Xuan Liu

Biography

Xuan Liu is a Canadian poker player and former poker ambassador for 888poker and Natural8. She has amassed over $2 million in career live earnings.

The largest cash of her career came in 2012 when she finished fourth in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $600,000. Aa year before that she placed third in the European Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event for $524,705.

Where Are They Now: Xuan Liu Swaps Poker Passion for eSports

Intro

Liu was born in 1985 in Toronto, Ontario. She started playing poker while studying CFA (Chartered Financial Analysis) in the University of Waterloo. Liu began her career playing online games on PartyPoker, and Sit'n'Go’s and small stakes Limit Hold’em at local charity casinos in Toronto. Liu first appeared on the live tournament circuit in 2007, but it wasn't until 2010 that she actually started taking things seriously.

Liu made her first WSOP money finish in 2010 when she placed 69th in the $1,000 Ladies Championship. A regular at the WSOP, the closest she has come to a bracelet was a sixth-place finish in the 2012 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo tournament, taking home $29,985.

Away from the WSOP, Liu has racked up numerous cashes in poker series all over the world including the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT), World Poker Tour, Aussie Millions, Australia New Zealand Poker Tour (ANZPT) and Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP).

In 2022, she appeared on an episode of High Stakes Poker alongside Doyle Brunson and Tom Dwan.

Event	Place	Prize
2023 PokerNews Cup $1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)	88^th	$2,020
2023 World Series of Poker Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty	122^nd	$2,444
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,300 PCA Main Event	118^th	$19,300
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €5,300 EPT Main Event	67^th	€23,580
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona €1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event	564^th	€2,700
2022 World Series of Poker Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship	787^th	$19,000
2021 World Series of Poker Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em	33^rd	$15,200
2017 partypoker LIVE Million North America Main Event	71^st	20,000 CAD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #19: $2,500 Shot Clock Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em	11^th	9,685 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #6: $1,150 Six-Max No-Limit Hold'em	49^th	2,300 AUD
2016 Aussie Millions Event #1: $1,150 No-Limit Hold'em	86^th	3,515 AUD
2015 ANZPT Sydney Main Event	24^th	5,500 AUD
2015 ANZPT Perth Main Event	18^th	5,100 AUD
2014 World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific $10,000 Main Event	31^st	21,556 AUD
2014 World Series of Poker Event #62: The $1,111 Little One for One Drop	433^rd	$1,780
2014 World Series of Poker Event #53: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship	11^th	$9,078
2014 World Series of Poker Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	74^th	$3,266
2013 World Series of Poker Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em	130^th	$3,723
2013 World Series of Poker Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	103^rd	$2,362
2013 World Series of Poker Event #15: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	44^th	$4,270
2013 World Series of Poker Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em	369^th	$4,025
2013 PokerStars.net APPT Seoul Main Event	4^th	44,600,000 KRW
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona Main Event	88^th	€11,550
2012 World Series of Poker Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better	6^th	$29,985
2012 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event	4^th	$600,000
2011 World Series of Poker Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship	90^th	$2,126
2011 World Series of Poker Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em	279^th	$2,093
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid Main Event	75^th	€20,000
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event	3^rd	€360,000
2010 World Series of Poker Event #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship	69^th	$2,656

Event

Place

Prize

2023 PokerNews Cup
$1,100 Mystery Bounty ($1,000,000 GTD)

88^th

$2,020

2023 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty

122^nd

$2,444

2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 PCA Main Event

118^th

$19,300