{{short description|English poker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox poker player | name = Lucy Rokach | image = | caption = | nickname = Golden Ovaries<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/09/gambling.gender |title='It's like a personal affront to their manhood if you bluff them out of a pot' |accessdate=3 January 2009 |last=Mikhail |first=Kate |date=9 May 2005 |work=Guardian News and Media Limited |publisher=guardian.co.uk }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/15954 |title=Cardrooms that understand the importance of catering to the players are the ones that are successful |accessdate=3 January 2009 |last=Rokach |first=Lucy |date=6 January 2005 |work=CardPlayer.com }}</ref> | birth_name = Lucienne Rokach | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] | wsop bracelet count = ''None'' | wsop money finishes = 6 | wsop main event best finish rank = 26th | wsop main event best finish year = 1996 | wpt titles = | wpt final tables = | wpt money finishes = | ept titles = | ept final tables = | ept money finishes = }}
'''Lucienne "Lucy" Rokach''' is an [[England|English]] professional [[poker]] player from [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. She was born in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]] and is now regarded as one of the top female players in [[Europe]]. She also commentated on the popular ''[[Late Night Poker]]'' television series with [[Jesse May]] during its fourth season, and had a 3rd-place finish in the series 6 grand final (the highest-ever finish for a female player in a ''Late Night Poker'' grand final.)
She won the 2003 European Poker Top award for Lifetime Achievement after winning the Winter Festival in [[Dublin]] in both 2001 and 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poker.co.uk/poker-experts-biography.html?author_id=13 |title=Lucy Rokach |accessdate=3 January 2009 |work=Poker.co.uk }}</ref> Rokach cashed in the [[World Series of Poker]] $10,000 [[betting (poker)|no limit]] [[hold'em]] main event in [[1996 World Series of Poker|1996]] and [[2004 World Series of Poker|2004]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=27th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1996, No Limit Hold'em World Championship |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=7843 |access-date=24 March 2024 |website=[[The Hendon Mob Poker Database]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=35th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2004, World Championship Event |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=6628 |access-date=24 March 2024 |website=[[The Hendon Mob Poker Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
Rokach also commentates on [[The Poker Channel]], alongside [[Gary Jones (poker player)|Gary "The Choirboy" Jones]] and [[Roy Brindley|Roy "The Boy" Brindley]].
In his book ''Ace on The River'', [[Barry Greenstein]] says he considers Lucy the best female no-limit hold 'em player in the world.{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}
As of 2009, her total live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lucy Rokach's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=268 |access-date=24 November 2023 |website=[[The Hendon Mob Poker Database]] |language=en}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/4206-lucy-rokach Card Player profile] *[https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=268 Hendon Mob profile] *[https://www.worldpokertour.com/player/lucy-rokach/ WPT profile] *[https://www.wsop.com/players/profile/?playerid=17164 WSOP profile]
{{European Poker Lifetime Achievement Award Winners}}
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