A 琉璃神社 woman is $1.5 million richer after winning an online poker tournament.
Vanessa Kade beat out almost 70,000 other contestants for the top prize in the PokerStars Sunday Million 15th Anniversary tournament, which ended Tuesday night (March 23).
鈥淚t feels impossible. This is the best day of my life. It鈥檚 not close,鈥� Kade said in an Instagram post announcing her big win.
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According to her LinkedIn, Kade has been playing poker professionally for the last seven years.
She鈥檚 also famous on the online streaming platform Twitch.
Previously, Kade made headlines in the poker world by calling out online poker platform GGPoker for making controversial figure Dan Bilzerian a brand ambassador and criticizing sexism in poker. GGPoker subsequently cancelled an affiliate deal it had with Kade.
Kade has now signed with a new team, America鈥檚 Cardroom.
Well, finally responded to the Bilzerian mess, by terminating my residual affiliate account from way back (idgaf) - a day after International Women鈥檚 Day, and not acknowledging any wrongdoing or anything remotely close to an apology.
鈥� Vanessa Kade (@VanessaKade)
Seems about right.
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鈥� Americas Cardroom (@ACR_POKER)
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