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Tiffany Michelle | |
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 Michelle winning the 2022 WSOP Circuit ring at Lake Tahoe. | |
| Born | 1984or1985(age 39–40) [1] Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Poker player, television host |
| Known for | 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event The Amazing Race (season 15) Worst Cooks in America (season 3) |
| Website | tiffanymichelle |
Tiffany Michelle is an American professional poker player and television personality. [2]
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After two years working as a television presenter/commentator and tournament reporter on the professional poker tour, Michelle played in the $10,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Main Event in 2008, where she was the "Last Woman Standing", placing 17th out of 6,844 players. It was the largest field ever beat by a female in live poker tournament history and earned her a payday of $334,534. [3] A year later she competed as the only all-female team on the Emmy Award–winning 15th season of The Amazing Race , [4] along with best friend and fellow poker pro Maria Ho. The two made up the "poker girls" team and were eliminated three legs shy of the finish line.
In 2010, she had four final table finishes but it was not until 2022 that she won her first WSOP gold ring at the World Series of Poker Circuit series in Lake Tahoe, California. [5]
Michelle has been featured on the covers of Steppin' Out, Ocean View, Rounder, and Casino Player magazines. She has appeared on several television programs, including a series regular role on the soap opera series DeVanity , [6] portraying villainess Scarlett Kane, and competing on Food Network's Worst Cooks in America [7] LA Ink , where she finished in Bobby Flay's final 3.In 2006, Michelle was heard nationwide on Sirius Satellite Radio as an on-air reporter for Bluff Magazine's live broadcast of the 2006 WSOP. In 2007, she became the first ever female hired as the resident and full-time on-camera host for Pokernews.com,. [8]
In 2013, she wrote, produced and starred in the short film Breaking Up and Away – also starring Zack Conroy and CariDee English. In 2014, she was a series-regular (and resident villainess) on the DeVanity . In 2015, she returned to her on-camera poker hosting roots, as a guest host and sideline reporter for the Heartland Poker Tour.
In 2018, she signed on as the Creative Director, [9] and On-Camera Host [10] of The Gardens Casino's 13-week celebrity poker live stream series Gardens Poker Night [11] and, subsequently, appears as a co-host on the CBS Sports televised Poker Night Live celebrity poker program [12]
In 2009, Michelle was invited to compete on the 15th season of the CBS competition reality show, The Amazing Race . [13] [14] Alongside best friend and fellow poker player, Maria Ho the two made up the season's only all-female team and they traveled to Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Dubai, and The Netherlands, exiting the competition in 6th place. [15]
In 2012, Michelle competed as one of 16 contestants on season three of Food Network's Worst Cooks in America . [16] She was picked by chef Bobby Flay to compete as a member of his team. She made it down to the final three contestants on Bobby Flay's team and was sent home in episode six.
In 2012, Michelle was featured in Maxim 's Top 20 Hottest Celebrity Poker Players. [17]
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