The Top WSOP Women Poker Players Ever
While male players have often dominated the World Series of Poker, WSOP women have created some of the biggest hands
The Top 10 WSOP Women Poker Players Ever
While male players have often dominated the World Series of Poker, WSOP women have created some of the biggest hands in history in Las Vegas. Women in poker are the overlay, and in recent years, stars of the felt such as Kristen Foxen, Barbara Enright and Kathy Liebert have been joined in the ranks by Ladies Event superstars such as Jammie Kerstetter, Heather Alcorn and the two-time back-to-back winner of the event, Shiina Okamoto.
In this article, we’ll assess the current female poker bosses crushing in WSOP events both historically and in the modern day, as well as covering the drama in the 2025 WSOP Ladies Championship.
The Top 10 WSOP Female Players of All Time
There have been some incredible female poker players at the WSOP. From pioneers in poker to trailblazers in GTO play, superstars of the poker world are regularly female. There’s only one thing a girl loves more than diamonds and that’s a WSOP bracelet!
Here are the top 10 women in WSOP, both in terms of poker history and the modern day achievers:
- Kathy Liebert
- Barbara Enright
- Jennifer Harman
- Liv Boeree
- Vanessa Selbst
- Maria Ho
- Kristen Foxen
- Annette Obrestad
- Cherish Andrews
- Shiina Okamoto
Kathy Liebert
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 Party Poker Million ($1m) & 2004 WSOP $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout | 1 | $7,089,062 |
A poker pioneer with a fearsome record at the felt, Liebert won the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event in 2004 for $110,180, one of three women to win open events at the WSOP that year. A former Party Poker Million winner too, Liebert’s poker prowess has seen her win over $7 million at the live felt, and she is in the Women in Poker Hall of Fame.
Barbara Enright
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em ($180k) | 3 | $1,874,193 |
The only woman ever to reach the final table of the WSOP Main Event, Barbara Enright is a three-time WSOP bracelet winner, having taken gold in Seven Card Stud in both 1986 and 1994, as well as conquering Pot Limit Hold’em two years later. The only woman who is present in all three Halls of Fame, Enright has cashed 21 times at the WSOP.
Jennifer Harman
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 Poker After Dark Winner ($200,000) | 2 | $2,945,258 |
A double WSOP bracelet winner, Jen Harman is the best example of a female player who is recognized by fans of both sexes as one of the poker greats, no matter her gender. Harman won bracelets in 2000 (No Limit 2-to-7 Draw) and 2002 (Limit Hold’em) and was the female face of Full Tilt Poker during its pomp. A poker boss.
Liv Boeree
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 WSOP Paradise (4th) $2.8m & 2010 EPT San Remo Main Event ($1.69m) | 1 | $6,671,790 |
The English player Olivia ‘Liv’ Boeree has also won a WSOP bracelet, and much more recently than her previously mentioned peers. Alongside her boyfriend Igor Kurganov, Boeree took down the Tag Team event of 2017 for a score of $273,964. She has enjoyed EPT success, winning the 2010 San Remo Main Event for $1.7m and came fourth in the 2024 WSOP Paradise Main Event for an incredible score of $2.8 million.
Vanessa Selbst
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| Two-time NAPT Main Event winner (2010 & 2011) | 3 | $11,928,957 |
A three-time WSOP bracelet winner, Vanessa Selbst also took home back-to-back North American Poker Tour Main Events and a PCA High Roller. In her illustrious career, Selbst crushed in the biggest poker games, winning almost $12m at the live felt alone and sits inside the top 100 players of all-time. Taking WSOP gold in PLO, 10-Game 6-Max and the $25k-entry Mixed Max NLHE event, Selbst semi-retired some years ago to start a family.
Maria Ho
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| Game of Gold Season 1 Winner ($456,000) & LA Poker Classic High Roller ($276k) | 0 | $5,543,363 |
Although she is yet to win a WSOP bracelet, Maria Ho is a poker and World Series of Poker legend. The Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee has won over $5 million in live events alone and starred in the award-winning GGPoker and Poker After Dark series Game of Gold. Ho has been ‘last woman standing’ in the WSOP Main Event a record four times.
Kristen Foxen
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| PGT Poker Masters 2019 ($ 408k) | 5 | $10,761,658 |
No-one has won more WSOP bracelets in terms of female poker players than Kristen Foxen. A formidable player who is equally at home in large multi-table tournaments and tough high rollers, Foxen has won five WSOP titles in 2013 (Ladies Event), 2016 (NLHE Bounty), 2020 (Online NLHE 6-Max), 2023 (Online NLHE Crazy Eights) and 2024, where she won a $1,000 NLHE 6-Max event.
Annette Obrestad
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| Youngest-ever WSOP Europe Main Event winner (2007/£1m) | 1 | $3,942,233 |
The youngest-ever winner of a WSOP Main Event, let alone as a female player, Norwegian legend Annette Obrestad made history 18 years ago. On 17 September 2007, Obrestad won the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Main Event while still just 18 years old, one day before turning 19. On the right side of poker law due to being in Europe and winning $2.01 million, Obrestad eclipsed Annie Duke who had won $2 million at the 2004 Tournament of Champions, making Obrestad’s victory the record for a single-event payout to a female player.
Cherish Andrews
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| Two-time Global Poker Index Female Player of the Year & 2025 WPT Seminole winner ($408k) | 1 | $3,563,544 |
Winning a bracelet in 2022 in NLHE via Pennsylvania, Cherish Andrews also has three WSOP Circuit rings to her name and earnings of over a million dollars at the WSOP. The two-time Global Poker Award winner as Female Player of the Year, Andrews’ super-impressive WSOP record includes 30 final tables and 128 cashes.
Shiina Okamoto
| Major Live Poker Titles | WSOP Bracelets | Total Live Winnings |
|---|---|---|
| Two-time back-to-back WSOP Ladies Championship winner (2024 & 2025) | 2 | $1,011,560 |
No-one has a better record in the WSOP Ladies Championship than Shiina Okamoto. Winning back-to-back titles in 1,000-player+ Ladies events in 2024 and 2025, the Japanese player came second in the previous year’s competition in 2023 before gaining revenge by winning in 2024 against Jamie Kerstetter. In 2025, Okamoto successfully retained her title, beating Heather Alcorn before taking to social media to declare her feelings after the win with just two words: “I defended.”
Rising WSOP Women to Watch in 2025 and Beyond
In recent years, female players have come to the fore in many WSOP events.
In recent years, players such as Angela Jordison, Jamie Kerstetter and Heather Alcorn have all impressed at the world’s biggest poker festival. Events such as the Ladies Event, the Tag Team Event and the WSOP Main Event, also known as the World Championship, have all brought several female poker players into the mainstream. Stars of the felt such as Nikki Limo, Caitlin Comeskey and Marle Spragg, as well as Rania Nasreddine, have all taught us that many great poker players are female.
The Best WSOP Women
Over the course of half a century, we’ve met female poker pioneers such as Barbara Enright, modern day greats like Kristen Foxen and emerging talents in the form of Shiina Okamoto among others. Female players like Liv Boeree and Vanessa Selbst, who pushed the poker narrative during the initial ‘boom’ years have been added to by modern-day players like Nikki Limo and Caitlin Comeskey, who add content creation to winning at the felt. Poker’s elite women are part of the fabric of the WSOP and our enjoyment of the world’s oldest poker festival wouldn’t be the same without them!
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