Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo
636 global poker index
0 world poker tour index
$3,450,348 total poker live earnings
Kitty Kuo poker player profile. Get latest information, winnings and gallery.
Profile
- name
- Kitty Kuo
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- GPI Rank
- 636
- WPT Wins
- 0
- total poker live earnings
- $3,450,348
Biography
Kitty Kuo is a Taiwanese poker player, and is one of Asia’s top female poker players. She has been a Natural8 Ambassador since 2016, and has amassed over $3.4 million in lifetime earnings. Kuo was the Global Poker Index Asia Player of the Year in 2013, the same year she was the runner-up in the Women’s Player of the Year category. Read More: Natural8 Ambassador Kitty Kuo Victorious in APT Taiwan Main Event Kuo burst onto the live poker circuit with a victory in a HK$10,000 buy-in PokerStars Macau Poker Cup, which earned her HK$557,230 ($71,899). Since that outright win, Kuo has cashed in prestigious tournaments around the world, including on the European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour, and World Series of Poker. In 2014, Kuo finished third in the $2,500 Hollywood Poker Open Main Event in Las Vegas for a then-career-best haul of $142,158. Only Michael Wang and Simon Deadman managed to outlast Kuo from a 692-player field. The popular pro almost captured a WSOP bracelet in 2015, but ultimately had to make do with a fourth-place finish in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Shootout event. Kuo secured two six-figure scores in 2016, one for a sixth-place finish in the Aussie Millions Main Event worth A$270,000 ($189,018), and one at EPT Barcelona worth 101,500 ($114,071). Her second-best cash to date weighs in at $248,380, Kuo’s reward for a runner-up finish in the 2018 $10,000 WPT Tournament o Champions, where she lost heads-up to Darren Elias. In 2023, Kuo secured her biggest poker payday in the summer of 2023, finishing in fourth place in the $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship for $480,763.
Kuo’s Top Five Live Poker Tournament Results
Date | Event | Rank | Prize (USD) |
---|---|---|---|
Aug 2023 | $5,300 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship | 4th | $480,763 |
May 2018 | $10,000 WPT Tournament of Champion | 2nd | $248,380 |
Jan 2018 | A$25,000 Aussie Millions $25K Challenge | 4th | $198,731 |
July 21 | $5,000 WPT Venetian Event 88 | 6th | $192,855 |
Jan 2016 | A$10,600 Aussie Millions Main Event | 6th | $189,018 |
FAQs
How old is Kitty Kuo?Kuo was born in 1983. Does Kitty Kuo have a husband?Kitty Kuo was married to WSOP main event fourth-place finisher Russell Thomas, but the pair divorced in 2022. Does Kitty Kuo have any children?Kuo has a son with poker player and vlogger Frankie Cucchiara What is Kitty Kuo’s net worth?According to People AI, Kuo has a net worth of $6.62 million
PokerNews Covered Events
Event | Place | Prize |
---|---|---|
2023 World Series of PokerEvent #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions | 1976th | $1,160 |
2023 Wynn Millions$3,500 Main Event | 77th | $12,760 |
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold’em Championship | 116th | $46,500 |
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$3,000 PCA Mystery Bounty | 15th | $12,350 |
2022 World Series of PokerEvent #81: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em | 22nd | $22,421 |
2021 Wynn Fall Classic$1,600 Mystery Bounty | 205th | $3,030 |
2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event World Championship | 408th | $30,000 |
2021 Wynn Fall Classic$2,200 Mystery Bounty | 34th | $13,630 |
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #60: $525 Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 28th | $3,298 |
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #59: $2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em | 84th | $6,411 |
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st | 713th | $2,115 |
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #41: $400 COLOSSUS Day 2, $3M GTD | 391st | $1,761 |
2019 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona1,100 EPT National | 407th | €2,230 |
2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Vegas @ Aria$10,300 Main Event | 69th | $20,000 |
2019 Aussie MillionsAU$25,000 Challenge | 14th | 63,420 AUD |
2018 PokerStars.es EPT Barcelona10,300 EPT High Roller | 62nd | €18,100 |
2018 PokerStars.net APPT Manila200,000 High Roller | 12th | 398,000 PHP |
2018 World Series of PokerEvent #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em MONSTER STACK | 595th | $2,973 |
2018 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em | 72nd | $7,860 |
2018 Aussie Millions$25,000 Challenge | 4th | 246,240 AUD |
2017 World Series of PokerEvent #36: $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 52nd | $8,734 |
2017 World Series of PokerEvent #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em | 76th | $5,209 |
2017 World Series of PokerEvent #27: $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 128th | $4,509 |
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague5,300 Main Event | 174th | €9,180 |
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona5,300 Main Event | 152nd | €9,260 |
2016 Aussie MillionsEvent #11: $10,600 Main Event | 6th | 270,000 AUD |
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague5,300 Main Event | 47th | €16,200 |
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta5,300 Main Event | 16th | €27,120 |
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona5,300 Main Event | 89th | €15,600 |
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Barcelona5,300 Main Event | 176th | €9,300 |
2014 Hollywood Poker Open Championship EventHPO Championship Main Event | 3rd | $142,158 |
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague5,300 Main Event | 144th | €8,600 |
2013 PokerStars.com EPT London5,250 Main Event | 41st | £11,425 |
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona5,300 Main Event | 115th | €11,350 |
2013 World Series of PokerEvent #53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em | 17th | $23,760 |
2013 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $1,500 “Millionaire Maker” No-Limit Hold’em | 609th | $2,740 |
2013 PokerStars.com EPT BerlinMain Event | 84th | €10,000 |
2013 PokerStars.com EPT LondonMain Event | 22nd | £17,500 |
2013 Aussie Millions$10,000 Main Event | 17th | 55,000 AUD |
2012 World Series of Poker EuropeEvent #7: 10,450 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event | 28th | €22,982 |
2012 World Poker Tour MaltaMain Event | 4th | €39,200 |
2012 PokerStars.netAPPT CebuMain Event | 23rd | 175,500 PHP |
2011 PokerStars.com EPT LondonMain Event | 59th | £11,000 |
2010 NAPT Venetian2010 NAPT Venetian Main Event | 92nd | $9,643 |