Maria Ho (born March 6, 1983, in Taipei, Taiwan)[3] is a Taiwanese-American poker player and television host/commentator.
Maria's older sister is media personality and psychologist Judy Ho, who hosted the CBS syndicated talk show Face The Truth.
[3] Ho's first major tournament success came at the 2007 World Series of Poker, where she was the last woman remaining in the Main Event field, placing 38th out of 6,358 players and earning a $237,865 payday.
The following month she made the 6-handed TV final table of the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Main Event,[28] taking 3rd place for $344,960.
[29] Ho's commentary career began in 2013 when she joined the Heartland Poker Tour season 9 broadcast team as a co-host and strategic commentator.
[30] She was the first woman to be hired by a poker television broadcast as the resident strategic commentator,[31] Ho has since commentated for CBS Sports The Final Table,[32] ESPN's coverage of the World Series of Poker, and Amazon eSports Mobile Masters Invitational series.
[35] She has also written for several print publications, and wrote a chapter in the book Winning Women of Poker: Secret Strategies Revealed.