Maria Ho

Maria Ho (traditional Chinese: 何亭雨; simplified Chinese: 何亭雨; pinyin: Hé tíng yǔ; born March 6, 1983, in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese-American poker player and television host/commentator. One of the top-ranked female poker players in the world and a Women in Poker Hall of Fame inductee, she has won more than $5,000,000 in live tournaments. In 2011, she was the No. 2 ranked female player in the world. She has remained on the Top 20 Women's Yearly Leaderboard since 2016. Ho's live tournament poker record includes 80 World Series of Poker cashes, eight WSOP final tables (including WSOPC and WSOPE final tables), 14 World Poker Tour cashes, four WPT final tables, one WPT title, and numerous additional final tables on the professional poker circuit. She is a Global Poker Award winner for Broadcaster of the Year and the only player to be the World Series of Poker Main Event (US and Europe) "Last Woman Standing” four times; her highest finish was 38th out of 6,458 players in 2011. She has been seen on many primetime television shows, making it to "Hollywood Week" on season 3 of American Idol, competing on the fifteenth season of The Amazing Race, and appearing as a celebrity guest on Deal or No Deal in January 2019.