Ebony Kenney Wins $1.7 Million at Coin Rivet Invitational, Misses Record by $400,000

Ebony Kenney, a professional poker player, won $1.7 million at the Coin Rivet Invitational, missing the record for the biggest single cash ever by a woman by $400,000. Kenney was invited to the event by Phil Nagy, the head of ACR. The Coin Rivet Invitational had a $200k buy-in, which was outside Kenney’s usual bankroll.

Kenney became the first woman to final table a Triton SHR, the highstakes MTT arena generally a male-dominated world. She was down to a couple of big blinds at one point but showed true grit and determination to battle back, not only making the money but securing a seat at the final table with a KO of Tony G.

With only five players left, and a seven-figure cash now secured, she was within one KO of an historic result – the biggest-ever cash by a female. That record is held by the former teen sensation, Annette “Annette_15” Obrestad, who pocketed $2,013,733 for taking down the WSOP Europe Main Event back in 2007.