Vanessa Selbst

WSOP #2: Vanessa Selbst Among the Chip Leaders Going Into Day 3

When day 2 of the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em event came to a close, the field of 60 players had been cut down to 16 players. They are all in the money, while four-time WSOP bracelet winner John Juanda became the unfortunate bubble boy The chip lead is tied by …

WSOP #2: Vanessa Selbst Off to a Great Start

Yesterday the first open event of the World Series of Poker kicked off. It was the $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em event and an extremely competent field of world-class players – 131 of them – showed up at the Rio with great expectations. The Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em event was first introduced …

Vanessa Selbst Confirms Playing The Big One for One Drop

Today Vanessa Selbst announced that she will play in 2014 World Series of Poker $1 Million BIG ONE for ONE DROP. When the million dollar buy-in event kicked off two years ago, it was without any women at the tables, and so Vanessa Selbst will be the first and probably …

Vanessa Selbst After Heads-Up with Rafael Nadal: “He’s Probably my Biggest All-Time Sports Hero”

In a new blog Vanessa Selbst shares her thoughts on playing Rafael Nadal heads-up before EPT Grand Final in Monaco: “I was beyond thrilled when PokerStars told me I’d be playing Rafa in a promotional Heads Up match in Monte Carlo.” Vanessa Selbst has been playing tennis herself since she …

Rankings May: Ronit Chamani Still in the Lead of Player of the Year Ladies

Going into May South African Ronit Chamani is still in first place on the GPI Player of the Year Ladies (PoYL). If we compare the result from May with the standings one month ago, we notice some minor changes. Samantha Cohen has moved up two spots from #5 to #3 …

Going into Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final: Annette Obrestad Chasing Her First EPT Title

347 players are still dreaming of the trophy and the big bucks at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final before day 2 is about to begin. Someone that is not dreaming is the two-time EPT winner Victoria Coren, who busted on day 1A. But we might not feel too sorry …

Vanessa Selbst Eliminated in EPT Super High Roller in Monaco

Vanessa Selbst is no longer to be found in day 2 of the The Super High Roller at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final. After a couple of hours she was eliminated, when her pair of sevens could not hold up to Antonio Esfandiari’s two overcards. As reported on PokersStars …

Vanessa Selbst Fires Two Bullets at EPT Super High Roller in Monaco

The second day of The Super High Roller at PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final is soon to start. On day one 48 players entered the €100,000 tournament, and as we have seen before, they were not shy to buy in again as soon as they busted, among them Vanessa …

EPT Sanremo: Victoria Coren Only Woman Left to Return on Day 3

They were 316 players still in contention for the title at the start of the day 2,but when the day concluded only 115 were left. One of those was Victoria Coren, the first woman to win an EPT. Now eight years after her historic EPT London Main Event win, she …

EPT Sanremo Day 2: Liv Boeree Still in the Hunt to Recapture the Title

At EPT Sanremo Liv Boeree still has a chance to win the title she took down four years ago, when she outlasted 1239 other players to win the biggest ever EPT field assembled in Europe. Besides the glory Boeree picked up a first prize of $1,250,000. With the win the …