Vanessa Selbst

Vanessa Selbst

Selbst after winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2008 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s) fslexcduck
Residence Brooklyn, New York
Born (1984-07-09) July 9, 1984
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

Vanessa K. Selbst (born July 9, 1984) is an American professional poker player and the only woman to ever reach the number one ranking in the world on the Global Poker Index.[1] She has over 10 million dollars in live poker tournament earnings and is a member of Team Pokerstars Pro, where she plays under the username "V. Selbst".

Selbst has three World Series of Poker bracelets and is the first and only female to win three WSOP bracelets in open field events.[2] She is also the only poker player to win the same North American Poker Tour Main Event back-to-back.[3][4] In January 2013 Selbst won the PCA high roller for $1.4 million, which made her the highest earning female in poker history.[5]

Selbst was born in Brooklyn, New York into a Jewish family.[6] She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a year[7] 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 Mckinsey Group.[6] She later returned to Yale Law School and received her law degree in 2012. During her time at Yale University, she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance.[8] Selbst was a coach and executive producer for DeucesCracked, an online poker training site.[9] In 2013, she married her partner of three and a half years.[10] She and her wife reside in New York.

World Series of Poker bracelets

Year Event Prize money
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.[11]

Selbst has made five Main Event final tables of various poker tours and gone on to capture three titles. She won the 2010 North American Poker Tour $5,000 Mohegan Sun Main Event, earning $750,000[12] 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.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15]

As of 2015, Selbst's total live tournament winnings exceeded $10,600,000.[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Vanessa Selbst's profile on GPI". GlobalPokerIndex.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Vanessa Selbst Wins Third World Series of Poker Gold Bracelet In $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'Em". CardPlayer.com. 2014-05-30. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  3. ↑ Live Reporting | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event | PokerNews
  4. ↑ Live Reporting | 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun | Main Event | PokerNews
  5. ↑ http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/pca/2013/2013-pca-vanessa-selbst-becomes-all-time-125882.html
  6. 1 2 "Vanessa Selbst Wins $1 Million Prize At Super High Roller Celebrity Shootout". Jewish Business News. 20 May 2016.
  7. ↑ Habib, Daniel G. (2005-05-30). "Online And Obsessed". SI.com. sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  8. ↑ "Vanessa Selbst biography". epicpoker.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  9. ↑ DALLA, NOLAN. "Event #19: Pot-Limit Omaha championship - Vanessa Selbst from Brooklyn, NY Wins!". games.aol.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
  10. ↑ "Vanessa Selbst Performs Ultimate Double-Range Merge". PokerStarsBlog. 2013-09-12. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  11. ↑ "Vanessa Selbst results". pokerdb.thehendonmob.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  12. ↑ Live Reporting | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun | 2010 PokerStars.net NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event | PokerNews
  13. ↑ Live Reporting | 2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun | Main Event | PokerNews
  14. ↑ Partouche Poker Tour 2010: Vanessa Selbst remporte le titre
  15. ↑ http://www.bankrollmob.com/poker-news/201417/2014-pca-super-high-roller-final-table-set
  16. ↑ Hendon Mob database: Vanessa Selbst
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