#52 How to Rise Through the Poker Stakes and Win For 15 Years | “Jungleman” Dan Cates & Ana Marquez

Ana Marquez joined the Americas Cardroom team in January 2022. The Spanish poker player, who splits her time between Europe and North America, has served as an ambassador for several prominent poker brands.

Ana was once the #1 ranked poker player in all of Spain. The ACR Team Pro has racked up close to $2 Million in live poker winnings to date, but she’s just getting started.

Marquez got her start playing poker while studying at American University in Washington, DC. She was so enamored with the game that she wrote her Bachelor’s thesis on the history of poker since the 1970s. Today, Ana is making history wherever she brings her bankroll.

Marquez is no stranger to six-figure scores. The Spaniard walked away with $445,000 after finishing third in the $10,000 Partypoker Live Millions Vegas No Limit Hold’em event held at the Aria Resort & Casino during the summer of 2019. Ana also crushed a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em tourney at the 2013 Hollywood Poker Open and earned $320,189 for her first-place finish. Marquez’s 10th place finish in the Main Event of the 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure on Paradise Island was good for $155,000.

Here is what you can expect on this week’s show:
0:00 Introduction
00:44 I don’t want to do anything else but poker
1:32 Poker improves me as a person
2:48 Growing up in Spain
3:50 Graffiti Artist
4:50 American University and Atlantic City
6:52 What is it like playing with the dudes?
11:14 A different experience with Triton
18:40 An affinity for strategy
25:25 A Poker Ambassador
29:32 Dating Poker Players
37:20 Getting more women into poker
46:00 The rise of poker streams