Lily Kiletto: WPT Finalist and $1.5M+ Tournament Pro
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Lily Kiletto has built a live tournament career around deep runs in major no-limit hold'em events, including multiple World Poker Tour final tables and more than $1.5 million in recorded live earnings. Her biggest result remains a runner-up finish in the 2013 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open, while strong finishes in 2025 and 2026 showed that she remains capable of competing deep into significant fields more than a decade later.
According to The Hendon Mob's Lily Kiletto database, Kiletto had $1,561,772 in recorded live tournament earnings as of September 15, 2026. Hendon Mob lists her largest live cash at $191,880.
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Who Is Lily Kiletto?
Lily Kiletto is an American poker player known primarily for no-limit hold'em tournaments and her appearances on the World Poker Tour. The WPT described her in 2013 as originally from Laos and noted that she had worked as a blackjack dealer before becoming established in poker.
Her recorded live tournament history stretches from 2011 through 2026. Although Kiletto has yet to win a WSOP bracelet or WPT title, she has repeatedly reached the late stages of major tournaments and has produced significant results across different periods of her career.
The World Poker Tour's Lily Kiletto player page credits her with three WPT final tables. Those appearances include her breakthrough runner-up finish at the 2013 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, fifth place at WPT Montreal later that year, and fourth place at the 2026 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Spring Championship.
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Early Poker Background
Kiletto's connection to casino games began before her tournament career became prominent. In a 2013 player introduction, the World Poker Tour described her as a former blackjack dealer and investor whose experience dealing cards helped lead her toward poker.
Her first recorded live tournament cash in the Hendon Mob database came in April 2011 at the Battle at the Beach in Pompano Beach, Florida. Two months later, she recorded a cash at the 2011 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.
Those early results preceded a rapid rise onto the WPT stage.
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Breakthrough at the 2013 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open
Kiletto's defining early result came in February 2013 at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The $3,500 championship attracted 369 entries. Kiletto reached the six-player final table and advanced to heads-up play against Matt Giannetti. According to the official WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open reporting, she finished second for $191,880 after Giannetti won the final confrontation.
The payout remains Kiletto's largest recorded live tournament score.
The result was particularly notable because it put her one place away from a WPT title during the early stage of her major-tournament career. Rather than being an isolated run, it became the first of several substantial WPT finishes.
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More WPT Success in 2013
Kiletto continued producing major results later in 2013.
At the WPT Montreal Main Event at Playground Poker Club, she finished fifth. Hendon Mob records the result at $129,543, making it another of the largest scores of her career.
Together, her Lucky Hearts runner-up finish and Montreal final table established Kiletto as a player capable of navigating large-field WPT championship events.
She also participated in the 2013 WPT Foundation Ladies' Night Invitational. The charity event featured Kiletto alongside players including Vanessa Rousso, Jessica Dawley and Liz Lieu. Kiletto finished third, with a share of the charitable prize pool allocated to her selected cause. The official WPT Ladies' Night coverage documented the televised event.
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Other Major Tournament Results
Kiletto continued adding significant finishes outside the WPT.
In March 2014, she finished second in a Heartland Poker Tour Main Event at Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California, earning $55,607.
Another runner-up finish followed in October 2015 when Kiletto placed second in the Big Poker Oktober Main Event in California for $85,095.
Her career also includes numerous World Series of Poker cashes. The official WSOP player page for Lily Kiletto lists no WSOP bracelets and no WSOP Circuit rings as of September 2026.
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A Strong Return to Major Final Tables
One of the most important developments in Kiletto's later career came during the 2025 PGT Venetian Classic in Las Vegas.
The $3,300 no-limit hold'em event attracted 418 entries. Kiletto reached heads-up play against Daniel Lee and ultimately finished second for $170,000. The PokerGO Tour's official event recap confirms the result.
The $170,000 payday became the second-largest recorded tournament cash of her career, trailing only the $191,880 she earned at the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open more than 12 years earlier.
That performance was significant because it demonstrated that Kiletto's earlier WPT success was not simply a product of one period in her career. She returned to a major final table against a competitive field that included established professionals such as Jeremy Ausmus and Ryan Leng.
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Fourth Place at the 2026 WPT Venetian Championship
Kiletto followed her 2025 Venetian runner-up finish with another major result in February 2026.
She reached the final table of the $5,000 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Spring Championship at The Venetian Poker Room. The tournament drew 488 entries and generated a $2,244,800 prize pool.
Kiletto finished fourth for $151,000. The final table also included three-time WPT champion Anthony Zinno, who finished fifth.
According to the official WPT tournament coverage, Kiletto's run ended when Greg Brown made a flush on the river against her two pair.
The result gave Kiletto her third WPT final table and another six-figure score.
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Lily Kiletto's Major Poker Accomplishments
Kiletto's career is defined more by repeated deep finishes than by championship trophies.
Her most significant accomplishments include:
More than $1.5 million in Hendon Mob-recorded live tournament earnings as of September 15, 2026
Runner-up in the 2013 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open for $191,880
Fifth place in the 2013 WPT Montreal Main Event for $129,543
Runner-up in the 2014 Heartland Poker Tour Rancho Mirage Main Event for $55,607
Runner-up in the 2015 Big Poker Oktober Main Event for $85,095
Runner-up in the 2025 PGT Venetian Classic for $170,000
Fourth place in the 2026 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Spring Championship for $151,000
Three WPT final-table appearances
Multiple World Series of Poker cashes
No WSOP bracelets or WSOP Circuit rings as of September 2026
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What Type of Poker Does Lily Kiletto Play?
Kiletto's tournament record is concentrated heavily in no-limit Texas hold'em.
Her most important WPT, PokerGO Tour, Heartland Poker Tour and WSOP results have come in no-limit hold'em events. That makes tournament no-limit hold'em the clearest description of her primary competitive discipline based on her public results.
Kiletto has also appeared in televised and streamed cash games. In December 2023, she participated in a WPT Ladies Cash Game featuring $25/$50 no-limit hold'em. One widely covered hand saw Kiletto make a higher set against Kristen Foxen before Kiletto turned four of a kind while Foxen made a full house. Kiletto later moved all in on the river, and Foxen folded after a lengthy decision.
The World Poker Tour's coverage of the WPT Ladies Cash Game provides an example of Kiletto's participation outside conventional tournament play.
Public tournament results and individual televised hands are not enough to assign Kiletto a rigid strategic label such as loose-aggressive or tight-aggressive. Her record more reliably identifies her as an experienced no-limit hold'em tournament player with repeated success in large live events.
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Kiletto's Place in Poker
Kiletto's career is notable for its longevity and the spacing of her biggest results.
Her first major WPT breakthrough came in 2013. More than a decade later, she produced two of the largest scores of her career in consecutive years: $170,000 at the 2025 PGT Venetian Classic and $151,000 at the 2026 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Spring Championship.
She has also been part of several WPT productions focused on women in poker, including the televised 2013 WPT Foundation Ladies' Night Invitational and the 2023 WPT Ladies Cash Game.
Those appearances, combined with multiple WPT final tables, have kept Kiletto visible beyond a simple list of tournament cashes.
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Lily Kiletto's Current Poker Status
Kiletto remained an active live tournament player in 2026.
Following her $151,000 WPT Venetian final-table finish in February, she recorded additional cashes during the 2026 World Series of Poker and the summer WSOP Circuit series in Las Vegas. Hendon Mob records cashes in the WSOP Mini Main Event, the $3,000 Mid-Stakes Championship and WSOP Circuit events during June and July 2026.
Her recent results make the 2025-2026 period one of the strongest stretches of her tournament career in terms of major final-table payouts.
As of September 15, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Kiletto with $1,561,772 in live tournament earnings. That figure will change as future results are added.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Lily Kiletto won playing live poker?
The Hendon Mob lists Lily Kiletto with $1,561,772 in live tournament earnings as of September 15, 2026. Poker earnings databases are updated as new tournament results are reported, so the total can change.
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What is Lily Kiletto's biggest poker tournament cash?
Kiletto's largest recorded live tournament cash is $191,880. She earned it for finishing second in the 2013 WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open.
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Has Lily Kiletto won a WPT title?
No. Kiletto has not won a World Poker Tour title as of September 2026. Her best WPT finish is second place in the 2013 Lucky Hearts Poker Open, and the WPT credits her with three final-table appearances.
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Does Lily Kiletto have a WSOP bracelet?
No. The World Series of Poker lists Kiletto with zero WSOP bracelets as of September 2026.
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Does Lily Kiletto have a WSOP Circuit ring?
No. The World Series of Poker lists Kiletto with zero WSOP Circuit rings as of September 2026.
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Is Lily Kiletto still an active poker player?
Yes. Kiletto recorded major tournament results in both 2025 and 2026, including a $170,000 runner-up finish at the 2025 PGT Venetian Classic and a $151,000 fourth-place finish at the 2026 WPT Venetian Las Vegas Spring Championship. She also recorded WSOP and WSOP Circuit cashes during the summer of 2026.