Maria Ho

Maria Ho is a Hall of Fame Professional Poker Player and TV Host/Commentator, born in Taipei, Taiwan and raised in the U.S. With over 3.2 million dollars in live poker tournament earnings she is one of the most recognized and successful women in the game, and was inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame in 2018, the first year she was nominated and eligible. In 2011 she broke records when she went heads-up for a WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 No-Limit Event, finishing 2nd for a payday of $540,020 payday - which was the single largest cash a woman had ever had at the World Series of Poker (2012). Other notable accolades and accomplishments include winning the 2019 Global Poker Award for 'Broadcaster of the Year', being a 3-time nominee for Favorite Female Player by the Bluff Reader's Choice Awards, competing as the only all-female team on the Emmy-winning 15th season of [linl=tt0285335], and she is the only player to be a WSOP(E) Main Event Last Woman Standing four times over (2007,