The Top 10 WSOP Women Poker Players Ever

In a male-dominated game such as poker, the female players are often overlooked and undervalued compared to their male counterparts. You may have heard the phrase “in the poker game of life, women are the rake,” but we think it’s time to move past that misogynistic thinking and give female poker players their due.

In this article, we’ll cover the best WSOP women players of past and present, highlighting the famous female players who paved the way for the rockstars of today to shine on the world stage.

The Top 10 WSOP Female Players of All Time

There have been some incredible female poker players at the WSOP over the years, including pioneers in poker to trailblazers in GTO play, which made it extremely difficult to narrow down our list to a top 10! However, after much deliberation, our experts have settled on their picks for the top 10 women poker players in WSOP history:

• Kathy Liebert
• Barbara Enright
• Jennifer Harman
• Liv Boeree
• Vanessa Selbst
• Maria Ho
• Kristen Foxen
• Annette Obrestad
• Cherish Andrews
• Shiina Okamoto

Kathy Liebert

A poker pioneer with a fearsome record at the felt, Kathy “PokerKat” 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, Liebert’s poker prowess has seen her win over $7 million at the live felt, and earn an entry into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame in 2010.

Barbara Enright

The first 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 two Women’s Seven Card Stud events in 1986 and 1994, as well as taking down the $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em bracelet for $180,000 in 1986. Barbara was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 2007, and into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame one year later. She’s the only woman who is present in all three Halls of Fame, and has cashed 21 times at the WSOP.

Jennifer Harman

A double WSOP bracelet winner, Jen Harman is without a doubt one of the most famous women players in history. Harman won bracelets in 2000 (No Limit 2-to-7 Draw) and 2002 (Limit Hold’em), making her the first female poker player to hold two bracelets in open events. Jennifer regularly appeared on poker shows like High Stakes Poker and Poker After Dark, making her a household name in the community.

Liv Boeree

Olivia ‘Liv’ Boeree has a WSOP bracelet and EPT title to her name, having taken down the San Remo Main Event in 2010 and the Tag Team bracelet in 2017. Liv was a regular in the biggest tournament series around the world throughout the 2010s, and was widely regarded as one of the top female poker players of the time. After a break from professional poker, Liv returned to the game in 2024, taking 4th in the 2024 WSOP Paradise Main Event for an incredible score of $2.8 million.

Vanessa Selbst

Arguably the best female poker player the WSOP has seen, Vanessa Selbst is a three-time bracelet winner, and has taken home back-to-back North American Poker Tour Main Events as well as a PCA High Roller title. 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. She is still the only woman to have ever reached #1 on the Global Poker Index, and is skilled in all forms of poker, having won her

Maria Ho

Although she’s 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, and has won many televised events, including multiple weeks of Poker After Dark.

Kristen Foxen

No-one has won more WSOP bracelets as a female poker player than Kristen Foxen; Kristen has won five WSOP titles, with two coming on the felt in 2013 and 2016, and three coming in online events. Kristen is one of the best poker players in the world, and regularly battles it out in the biggest tournaments. She made a deep run in the 2024 WSOP Main Event, and is without a doubt one of the top WSOP women players the series has seen.

Annette Obrestad

The youngest-ever winner of a WSOP Main Event, let alone as a female poker player, Norwegian legend Annette Obrestad made history by winning the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe Main Event while just 18 years old. Before bursting onto the tournament scene, Annette was known as an internet phenom, having reportedly won a tournament while only looking at her hole cards once! A heads-up specialist, she appeared on the NBC Heads-Up Championship and won the EPT London Heads-up Event in 2010.

Cherish Andrews

Having started poker in the late 2000s, Cherish Andrews had her big break in the WSOP in the 2020s, winning an online bracelet in 2022. Cherish also has three WSOP Circuit rings to her name and earnings of over a million dollars at the WSOP. The two-time GPA Female Player of the Year, Andrews’ super-impressive WSOP record includes 30 final tables and 128 cashes.

Shiina Okamoto

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, making her a true legend of the WSOP. 

Rising WSOP Women to Watch in 2025 and Beyond

In recent years, players such as Angela Jordison, Jamie Kerstetter and Heather Alcorn have all impressed at the world’s biggest poker series, and are ones to watch going into the 2026 WSOP. Events such as the Ladies Event, the Tag Team Event and the WSOP Main Event, have highlighted the skill and talent of the game’s female players, and we’re excited to see which names can grab the headlines this summer. 

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Jordan started writing about poker in late 2020 after discovering he could combine his passion for explaining things with his favorite game. He continues to stay on top of the newest poker theory and the latest goings on in the poker world to deliver top-quality content. While poker is his biggest passion, he also closely follows soccer, snooker, and F1.