Vanessa Selbst
American poker player
Vanessa Selbst
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Selbst after winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the
2008 World Series of Poker
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Born | ( 1984-07-09 ) July 9, 1984 (age 39) |
Alma mater | Yale University ( BA , JD ) |
Occupation | Trader |
World Series of Poker | |
Bracelet(s) | 3 |
Final table(s) | 8 |
Money finish(es) | 20 |
Highest
ITM
Main Event finish |
73rd, 2012 |
World Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | 2 |
Money finish(es) | 3 |
European Poker Tour | |
Title(s) | None |
Final table(s) | None |
Money finish(es) | 4 |
Information accurate as of 16 July 2014 . | |
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Vanessa K. Selbst (born July 9, 1984) is a poker player, the only woman to ever reach the number one ranking in the world on the Global Poker Index . [1] She has over US$ 11.8 million in live poker tournament earnings and used to be a member of Team Pokerstars Pro , where she plays under the username "V. Selbst". [2]
Selbst has three World Series of Poker bracelets and is the first and only woman to win three WSOP bracelets in open field events. [3] She is also the only poker player to win the same North American Poker Tour Main Event back-to-back. [4] [5] In January 2013 Selbst won the PCA high roller for $1.4 million, which made her the highest-earning woman in poker history. [6] Her results put her in the top 100 of the overall All Time Money List, with career tournament winnings just shy of $12 million. [7]
Selbst was born in Brooklyn , New York, into a Jewish family. [8] She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a year [9] before transferring to Yale University , where she graduated with a degree in political science. After Yale, on a Fulbright scholarship , she spent a year in Spain. On her return to the United States, she worked for consulting firm McKinsey & Company . [8] She later returned to Yale Law School and received her J.D. degree in 2012. During her time at Yale University , she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance. [10] Selbst was a coach and executive producer for DeucesCracked , an online poker training site. [11] [12]
World Series of Poker bracelets
Year | Event | Prize money |
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2008 | $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha | $227,933 |
2012 | $2,500 10-Game Six Handed | $244,259 |
2014 | $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em | $871,148 |
Other poker results
Selbst has 21 live poker tournament results equaling six figure paydays or above. [13]
Selbst has made five Main Event final tables of various poker tours and gone on to capture three titles. She attended her first World Series at Las Vegas in 2006. [14] She won the 2010 North American Poker Tour $5,000 Mohegan Sun Main Event, earning $750,000 [4] and returned the following year to successfully defend her title. She earned $450,000 for her 2011 1st-place finish and became the first and only person to win two consecutive NAPT Main Events. [5] To date, Selbst's biggest purse was when she won €1,300,000 ($1.82 million) for her first-place finish at the 2010 Partouche Poker Tour . [15]
She has made four High Roller final tables, winning the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller in January 2013. She is the first woman to ever play in a Super High Roller event, taking third place at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 buy in tournament in January 2014. [16]
As of 2018, Selbst's total live tournament winnings exceed $11,850,000. [17] [2]
One year after her official retirement from poker in 2018, she played the WPT Borgata $3,500 event, ending in 14th place for a payday of $40,000. Not long after, she participated in WPT Fallsview Main Event, where she finished 22nd. [18]
References
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst's profile on GPI" . GlobalPokerIndex.com . Retrieved May 31, 2014 .
- 1 2 Grant, Nico. "Player Joins the World's Biggest Hedge Fund" . Bloomberg News . Retrieved January 10, 2018 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst Wins Third World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet In $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'Em" . CardPlayer.com. May 30, 2014 . Retrieved May 31, 2014 .
- 1 2 Live Reporting | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event | PokerNews
- 1 2 Live Reporting | 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun | Main Event | PokerNews
- ↑ "2013 PCA: Vanessa Selbst becomes top-earning female tournament player - PokerStarsBlog.com" . www.pokerstarsblog.com . Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ Peckaitis, Tadas (March 7, 2021). "What Ever Happened To Vanessa Selbst?" . Casino.org . Casino.org . Retrieved March 7, 2021 .
- 1 2 "Vanessa Selbst Wins $1 Million Prize At Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout" . Jewish Business News . May 20, 2016.
- ↑ Habib, Daniel G. (May 30, 2005). "Online And Obsessed" . SI.com . sportsillustrated.cnn.com . Retrieved June 12, 2012 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst biography" . epicpoker.com . Retrieved June 12, 2012 .
- ↑ DALLA, NOLAN. "Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha championship - Vanessa Selbst from Brooklyn, NY Wins!" . games.aol.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2008 . Retrieved June 16, 2008 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst Performs Ultimate Double-Range Merge" . PokerStarsBlog. September 12, 2013. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013 . Retrieved June 1, 2014 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst results" . pokerdb.thehendonmob.com . Retrieved May 31, 2014 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst's Tournament History" . OnlinePokerAmerica.com . Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
- ↑ "♣ Poker en Ligne Gratuit - La Communauté Poker France - Poker Internet" . thats-poker.fr . Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ BankrollMob.com. "2014 PCA Super High Roller: The Final Table is Set!" . Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst's profile on The Hendon Mob" . The Hendon Mob Poker Database . Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
- ↑ "Vanessa Selbst – Best Female Poker Player of All Time" . CasinoReviews.Net . Retrieved September 5, 2022 .
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