Maria has over $3.7 million earned in different poker tournaments and is proudly standing among the best female players. In 2018 she was included into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. It is rather standard for the poker players to come into this field through an unexpected route. Maria Ho recently topped an amazing (and ongoing) poker career with an induction into the Poker Hall of Fame. This pro is Taiwanese / America – and has hosting plus broadcasting credits that match her outstanding tournament results. Over her career, Ho has accumulated almost $3 million in tournament earnings. Her results include an amazing 54.
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08 Apr
The Women in Poker Hall of Fame have just announced the 11 candidates for induction into the Class of 2018, with names such as Jennifer Tilly, Maria Ho, Kara Scott and Haley Hintze among those short-listed for top honours.
Designed to 'honor women in poker who have acquired prominence and have made contributions to the poker world' the WiPHOF started life back in 2008 and this year the now biannual ceremony will see who will join famous poker females such as Barbara Enright, Jennifer Harman, Kathy Liebert and Victoria Coren Mitchell on the hallowed walls of ‘the Hall'.
Maria Ho and Lupe Soto have cemented their places in female poker history by being voted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame, joining the illustrious list of 17 predecessors who have been celebrated for their 'excellence, contribution and performance' over the past decade.
This year's 11 hopefuls were chosen from among 50 submissions made by the public, so let's have a quick look at them, starting with…
Jennifer Tilly
Tilly, the actress who became famous for roles in movies such as Bullets over Broadway and Bride of Chucky is one of the best-known faces in poker, her poker resume just as impressive with almost $1million in tournament winnings and multiple appearances on shows such as ‘Poker After Dark' and the ‘Party Poker Big Game'.
Maria Ho
Taiwan-born Ho is among the leading female players in the world, as well as being a noted commentator and writer on the game. With over $2.7million in cashes and half a dozen 6-figure wins, Ho has become a staple of the game at its highest level.
Kara Scott
Scott is one of the best-known faces in the game, hosting a long list of shows such as Poker Night Live, High Stakes Poker, the EPT and WPT, The Super High Roller Bowl, currently ‘sideline reporter and anchor' for the WSOP on ESPN.
Hermance Blum
(pictured right, with Royal Flush girl Caitlyn Howe)
Hermance has been involved in the poker industry for a decade now, working for PokerStars, PartyGaming, and since 2011 for the WPT, as General Manager looking after Tour Management and Strategy.
Haley Hintze
Hintze has become one of the best-established and most-respected poker journalists in the world, a key figure in uncovering some of the biggest poker scandals the game has ever seen, describing herself as ‘unapologetic toward the world's liars and hypocrites'.
Mandy Glogow
Mandy is another WPT star working behind the scenes, rising through the ranks since 2005 to become the show's Supervising Producer, ‘unwavering in her commitment to produce television… for 140 million viewers, all the while raising and running a family.
Angelica Hael
Hael, who started out at the Aussie Millions in the Crown Casino, is the woman behind the extraordinary reach of the WPT, a champion of ‘the WPT's expansion into Asia, Africa, and South America'.
Designed to 'honor women in poker who have acquired prominence and have made contributions to the poker world' the WiPHOF started life back in 2008 and this year the now biannual ceremony will see who will join famous poker females such as Barbara Enright, Jennifer Harman, Kathy Liebert and Victoria Coren Mitchell on the hallowed walls of ‘the Hall'.
Maria Ho and Lupe Soto have cemented their places in female poker history by being voted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame, joining the illustrious list of 17 predecessors who have been celebrated for their 'excellence, contribution and performance' over the past decade.
This year's 11 hopefuls were chosen from among 50 submissions made by the public, so let's have a quick look at them, starting with…
Jennifer Tilly
Tilly, the actress who became famous for roles in movies such as Bullets over Broadway and Bride of Chucky is one of the best-known faces in poker, her poker resume just as impressive with almost $1million in tournament winnings and multiple appearances on shows such as ‘Poker After Dark' and the ‘Party Poker Big Game'.
Maria Ho
Taiwan-born Ho is among the leading female players in the world, as well as being a noted commentator and writer on the game. With over $2.7million in cashes and half a dozen 6-figure wins, Ho has become a staple of the game at its highest level.
Kara Scott
Scott is one of the best-known faces in the game, hosting a long list of shows such as Poker Night Live, High Stakes Poker, the EPT and WPT, The Super High Roller Bowl, currently ‘sideline reporter and anchor' for the WSOP on ESPN.
Hermance Blum
(pictured right, with Royal Flush girl Caitlyn Howe)
Hermance has been involved in the poker industry for a decade now, working for PokerStars, PartyGaming, and since 2011 for the WPT, as General Manager looking after Tour Management and Strategy.
Haley Hintze
Hintze has become one of the best-established and most-respected poker journalists in the world, a key figure in uncovering some of the biggest poker scandals the game has ever seen, describing herself as ‘unapologetic toward the world's liars and hypocrites'.
Mandy Glogow
Mandy is another WPT star working behind the scenes, rising through the ranks since 2005 to become the show's Supervising Producer, ‘unwavering in her commitment to produce television… for 140 million viewers, all the while raising and running a family.
Angelica Hael
Hael, who started out at the Aussie Millions in the Crown Casino, is the woman behind the extraordinary reach of the WPT, a champion of ‘the WPT's expansion into Asia, Africa, and South America'.
Karina Jett
Jett has been a poker pro for over two decades, and along with husband Chip becoming ‘the first husband and wife duo to final table a major poker tournament together'. She also coordinates the annual Ante Up for Autism charity event.
Terry King
King took the counter-clockwise route to her current position in poker, starting out as a pro before taking up dealing then a career as a floorperson – managing to snare a WSOP bracelet in 1978 along the way.
Shirley Rosario
Rosario's impressive resume in the game includes ‘back-to-back Cal State Poker Championship HORSE titles in 2009 and 2010', as well as being a consultant for PokerStars and ‘one of the original hosts of Live at the Bike'.
Lupe Soto
Maria Ho Poker Hall Of Fame Winners
Lupe Soto actually founded the Women in Poker Hall of Fame in 2008 and a decade later finds herself nominated to join it permanently for her contributions to poker. She also serves as CEO of Poker Gives, a nonprofit charity serving military families, which is the WiPHOF's chosen charity.
The 2018 Induction Ceremony will take place on Tuesday, June 26th, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino Las Vegas, tickets to the event going on sale May 1st.
Last week on Tuesday (June 26), Maria Ho and Lupe Soto were inducted into the Women in Poker Hall of Fame at the Orleans Casino in Las Vegas. This was the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Women in Poker Hall of Fame and it has once again proven that strong women can indeed be great influencers in the poker industry. This particular hall of fame was founded specifically to commemorate 'women of outstanding performance in the poker world.' Since the first inductions, it has continued to 'enhance awareness and celebrate contributions and achievements of women in poker as recognized and respected representatives and proponents of women in poker.'
Maria Ho has cashed in $2.78 million in career tournament earnings and still regularly plays for millions of dollars. She has also served as a commentator and host for several different poker productions in the past decade. No wonder she hangs out with high-rollers and is good friends with Daniel Negreanu – in fact, he was the one who inducted her into the Hall of Fame.
'Her empathy never takes a day off, and that just to me describes so well the friend that I have known for ten years,' Negreanu said during the event. 'I honestly believe that it's her empathy that makes her such a great poker player. I think poker is actually very very lucky to have someone like Maria in it because she's the best ambassador you could ask for. She's always doing everything possible to promote the game. I can't imagine in the last few years, there has been anyone that's worked harder than Maria.'
Maria Ho Poker Hall Of Fame Inductees
Lupe Soto, on the other hand, may not be recognizable as a top poker player but her contributions to the poker industry fit and even exceed the requirements laid out by the Women in Poker Hall of Fame. Soto has within the past two decades worked tirelessly to bring more women into the poker industry (mostly from the online space into the live arena) and connect a growing network of both local and international female poker players.
She continues to be a very significant figure in the poker industry thanks to a number of innovative creations that she is responsible for – these include the Senior Poker Tour that she founded in 2013 and the Women's Poker Association. Soto is also involved with a number of charities such as Poker Gives, a charity fund that provides for military families who are in need.
Maria Ho Poker Hall Of Fame Snubs
'Bringing women into the game – the ones who had never played before live, and then they enter into their very first tournament and they get hooked. They get the interaction with these other women, the social part of it, the caring part of it, because there are women who met through LIPS tour that are besties to this day, and it's been years. They travel together in packs; it's just the most beautiful thing I could have ever expected to happen,' Soto said after the ceremony.
