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Liv Boeree is a former professional poker player who has won the European Poker Tour 2010 and the World Series of Poker 2017. She even became the three times winner of the Global Poker Index European Female Player of the Year. She is also a television presenter and has worked as a host in Red Bull TV’s MindGamers and Discovery Channel’s The Mind Control Freaks. Besides these, she is a speaker and writer who appeared in TEDx Talk at TEDxManchester and written several articles in Vox.com and The Independent.

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Much like myself and Smitty, Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov are a bit of a poker power couple. Liv has nearly $4 million in live tournament winnings, and Igor is a high roller machine, with over $17.5 million in live earnings. The two of them even won a bracelet together, winning the $10k tag team event in 2017. Igor Kurganov opened to 550,000 under the gun plus one and Michael Sklenicka in the cutoff shoved for 750,000 total. The action folded back around to Kurganov who made the quick call. Igor Kurganov: QhJc Michael Sklenicka: Ac2d With the Jh in the window, followed by the 5c and 7d, things weren't looking. ♠ In this philosophical clip, Igor Kurganov suggests why having hope can be a dangerous thing when it comes to poker and life.♣️ Follow us on: FB: https://ww.

Birth NameOlivia Boeree
Birth DateJuly 18, 1984
Age34
BirthplaceMaidstone, Kent, England
Zodiac SignCancer
NationalityBritish
EthnicityWhite
Height5 feet 10 inches
ProfessionPoker Player
ParentsUnknown
BoyfriendIgor Kurganov
HusbandNo
ChildrenNo
SiblingsNot disclosed
Net Worth$4 Million

Liv Boeree Net Worth: $4 Million

Boeree is not only a writer, speaker, and television presenter but also a professional poker player who has a net worth of about $4 million. She was able to raise a significant amount of net worth by winning the various poker tournaments.

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Her poker career began from the Ultimate Poker Showdown in 2005. She has earned $3 million from live tournaments; her biggest live win is $1,698,300. Along with her partner, Igor Kurganov, they won the champion event for $273,964 at the World Series of Poker 2017. On 21st August 2010, she became the winner of European Poker Tour main event in Sanremo with a handful of $1,675,260.

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Boeree is also involved in social work. In 2014, she co-founded Rising for Effective Giving, an organization that literate poker about Effective Altruism. With their incredible work, they have raised over $6,000,000 for its supported charities as of January 2017. She has also collected a lofty salary by working as a model for Loaded and MaximMagazines.

Liv Boeree Boyfriend: Igor Kurganova

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Boeree is in a romantic relationship with her boyfriend, Igor Kurganov – a professional poker player and a founding member of Raising for Effective Giving. They began dating since they first met on a poker event in 2014. Together, they have appeared on various poker tournaments and have also won the World Series of Poker 2017.

Liv and her boyfriend, Igor, are open about their love life on their respective social accounts. In 2017, Liv shared a cozy hug picture with her boyfriend on Valentine’s Day.

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Liv Boeree was born in Kent, England in 1984. Her birthday falls on 18th July, which makes her age 34. For her education, she went to Ashford School, England. Later, she went to the University of Manchester and earned First Class Honours degree in Physics with Astrophysics.

Liv has a decent height of 5 feet 10 inches. She has brown hair, and her eyes are also brown.

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Team PokerStars continues to get a makeover, and the latest change comes in the form of a double exit. High-stakes regulars and Igor Kurganov and Liv Boeree are out as sponsored players, the pair announced on their respective Twitter feeds Wednesday.

Liv and I are splitting up... It’s been some fun couple of years and I’m thankful for the experience, the great sup… https://t.co/vey4sHZXaW

— Igor Kurganov (@kurganovigor)

It's been an amazing nine years but now it's time for @PokerStars and I to part ways. I want to say thanks to the i… https://t.co/wdPAeqJQbx

— Liv Boeree (@Liv_Boeree)

Since 2010 and 2017

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As she stated in her tweet, Boeree had been with PokerStars since August 2010. Previously sponsored by Ultimate Bet, she announced herself as a top live poker player in April of that year with a breakthrough win at European Poker Tour San Remo for €1.25 million.

After signing on, Boeree became a fixture at PokerStars events around the globe. She has racked up more than $3.8 million in cashes to date and participated in several nosebleed events, battling against some of the world's best.

Boeree also dated Kurganov, and in February 2017 he came aboard PokerStars Team Pro as well.

A regular participant in the highest-stakes tournaments in the world, the signing of Kurganov represented a stark departure from what seemed to be a clear strategy at the time to move sponsorship dollars away from prominent professional players and towards those with popular streaming platforms.

While the pair has 'parted ways' with the red spade — Boeree's words — they're unlikely just to fade into the sunset together and never be seen at the felt.

Boeree mentioned she'd still be firing the occasional tournament and put in a quick plug for her YouTube channel. There she plans to continue 'giving talks and creating science, rationality and effective altruism content,' likely in the vein of her TED Talks appearance seen by tens of thousands to date.

Kurganov did not mention any future plans. Given that he was already playing $100K-level events on a regular basis, it wouldn't be surprising to see him continue to participate in nosebleed events despite the loss of sponsorship dollars.

Winds of Change Continue

The departures of Boeree and Kurganov continue a sharp trend that began in at least early 2018, if not earlier, when Team PokerStars Pro underwent a major overhaul. The operator admitted a big shift was underway, which was plain to see as top pros like Jason Mercier exited in favor of celebrities, athletes and streamers.

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'We continued to reduce the roster of Pros, while always adjusting the mix of players,' company rep Eric Hollreiser said at the time. 'We also believed that our ambassadors should not solely be winners and credible/authentic poker players but should live and breathe the game, proactively creating excitement around it and generating multimedia content that reaches multiple audiences.'

A look back at the list of sponsored pros from three years ago, reveals the massive turnover, with only a handful of players remaining patched up. Even Daniel Negreanu, widely considered the face of PokerStars, had his sponsorship end in May of this year.

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Given the declining importance of poker to The Stars Group, it wouldn't be surprising if the sponsorship dollars allocated for Boeree and Kurganov are used in some other marketing capacity rather than for the next 'walking billboard,' as Hollreiser put it.

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