Vanessa Selbst

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vanessa Selbst
Occupation	Poker Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 9, 1984(1984-07-09)
Age	40
Birthplace	New York City
Country	United States
Horoscope	Cancer

Vanessa Selbst Biography

Vanessa Selbst is one of the most popular and richest Poker Player who was born on July 9, 1984 in New York City, United States. Vanessa K. Selbst (born on July 9th 1984) is employed by the Bridgewater Associates investment management firm and is a renowned poker player. She is also the only female to get to the top spot according to the Global Poker Index. She has earned more than US$11.8 million in earnings from live tournaments and is a part of Team Pokerstars Pro, where she is a player under the name “V. Selbst”.

Selbst is the proud owner of the three World Series of Poker bracelets and is the only female to have three WSOP bracelets in open field events. She is the only player to win the North American Poker Tour Main Event in a row. In January of 2013, Selbst took home her first PCA high roller event for $1.4 million, making she the most successful female player in the history of poker.

She has played in the four High Roller final tables, winning the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller in January 2013. She is the first female to ever participate in an Super High Roller event, placing third at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 buy in the tournament in January 2014.

Vanessa Selbst Net Worth

Vanessa Selbst is one of the richest Poker Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vanessa Selbst 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Selbst has played Five Main Event final tables of different poker tours, and has gone to claim three titles. She was the first participant in the World Series at Las Vegas in the year 2006. She took home her first major event in 2010: the North American Poker Tour $5,000 Mohegan Sun Main Event, winning $750,000, and then next year she returned to win her second time around. She took home $450,000 for her 1st-place place finish, and became one of the few player to be the winner of two consecutive Main Events. Self’s largest prize was $1,300,000 ($1.82 million) for her first-place finish in the event in

2010. Partouche Poker Tour.

Selbst is a native of Brooklyn, New York, to the family of a Jewish family. She was a student at an institute called the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for one year, before moving into Yale University, where she earned an academic diploma in politics. After Yale and an Fulbright scholarship which she received, she spent a full time in Spain. When she returned back to America United States, she worked as a consultant for the business McKinsey & Company. Then she came back to Yale Law School and received her J.D. degree in the year 2012. In her time studying at Yale University, she was head of the Yale Queer-Straight Alliance. Selbst was a trainer and executive producer of DeucesCracked, an online poker-related site.

As of 2018, Selbst’s total live tournament winnings exceed $11,850,000.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Vanessa Selbst Dating?

According to our records, Vanessa Selbst married to Miranda Foster. As of December 1, 2023, Vanessa Selbst’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Vanessa Ranked on the list of most popular Poker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Vanessa Selbst celebrates birthday on July 9 of every year.

Why did Vanessa Selbst retire?

Selbst’s Personal Life One of the reasons Selbts quit professional poker was her desire to start a proper family and focus on that , which was very hard to do while traveling the world to play tournaments.

How much is Vanessa Selbst worth?

Vanessa Selbst
Selbst after winning the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2008 World Series of Poker
Born| July 9, 1984
Alma mater| Yale University (BA, JD)

How old is Vanessa Selbst?

37 years (July 9, 1984)

Who is the best female poker player?

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