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Leo Margets is a Spanish professional poker player from Barcelona and a Winamax sponsored pro. She first drew attention as the last woman standing in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event, won a WSOP bracelet in The Closer in 2021, and in 2025 finished seventh in the Main Event for $1,500,000, the first woman to reach that final table since Barbara Enright in 1995. [1][3][4]
Leo Margets: key facts
| Name | Leo Margets |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain [1] |
| Born | 1983 (age 42–43), Barcelona [3][5] |
| Known for | 7th in the 2025 WSOP Main Event; 2021 WSOP bracelet; Winamax pro [1][4] |
| WSOP bracelets | 1 [1] |
| Best result | 7th, 2025 WSOP Main Event, $1,500,000 [4] |
| Hall of Fame | Spanish Poker Hall of Fame, 2021 [7] |
| Live tournament earnings | $3,660,984 as of October 27, 2026 [1] |
Early life: from IMG to poker
Margets was born in 1983 and comes from Barcelona; Card Player noted that she was on the cusp of her 42nd birthday during the 2025 Main Event. [3][5] Before poker she worked in player relations for the talent and sports agency IMG and then as a marketing manager for the online gaming company 888.com. She told Card Player in 2009 that her first game came about three years earlier in Barcelona, when an invitation for a drink after a dinner turned into a poker game: “That was my first poker game. After I discovered it, I started playing more and more with friends and online.” [6]
Beginning in poker
Casino.org reports that she won the 2008 University Poker Championship in Barcelona, which earned her a sponsorship with 888poker. Her first recorded live cash also came in 2008. [1][7]
In 2009 888.com sponsored her for several WSOP events; the Main Event had not been part of the plan, but she asked her sponsor for the seat and, in her words, “promised them I would crush it”. She entered the final day as one of the shortest stacks, reached Day 8 and finished 27th for $352,832, the last woman standing in the field. [1][5][6] In the following years she was a regular on the European Poker Tour, the Estrellas Poker Tour and the Irish Open, and she finished third in a $2,200 six-handed event at the 2010 Aussie Millions for AUD 58,800. [1]
Playing style
Almost all of Margets’ recorded results come in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments, from large-field WSOP events to EPT main events and high rollers. [1] In a 2025 Card Player interview she described herself as “super competitive”, but said that the main reason she loves poker is the freedom it gives her. During the 2025 Main Event she turned off her phone and stayed away from social networks after Day 6, and she told the magazine that being disconnected from what was happening around her “ended up being very good for me”. [5]
Greatest achievements
The 2021 WSOP bracelet
Margets came close to a bracelet in 2018, when she finished second to Denis Timofeev in the $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em for $123,297. [1] Three years later she won Event #83, the $1,500 Closer, which drew 1,903 entries and a prize pool of $2,540,505. Heads-up against Alex Kulev, who held a large chip lead, she came back from fewer than 10 big blinds; at one point she miscounted her stack, thinking she had 2.5 big blinds when she had seven, and won the all-in anyway. The final hand was her king-jack against Kulev’s ten-four. She won $376,850, Kulev $232,920. PokerNews reported that she was the first woman to win an open-entry event at the 2021 WSOP. [2] As of 2025, PokerNews still listed her as the last woman to win an open bracelet event at the WSOP in Las Vegas. [1]
The 2025 WSOP Main Event final table
The 2025 Main Event drew 9,735 players. [7] Margets reached the final nine fifth in chips, with 53,400,000 in Seat 1, becoming the second woman ever to make the Main Event final table and the first since Barbara Enright, who finished fifth in 1995. [3][7] On Hand 28 of Day 9 she limped from the small blind with ace-ten of hearts, Kenny Hallaert moved all in from the big blind with a pair of sixes, and she called for her last 39,600,000. The ace on the turn put her ahead, but the river gave Hallaert a flush. She finished seventh for $1,500,000, which PokerNews called the largest score ever recorded by a woman in the Main Event. [4] PokerNews also described the run as the best percentile finish by a woman in Main Event history; the event was won by Michael Mizrachi for $10 million. [8]
Selected tournament results
| Year | Event | Result | Prize | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WSOP Event #81, $10,000 Main Event (9,735 entries) | 7th | $1,500,000 | [4] |
| 2021 | WSOP Event #83, $1,500 The Closer (1,903 entries) | 1st | $376,850 | [2] |
| 2009 | WSOP $10,000 Main Event | 27th | $352,832 | [1] |
| 2018 | WSOP Event #73, $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em | 2nd | $123,297 | [1] |
| 2025 | WSOP Event #53, $1,500 Millionaire Maker | 23rd | $61,240 | [1] |
| 2025 | WSOP Circuit Marrakech High Roller | 4th | $51,381 | [1] |
| 2010 | Aussie Millions $2,200 6-handed No-Limit Hold’em | 3rd | AUD 58,800 | [1] |
| 2012 | EPT Grand Final Main Event | 57th | €20,000 | [1] |
| 2026 | WSOP Europe Event #13, €8,400 GGMillion$ High Roller | 29th | €19,500 | [1] |
| 2019 | WSOP Event #64, $888 Crazy Eights | 38th | $21,018 | [1] |
Hall of Fame and records
Margets was inducted into the Spanish Poker Hall of Fame in 2021, the year of her bracelet. [7] She is not a member of the Poker Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. Her 2025 Main Event cash of $1,500,000 is the largest recorded by a woman in that event, and her two Main Event runs, in 2009 and 2025, both ended with her as the last woman in the field. [3][4] Before the 2025 WSOP she had more than $2 million in live cashes; PokerNews, using Hendon Mob data, lists $3,660,984 as of October 27, 2026. [1][3]
Beyond the table: Winamax, book and television
Margets is a Winamax ambassador; in September 2025 Card Player put the length of the sponsorship at seven and a half years, and quoted her saying that “having a sponsor in this world is a luxury”. [1][5] In 2017 she published the book Play Your Cards Well, and in 2023 she won the first Spanish edition of the television game show The Traitors. Casino.org also describes her as a motivational speaker and strategic consultant. [5][7]
In her own words
- “I hope that I’ve shown people that poker is not just about old men betting away their wives in smoky rooms.” After the 2009 Main Event, Card Player. [6]
- “I’m super competitive, but the main reason I love poker is because it gives me freedom.” Card Player, 2025. [5]
- “I’ve found a way to integrate poker in my life, to use poker so that I can have the life I want.” Card Player, 2025. [5]
- “Usually, it’s going be harder for a woman to get a bracelet because we are few (in poker).” After winning The Closer, PokerNews, 2021. [2]
- “I’m living the dream every poker player wants to live.” Before the 2025 Main Event final table, PokerNews. [3]
- “It’s so unreal, it is a dream.” To PokerGO reporter Jeff Platt, 2025. [9]
- “It’s been so emotional, but at the same time, you have to recompose every time you’re at the table.” After her elimination in seventh place, PokerNews, 2025. [4]
Iconic hands and moments
The first woman in three decades at the Main Event final table (World Series of Poker)
A key hand with 16 players left in the 2025 Main Event (PokerGO Español, in Spanish)
Ace-ten all in at the Main Event final table (PokerGO Español, in Spanish)
FAQ about Leo Margets
How old is Leo Margets?
She was born in 1983. Card Player wrote that she was on the cusp of her 42nd birthday in July 2025, so she is 43 as of October 27, 2026. [5]
What is Leo Margets’ net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for her net worth. What can be verified is her live tournament record: $3,660,984 in earnings as of October 27, 2026, according to PokerNews using Hendon Mob data. Sponsorship and other income are not published. [1]
How many WSOP bracelets does Leo Margets have?
One. She won Event #83, the $1,500 Closer, at the 2021 World Series of Poker for $376,850, after finishing second in a $1,000 Double Stack event in 2018. [1][2]
How did Leo Margets do in the WSOP Main Event?
She finished seventh in the 2025 Main Event for $1,500,000, the first woman at the final table since Barbara Enright in 1995. In 2009 she finished 27th for $352,832 as the last woman standing. [1][4][7]
Who knocked Leo Margets out of the 2025 Main Event?
Kenny Hallaert. His pair of sixes made a flush on the river against her ace-ten, after she had paired her ace on the turn. [4]
Is Leo Margets in a Hall of Fame?
Yes, the Spanish Poker Hall of Fame, which inducted her in 2021. She is not in the Poker Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. [5][7]
Related Poker Legends
Read more about other players in our Poker Legends series: Adrián Mateos, Michael Mizrachi and Liv Boeree.
Sources
- PokerNews, Leo Margets player profile (earnings data provided by The Hendon Mob), accessed October 27, 2026.
- PokerNews, Leo Margets Wins First Bracelet and $376,850 in Event #83: $1,500 The Closer, Connor Richards, November 21, 2021.
- PokerNews, 2025 WSOP Main Event Final Table Profile: Leo Margets, Jon Sofen, July 14, 2025.
- PokerNews, Spade on the River Ends History-Maker Margets’ WSOP Main Event Dreams, July 15, 2025.
- Card Player, Leo Margets: Focus, Balance, And Perspective, Tim Fiorvanti, September 17, 2025.
- Card Player, WSOP Profile: Margets Makes the Most of Her Opportunity, Stephen A. Murphy, July 15, 2009.
- Casino.org, First Woman Makes WSOP Main Event Final Table Since 1995, Corey Levitan, July 14, 2025.
- PokerNews, The Best & Worst Stories from the 2025 World Series of Poker, August 1, 2025.
- Scripps News Group (FOX 13), Woman reaches World Series of Poker final table for first time in 30 years, July 2025.
Last verified: October 27, 2026. Figures that change over time, such as career earnings, are given with the date they were checked.
