- Vanessa Selbst
Infobox poker player
firstname=Vanessa
lastname=Selbst
nickname=fslexcduck
caption=Selbst after winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the2008 World Series of Poker
hometown=Montclair, New Jersey
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=7
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
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ept money finishes=Vanessa Selbst (born
July 9 ,1984 ) is an American professionalpoker player who has made three final tables and two heads-up semi-finals at theWorld Series of Poker and won the2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event. 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 ] [ 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 ]Selbst was born in
Brooklyn, New York . She graduated fromYale University and plans to return to study law and to work on behalf of human rights issues. [ 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 ] During her time at Yale, she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance. [http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2799] She is also a DeucesCracked Coach and Executive Producer, anonline poker training site. [ 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 ]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 the2006 WSOP , where she made the final table and finished in seventh place, earning $101,285. At the2007 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 the2008 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 firstWorld 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. cite web|url=http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/4401/wsop-vanessa-selbst-wins-event-no-19 |title=WSOP: Vanessa Selbst Wins Event No. 19 |accessdate=2008-06-13 |last=Lucchesi |first=Ryan |date=2008-06-12 |publisher=CardPlayer.com ]World Series of Poker bracelets
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 playerErica Schoenberg during heads-up play, earning $26,500.
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