Ana Marquez

Ana Marquez, a professional poker player from Spain, has now earned over $2,000,000 in live earnings. She has been a part of the poker industry for over 15 years, both online and live, and has made significant contributions to the poker community as a whole. Ana was a member of Team PokerStars and Team 888poker before joining Americas Cardroom in 2022. Her largest cash prize to date is $445,000, which she won by placing third in the Partypoker Live Millions Vegas Main Event at the Aria Resort & Casino on the Las Vegas Strip. She was the top-ranked poker player in Spain.

Ana Marquez: Early Life

Ana was born in Spain and raised in Malaga until she was 17 years old, she had a deep interest in Egyptology. She majored in Global History and Economic Development at American University in Washington, DC, with the intention of going into politics and working for the government.

In her final year of college, she became interested in poker through home games with other students and fell in love with the strategy involved in poker. Ana wrote her thesis on the history of poker, and she began playing poker in online low-stakes cash games. Resulting in her quickly becoming a winning player. She then began playing online tournaments, where her success quickly multiplied, propelling her to larger buy-in events. Ana’s poker skills have greatly improved since then.

Ana Marquez: Poker Career

Ana Marquez had already been playing live home games in addition to online cash games and tournaments. In June 2009, at the Deep Stack Extravaganza III, she made her live tournament debut as a participant. She finished 56th and took home $474.

In January 2011, she finished in the top ten of the Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 Main Event, one spot short of the final table and one spot ahead of none other than Chris Moneymaker, who is now a fellow team member in the role she holds as ACR Ambassador.

She finished ninth and earned $3,580 at the Malaga Poker Classic in July 2011, which allowed her to make the final table. She participated at the European Poker Tour event in Barcelona the following year (2012) and won $4,091 there.

Ana achieved even better results in 2013, finishing third at the L.A Poker Classic in Los Angeles earning her $55,000. That same year, in June, she won the Hollywood Poker Open in Las Vegas, taking home $320,189.

Also, she took part in the 888poker LIVE in Bucharest in 2018. Ana competed and won first place, earning $32,068. She participated in multiple tournaments that year. She earned $67,116 after finishing sixth at the 49th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

The following year, in June 2019, she competed in another WSOP event. At the 50th World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, she finished 10th and earned $95,720. Ana also finished third in the partypoker MILLIONS Vegas in June 2019 and earned $445,000 as a result, which was the best cash of her career

She competed in her first Triton Series event in Vietnam in March 2023. By reaching the 25K Turbo final table and winning $92,300, calling the experience “amazing.” She last participated in the 2023 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

Conclusion

Ana Marquez is a poker player from Spain who has made a name for herself. She has received recognition because of her participation in both online and live tournaments, as well as her previous experience as an ambassador for 888poker, PokerStars, and now ACR Poker. Ana’s love of poker since then has undoubtedly influenced who she is today.