Vanessa Rousso

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Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso (2007)
Vanessa Rousso (2007)
  Personal information  
Date of birth 5th February 1983
place of birth United StatesUnited States White Plains
Nickname Pokerness
Nickname LadyMaverick
place of residence United StatesUnited States Miami Beach
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 700,160
Total prize money $ 3,554,328
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 18th
Best main event 511th ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 8th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: January 9, 2020

Vanessa Ashley Rousso (born February 5, 1983 in White Plains , New York ) is a professional American poker player .

Career

Rousso has been playing poker since she was five and started taking part in poker tournaments during her semester break in 2006 . In her first year as a tournament player, she won the money several times, for example she was eighth at a World Series of Poker tournament at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and at the main event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) at the Hotel Bellagio Seventh and won a tournament at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City in mid-September . In 2009 she finished second in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, worth $ 250,000 . In doing so, she switched off Doyle Brunson , Phil Ivey , Paul Wasicka , Daniel Negreanu and Bertrand Grospellier one after the other ; in the final she lost 2-0 to Huck Seed . At the beginning of May 2009, Rousso won the high roller of the European Poker Tour in Monte-Carlo and secured a prize money of more than 530,000 euros . She finished third at the WPT Main Event in December 2010 and received just under $ 360,000.

Overall, Rousso has earned over 3.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him one of the most successful women in terms of tournament prize money . She appeared several times on the television program Poker After Dark . In December 2003, Rousso graduated with Honors from Duke University and studied law in Miami . She was dating poker pro Chad Brown .

Web links

Commons : Vanessa Rousso  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 18, 2020.
  2. ↑ Fourth Annual Five-Star World Poker Classic ($ 25,000 + 500 WPT Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 18, 2020.
  3. ↑ 2006 Borgata Poker Open - WPT ($ 5,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 18, 2020.
  4. ↑ NBC National Heads-Up Championship 2009 ($ 20,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 18, 2020.
  5. ↑ EPT - 5 - Grand Final (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - European High Roller Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 18, 2020 (English).
  6. ↑ 2010 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 10,000 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 18, 2020.
  7. ↑ Vanessa Rousso in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 18, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Rousso, Vanessa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lady Maverick (nickname); Rousso, Vanessa Ashley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH White Plains , New York , United States