A world away from Vegas

As with most successful professional poker players, Annie Duke doesn’t reveal everything. “I never like being on flat land,” she says, looking out her picture window at the Hollywood Hills. “Up here, I can see people, but they can’t see me. I have privacy.” Duke and her boyfriend, comedian and TV producer Joe Reitman, shopped together for the furniture in the living room. They installed a reclaimed wood floor and a lantern-shaped chandelier. She found the Spanish tiles for the fireplace surround and set her collection of vintage glass bottles on the mantel. Near the balcony is a large standing abacus for the self-confessed “math geek.”