Lucienne "Lucy" Rokach is an English

England

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 professional poker

Poker

Poker is a family of card games that share betting rules and usually hand rankings. Poker games differ in how the cards are dealt, how hands may be formed, whether the high or low hand wins the pot in a showdown , limits on bet sizes, and how many rounds of betting are allowed.In most modern poker...

 player from Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent

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. She was born in Cairo

Cairo

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, Egypt

Egypt

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 and is now regarded as one of the top female players in Europe

Europe

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. She also commentated on the popular Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker

Late Night Poker is the pioneering television show that helped pave the way for the explosion of interest in poker in the 2000's. With it's ground breaking use of "under the table" cameras that enabled the viewer to see each player's cards, the show became a cult hit on Channel 4 UK when it first...

television series with Jesse May

Jesse May

Jesse May is an American poker commentator and player.Jesse May was raised in Madison, New Jersey, where he first became hooked on poker playing with friends. In 1988 he started attending The University of Chicago, but he found that classes were clashing with his poker games, and so dropped out...

 during its fourth season, and had a 3rd place finish in the series 6 grand final (the highest-ever finish for a female player in a Late Night Poker grand final.)

She won the 2003 European Poker Top award for Lifetime Achievement after winning the Winter Festival in Dublin in both 2001 and 2003. Rokach made money finishes in the World Series of Poker

World Series of Poker

The World Series of Poker is a world-renowned series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Harrah's Entertainment...

 $10,000 no limit

Betting (poker)

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 hold'em main event in 1996

1996 World Series of Poker

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 and 2004

2004 World Series of Poker

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Rokach also commentates on The Poker Channel

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, alongside Gary "The Choirboy" Jones

Gary Jones (poker player)

Gary Herbert "The Choirboy" Jones is a professional poker player from Stafford, Staffordshire, England. He is also a regular color commentator on The Poker Channel....

 and Roy "The Boy" Brindley

Roy Brindley

Roy 'The Boy' Brindley is an English professional poker player, now living in Wicklow, Ireland.-Early years:...

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In his book Ace on The River, Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein is a professional poker player. He has won a number of major events, including three at the World Series of Poker and two on the World Poker Tour. Greenstein donates his profit from tournament winnings to charities, primarily Children, Incorporated, earning him the nickname "the...

says he considers Lucy the best female no-limit hold 'em player in the world.

As of 2009, her total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000.