One of the things that Joanne Liu is infamous for, as well as her poker, is her colourful dress style. In a huge tournament room she has the ability to stand out from the crowd. She started playing poker in 1996 and in the same year was cashing in at tournaments. Not bad in her first year playing but then Joanne has also proved she had more than the average brain cell by gaining a masters degree in computer science. She successfully continued learning to play Texas holdem as well holding down a job in software engineering. It wasn’t until 2004 that her enjoyment (and winnings) was enough to give up her day job and become a full time poker pro. In 2006 she proved she was lucky in love too and married pro poker player Dan Alspach. Other accomplishments under her belt are being the highest placing women in a WPT championship event and winning WPT Ladies Night IV.

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