Kathy Lehne is a trailblazing entrepreneur and an accomplished high-stakes poker player who embodies success both at the business table and in the poker world. Despite less than 10 tournament cashes, Lehne has over $2.7 million in live poker earnings, showcasing her prowess in the high-stakes poker game.
Who is Kathy Lehne?
Kathy Lehne, is a businesswoman and poker enthusiast based in Houston, Texas. Lehne is the founder, CEO, and president of Sun Coast Resources. She established the company in 1985 with a modest investment of just $2,000. She never went to any college and rather learned everything on her own.
Kathy Lehne also competes in high-stakes poker tournaments as a recreational poker player. Showing her prowess in both poker and business.
Kathy Lehne Poker Career Highlights and Earnings
Kathy Lehne’s first live poker tournament cash came in 2007 when she finished 13th in the WSOP Circuit $1,500 NLH for $4,685. Lehne followed it up with her first live poker victory, winning the Bellagio Weekly $1,000 NLH Tournament for a staggering $26,560.
She then entered the live poker arena in 2010, scoring a 16th-place finish in the 2010 $5,150 NLH Wynn Classic for $11,737. Later, she made a 7th place finish in the 2010 Gold Strike World Poker Open $5k NLH Championship Event for $21,185. Lehne again took a four-year break from the poker world and made a remarkable comeback in 2014, finishing second in the WPT Alpha8 Saint $100k NLH Super High Roller for a staggering $436,500 payday.
A year later, she finished 6th in WPT Five Diamond $100k WPT Alpha8 High Roller for another six-figure score of $242,798. In 2016, Lehne participated in the $100k NLH Super High Roller in OCA 2016 and finished in 8th place, pocketing $225,050. In 2017, Kathy Lehne participated in the $5,250 NLH SHRPO Championship and made an ITM finish to collect $12,433. Her last recorded cash was in 2019 when she finished 3rd in the #250k NLH Super High Roller Bowl in partypoker MILLIONS of Bahamas for a career-best payday of $1,785,000.
While some can say she left the poker world, that isn’t the case. Kathy Lehne still participates in a very handful of high-roller poker events. Lehne participated in the 2024 WSOP Event #55: $250k Super High Roller, and in Event #47: $100k High Roller, but exited empty-handed.
Kathy Lehne’s Net Worth in 2025
Kathy Lehne has earned $2,765,938 from just 9 cashes, which is just a small portion of her actual net worth. As per Forbes, Kathy Lehne’s net worth is estimated to be $380 million, which comes from her career as an entrepreneur.
Kathy Lehne is the founder of wholesale marketer and distributor Sun Coast Resources, which is well known as one of the largest wholesale petroleum marketers in the United States. It is one of the largest women-owned businesses in Texas, US.
There are a lot of female poker pros, who left the game to focus on personal life. However, Lehne still participates in high-stakes tournaments whenever she finds time to do so, which just shows her love and support for the game, despite juggling with corporate life.
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