Ana Marquez is well known as one of the best poker players from Spain, with more than 15+ years of experience in live and online poker. Marquez has proved her prowess in the game by winning back-to-back Player of the Year Spain awards in 2012 and 2013. In this article, we will delve into her early life, poker career, personal life, and net worth.
Ana Marquez’s Early Life and Poker Introduction
Ana Marquez was born on November 3rd, 1986 in Malaga, Spain. At an early age, Marquez left her home country to pursue a degree at the University of Washington D.C. in the United States of America. During her studies, she took a one-year break to do something else. That’s when she was introduced to poker.
Poker is very popular in universities, as students play it to pass the time. She learned from her friends that poker wasn’t a game of luck, but instead a skill game. To get into poker more, she began studying and reading the book “Super/System” by the legendary Doyle Brunson. She applied them while playing freerolls on the Absolute Poker platform before depositing any money.
Ana Marquez Poker Career Highlights and Winnings
Marquez’s first recorded live cash came in 2009 when she scored a money finish in the $300 NLH Deepstack Extravaganza III for just $474. She followed it up with a 5th place in the series $500 NLH for $12,651. Two years later, in 2011, Marquez came 10th in the $10k NLH PCA Main Event for her career’s first six-figure sum of $155,000. In the 2011 summer, she cashed in two WSOP Events earning over $16k.
In 2012, Marquez came close to winning her first World Series of Poker bracelet in the WSOP Europe Event #6: $1,500 PLO Six-Handed, but finished in second place, earning $67,115. Marquez kick-started her 2013, with two final table finishes in Deepstack Extravaganza and L.A. Poker Classic earning over $80k.
Ana Marquez’s Live Victories and Deep Runs
In June 2013, Marquez won her first live poker title, winning the Hollywood Poker Open $2,500 NLH for a staggering $320,000 payday. Marquez’s next big win came in 2018 when she won the $2,000 NLH 888Poker Live Bucharest High Roller for her second live poker title and a payday of $32,068. She also ran deep in the 2018 WSOP Event #28: $3,000 NLH 6-Handed for $67,116. A year later she finished in 10th place in the 50th Annual WSOP Event #19: $1,500 NLH Millionaire Maker and earned a $95,720 payout. Marquez followed up her impressive run with a 3rd place finish in the $10k NLH MILLIONS Vegas for a career-high payday of $445,000.
As the poker world shifted to online between 2020 and 2021, the Spanish poker pro tried her hands online but didn’t have any significant success.
Marquez’s next big score came in 2024, when she scored a 14th place finish in the $25k GG MILLION$ in Triton Poker SHRS Jeju for a six-figure payday of $113,000. She also scored a cash finish in the 2024 WSOP $10k Main Event of $17,500. Her recent cash includes a 41st finish in the $25k WSOP Paradise Main Event for another six-figure score of $140,900.
In addition to her live poker tournaments, Marquez frequently participates in online poker tournaments. Back in 2020, the female pro made a 5th place finish in the 2020 SCOOP for a staggering $270k payout.
Ana Marquez’s Net Worth in 2025
From 109 tournament cashes, Ana Marquez has earned over $2,377,874 in live earnings, holding the 14th place on Spain’s all-time money list. Besides this, she was an ambassador of 888Poker and is now part of the American Card Room (ACR) Poker’s Pro Team. No reports on her net worth, but as a poker player and a team pro of ACR Poker her net worth should be around $4.5 million.
Ana Marquez Personal Life
Ana Marquez is currently engaged to her long-time boyfriend and fellow poker player Francisco Caballo. Although Caballo began playing tournaments recently, he is very popular in the cash games circuit and used to be part of the Run It Once Coaching platform, sharing tips and strategies on $1/$2 NLH cash games.
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