out of 20 tournies.
Her biggest cashes were freerolls against a limited/small field of players.
Since 2010, she hasn't cashed in one WSOP event while truly relevant female poker players like Vanessa Selbst, Barbara Enright and Jen Harman are overlooked (and all have more bracelets).
So she has a bracelet - so does Jennifer Tilly and Cindy Violette. When you play 400 WSOP events - you're bound to win one (just ask the Poker Brat).
IMO - Annette Obrestad is a much better and relevant female player who should be interviewed about today's poker world than Annie... and oh yeah, she has more poker winnings than Annie Duke.
Ultimately - this resume ain't as impressive as one might think. Allow any good 2/5 player to rip off the poker community to pay for their expenses and tourney entries for 6 consecutive years - and any one of them (male or female) will have a better record than this. Annie just had good timing. That alone does not make her a great female player.