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'''Vanessa Selbst''' (born July 9, 1984) is an [[United States|American]] professional [[poker]] player who has made five final tables including two heads-up semi-finals at the [[World Series of Poker]] and won the [[2008 World Series of Poker]] $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event.<ref name="Cardplayer"/><ref name="results"> {{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=68149 |title=Vanessa Selbst - Results |accessdate=2008-06-13 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com }}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/vanessa-selbst/19199/player-profile.asp |title=Poker Player Profile - Vanessa Selbst |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=bluffmagazine.com }}</ref> Selbst also recently won the main event of the 2010 PokerStars.net [[North American Poker Tour]] at [[Mohegan Sun]]. |
'''Vanessa Selbst''' (born July 9, 1984) is an [[United States|American]] professional [[poker]] player who has made five final tables including two heads-up semi-finals at the [[World Series of Poker]] and won the [[2008 World Series of Poker]] $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event.<ref name="Cardplayer"/><ref name="results"> {{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=68149 |title=Vanessa Selbst - Results |accessdate=2008-06-13 |last=Butt |first=Robert |publisher=TheHendonMob.com }}</ref><ref> {{cite web|url=http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/vanessa-selbst/19199/player-profile.asp |title=Poker Player Profile - Vanessa Selbst |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=bluffmagazine.com }}</ref> Selbst also recently won the main event of the 2010 PokerStars.net [[North American Poker Tour]] at [[Mohegan Sun]]. On 30 July 2010, Vannesa was rumoured to become a member of ''Team PokerStars''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poker-king.com/poker-king-articles.php?article=856|title=David Williams, Vanessa Selbst Newest Members Of Team Pokerstars: Pro}}</ref> |
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Selbst was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. She graduated from [[Yale University]] and is currently a student at Yale Law School, with the intention of pursuing a career in the field of civil rights law.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/ordine/blog/2008/06/post_368.html |title=Yale grad, philanthropist, pros win at poker World Series |accessdate=2008-06-16 |last=Ordine |first=Bill |publisher=Baltimore Sun }}</ref> During her time at Yale, she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance.<ref>http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2799</ref> She is also a coach and executive producer at [[online poker]] training site [[DeucesCracked]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://games.aol.com/canvases/wsop/_a/event-19-pot-limit-omaha-championship/20080613113509990001 |title=Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha championship - Vanessa Selbst from Brooklyn, NY Wins! |accessdate=2008-06-16 |last=DALLA |first=NOLAN |publisher=games.aol.com }}</ref> |
Selbst was born in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. She graduated from [[Yale University]] and is currently a student at Yale Law School, with the intention of pursuing a career in the field of civil rights law.<ref> {{cite web|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/ordine/blog/2008/06/post_368.html |title=Yale grad, philanthropist, pros win at poker World Series |accessdate=2008-06-16 |last=Ordine |first=Bill |publisher=Baltimore Sun }}</ref> During her time at Yale, she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance.<ref>http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2799</ref> She is also a coach and executive producer at [[online poker]] training site [[DeucesCracked]].<ref> {{cite web|url=http://games.aol.com/canvases/wsop/_a/event-19-pot-limit-omaha-championship/20080613113509990001 |title=Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha championship - Vanessa Selbst from Brooklyn, NY Wins! |accessdate=2008-06-16 |last=DALLA |first=NOLAN |publisher=games.aol.com }}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:04, 1 July 2010
| Vanessa Selbst | |
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 Selbst after winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2008 World Series of Poker | |
| Nickname(s) | fslexcduck |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 7 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 0(+1) |
| Money finish(es) | 0(+1) |
Vanessa Selbst (born July 9, 1984) is an American professional poker player who has made five final tables including two heads-up semi-finals at the World Series of Poker and won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event.[1][2][3] Selbst also recently won the main event of the 2010 PokerStars.net North American Poker Tour at Mohegan Sun. On 30 July 2010, Vannesa was rumoured to become a member of Team PokerStars.[4]
Selbst was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Yale University and is currently a student at Yale Law School, with the intention of pursuing a career in the field of civil rights law.[5] During her time at Yale, she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance.[6] She is also a coach and executive producer at online poker training site DeucesCracked.[7]
World Series of Poker
Selbst has seven cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Her first was in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event at the 2006 WSOP, where she made the final table and finished in seventh place, earning $101,285. At the 2007 WSOP she finished tied for third place in the semi-finals of the $5000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, earning $128,968 and finished in the semi-finals again the next year, this time in the 2008 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em World Championship, earning $108,288. Earlier at the 2008 WSOP, she won her first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event, earning $227,933 and was the first female player to win an open buy-in event that year.[1][2]
World Series of Poker bracelets
| Year | Event | Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha | $227,933 |
Other poker events
Selbst was the runner-up at the $1,500 World Poker Tour - Ladies Championship, earning $40,815 and was the winner of the $1,000 No Limit Hold'em event in the World Poker Tour Ladies at the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic after defeating fellow professional poker player Erica Schoenberg during heads-up play, earning $26,500.[2]
Selbst, at the 2008 World Poker Finals, won the $1,850 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $115,000. At the 2009 World Poker Finals, she won the $1,375 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $74,224 and finished 3rd in the $2,350, earning $28,642. [2]
Selbst won the $5,000 Main Event of the Mohegan Sun leg of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour, earning $750,000.[8]
As of 2010, her total live tournament winnings amount to just over $1,670,000.[9] Her 7 cashes in the WSOP account for $605,929 of those winnings.[10]
Notes
- ^ a b Lucchesi, Ryan (2008-06-12). "WSOP: Vanessa Selbst Wins Event No. 19". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ a b c d Butt, Robert. "Vanessa Selbst - Results". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ "Poker Player Profile - Vanessa Selbst". bluffmagazine.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "David Williams, Vanessa Selbst Newest Members Of Team Pokerstars: Pro".
- ^ Ordine, Bill. "Yale grad, philanthropist, pros win at poker World Series". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2799
- ^ DALLA, NOLAN. "Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha championship - Vanessa Selbst from Brooklyn, NY Wins!". games.aol.com. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ [1] Live Reporting | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event | PokerNews
- ^ "Vanessa Selbst - stats". TheHendonMob.com. Retrieved 2008-06-13.
- ^ World Series of Poker Earnings, worldseriesofpoker.com