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Top Stories of 2025, #7: Twelve Months That Might Change Women’s Poker Forever

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That the game of poker has many exceptional female players is hardly news, but 2025 undoubtedly proved to be a landmark year for women in the game, with elite female talent producing some of the year's most remarkable performances.

From Shiina Okamoto's insane dominance of the WSOP Ladies Championship to Leo Margets making history as the first woman to reach a WSOP Main Event final table in 30 years, 2025 was stacked with incredible achievements from female players.

And the headlines just kept coming, with a new leader emerging on the All-Time Female Money List, the first female champion crowned on the Triton tour, titles claimed on the WSOP Circuit and GGPoker Masters, and deep runs in both the WSOP Poker Players Championship and NAPT Main Event.