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Vanessa herself
Vanessa Self (2008)
Vanessa Self (2008)
  Personal information  
Date of birth July 9, 1984
place of birth United StatesUnited States Brooklyn
Nicknames
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V. SelfTeam PokerStars

fslexcduckPokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 1,823,430
Total prize money $ 11,906,246
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 3
Cashes 29
Best main event 73rd ( 2012 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 6th
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 8th
Last updated: July 30, 2020

Vanessa K. Selbst (born July 9, 1984 in Brooklyn , New York City ) is a former professional American poker player .

She is a three-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker and, with a cash prize of just under 12 million US dollars in live tournaments, the most successful woman in poker history. For two weeks from June 18 to July 1, 2014, she was the first and so far only woman at the top of the poker world rankings . On December 31, 2017, she announced the end of her career as a professional poker player on Facebook .

As part of the 50th edition of the World Series of Poker , Selbst was named as one of two women on the list of the 50 best players in poker history in June 2019 .

Personal

Myself grew up in a Jewish family that valued games, especially those that required logical and deductive thinking, such as Bridge . Her mother already played poker to finance her studies. Vanessa Selbst attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a freshman . From there she moved to Yale University . In 2012 she graduated from this university degree in law ( law degree ). In 2015 she passed the New York bar exam .

She played tennis and hockey at MIT and rugby at Yale . At Yale, she also headed the Queer-Straight Alliance ("Gay / Hetero Alliance") student association . Selbst has been married to Miranda Forster since August 2013.

Poker career

Career

When she was around 20, while at Yale, she started playing poker. Initially, she predominantly preferred the variants No Limit Texas Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha online , both in the form of cash games and tournament poker . From 2007 she played major live tournaments. Even belonged to Team PokerStars until the end of 2017 and played on the corresponding platform under the nickname V. Selbst . She also worked as a poker coach for the DeucesCracked poker school .

She herself was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in July 2006 : She finished seventh in the $ 2000 No Limit Hold'em , which earned her more than 100,000 US dollars . The following year, she won in the Heads-Up Championship of the 2007 WSOP fourth place, which was paid just under $ 130,000. A year later, in 2008 , she finished third in the same tournament for nearly $ 110,000. Even surpassed this success by winning an event in Pot Limit Omaha , which earned her the first bracelet and a prize of just under 230,000 US dollars. In April 2010, she won the PokerStars North American Poker Tour Main Event in Uncasville , which earned her $ 750,000. At the main event of the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes , Selbst also emerged as the winner at the beginning of September 2010 and won 1.3 million euros . She received £ 145,000 for her fourth place in the European Poker Tour (EPT) high roller in London in October 2010 . In April 2011, she again prevailed in the main event of the PokerStars North American Poker Tour , this time receiving $ 450,000. In December 2011, Selbst finished third at the Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas for around 340,000 US dollars. At the 2012 WSOP , she won her second bracelet in a mixed-variant 10-game tournament for just under $ 250,000. She then ended up in 73rd place at the main event of the series and booked just under 90,000 US dollars. In January 2013, Selbst the High Roller of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventures (PCA) won in the Bahamas and received a prize money of over 1.4 million US dollars. In mid-May 2013, she took fourth place at the EPT High Roller in Monte-Carlo for 290,300 euros. In September 2013 she finished the main event of the Borgata Poker Open in second place and received prize money of just under 500,000 US dollars. In January 2014, Selbst reached the final table of both the High Roller and Super High Roller at the PCA, earning more than $ 1.3 million. At the 2014 WSOP , she won her third bracelet with a prize of around $ 870,000. At the end of June 2015, she prevailed at the Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and received one million US dollars. From April to November 2016 , Selbst played as part of the London Royals in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with her team.

Bracelet overview

Even cashed 29 times at the WSOP and won three bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2008 0.1500 Pot-Limit Omaha 759 227.965
2012 0.2500 10-Game Mix 6-Handed 421 244.259
2014 25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed Max 131 871.148

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2006 00.106.090 -
2007 00.149,448 -
2008 00.540,577 3
2009 00.103,879 1
2010 02,865,830 2
2011 00.974.422 1
2012 00.839.369 3
2013 02,665,231 3
2014 02,369,550 1
2015 01,112,780 1
2016 00.115.975 -
2017 00.00.8231 -
2018 00,000.000 -
2019 00.039,950 -
2020 00.014,915 -
total 11.906.246 15th

Web links

Commons : Vanessa Self  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Women's All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 21, 2019.
  2. ↑ Vanessa Selbst in the Global Poker Index database, accessed on August 31, 2016.
  3. ↑ Vanessa Selbst quits poker on hochgepokert.com on January 2, 2018, accessed on January 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ WSOP Reveals List of 50 Greatest Players in Poker History , pokernews.com, accessed July 22, 2019.
  5. ↑ Interview with Vanessa Selbst on the All Things Lesbian blog from March 30, 2013.
  6. ^ Daniel G. Habib: Online And Obsessed , Sports Illustrated , May 2005.
  7. ↑ Stephen Foley: Triumph of the nerdy math girl , Interview, in: Financial Times , December 13, 2015, p. 3.
  8. ↑ Vanessa Selbst '05 . In: yalealumnimagazine.com . June 2008. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ Vanessa Selbst biography ( memento from January 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on epicpoker.com, accessed on June 16, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ Poker Gossip: Vanessa Selbst got married , report on pokerfirma.com on August 27, 2013.
  11. ↑ Ryan Lucchesi: WSOP: Bracelet Winner Q and A - Vanessa Selbst , interview on www.cardplayer.com, June 13, 2008.
  12. ↑ a b Biographical information on Vanessa Selbst's website ( memento from October 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), vanessaselbstpoker.com.
  13. ↑ Information from Vanessa Selbst's website ( memento of October 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), vanessaselbstpoker.com.
  14. ↑ Vanessa Selbst in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 31, 2016.
  15. ↑ London Royals on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 13, 2016.
  16. ↑ Vanessa Selbst in the World Series of Poker database, accessed September 30, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Myself, Vanessa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Self, Vanessa K. (full name); V. Self (nickname); fslexcduck (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION american poker player
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York , United States