My favorite part about watching “The Celebrity Apprentice” this season was to watch how Annie Duke played the game. It was obvious that she was a poker player (and no, not because she was “two-faced” or “conniving”) because she was the only one who seemed to have any sort of plan. The only one who knew how to actually play the game. As the show went on, I realized many strategies Duke used on the show could also apply to poker (it did help that Duke made the comparisons herself at times). What follows are four poker lessons I learned from watching Annie Duke. Have a Purpose The cupcake selling task was the first one of the season.  Right off the bat, Annie Duke made her presence felt, both running the show in the kitchen and raising a lot of money.  I'll let her explain the rest: “I wanted to get on the show and make sure that Trump knew me. The bigger the celebrity, the more you are in his eyes. I’m not a big mainstream celebrity, so I needed to make noise right away.” “It’s just like poker. You don’t raise because you want to raise. There has to be a reason ...