Poker, travel, languages, exploring new cultures, backgammon, flying lessons, my family, dancing, freestyle (yes I'm a dork); swimming and all things water....
Music
house and downtempo, alternative, hip hop ...and yes I love those cheesy classic rock power ballads and no I am not embarrassed about that....
Movies
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, When Harry Met Sally, The Firm, OldSchool, Fight Club, and of course...Rounders!!!
Books
I am a nerd...love to read...but since I read so much heavy stuff for law school, lately my reading has been really light: Grisham, Da Vinci Code and all things Dan Brown, pretty much any mystery/law/crime book.
French-American pokerstar Vanessa Rousso doesn't need luck to win at poker. She's got Game Theory, an interest she discovered while studying economics at Duke University. After finishing her four-year undergraduate degree in only 2 ½ years, she lost no time in making a name for herself on the pro poker circuit.
And what a name she's made. Vanessa earned more money playing poker in 2007 than any other pro female on the U.S. poker circuit. To date, the 26-year-old has earned more than $2 million in live and online tournament play, taking first runner-up in NBC's 2009 National Heads-Up Poker Championship. All while earning a law degree at the University of Miami.
It was after her first year of law school in 2005 that Vanessa entered a WSOP-Circuit side event in New Orleans, finishing seventh in the $200 No-Limit Hold'em Event. That same summer, she took 45th place in the ladies event of the World Series of Poker and won one of the Palms' daily tournaments.
After winning $17,550 in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Event at Atlantic City's WSOP-Circuit in early 2006, Vanessa set her sights on the $25,000 World Poker Tour Championships. With the financial backing of friends, she took seventh place. Vanessa walked away from the Bellagio with $263,625 in winnings and a sponsorship deal as a member of Team PokerStars Pro.
She went on to finish eighth at the 2006 WSOP, 42nd in the 2006 WPT Legends of Poker, and fifth in WPT's Ladies Night Out IV. Vanessa won her first major event in September 2006, cashing the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event at the Borgata Poker Open for $285,540.
Over the next two years, Vanessa added several WPT, WSOP and WSOP-Circuit cashes to her list of wins. But her big break came when she finished second in the online PokerStars WCOOP Main Event, winning $700,000.
Vanessa has appeared several times on NBC's "Poker After Dark" and travelled on PokerStars' Latin American and European Poker Tours, where she finished 10th at the 2008 LAPT-Punta del Este and 39th at the 2008 EPT London. She finished seventh at the 2009 Southern Poker Championship in Biloxi.
Vanessa, who holds dual citizenship in France and the U.S., speaks English, French and Spanish. While she will graduate from the University of Miami law school in 2009, she has no plans to sit for the bar. Vanessa now lives in Las Vegas with her fiancé, Chad Brown, also a professional poker player.
FEBRUARY 2009 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED SWIMSUIT EDITION
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O.K. COOKING A TURKEY, PLAYING POKER, COUNTING SOME NUMBERS, JUMPING OFF A BRIDGE ETC. ALL FUN RIGHT?? VANESSA YOUR BEAUTY ALONE COULD CAUSE WORLD PEACE!! so did I earn a heads up match? :)
Hi Van ! Thx for your add :) U are my favourite lady poker player ! Go ! U are the best ! I always look for u ! (sorry for my english is not good :P ) Ps. Your smyle and eyes is more than a wpt 1st place....for me :) Bye Adam
Lady Mav(my favorite basketball team is the Dallas Mavericks hahaha) i cant believe youre actually using myspace, you are my favorite poker player by far, i love your style, i even dealt to you at the 08 WSOP, i messed up so much and i blame you!!!! haha, but i would still love to deal at your table again, but i dont think you would!!! haha, best of luck in all of your endeavors,and i pray i see you this year,i promise ill do better, you are seriously the best, youre not number 1 in my top friends for nothin hahaha
V for Villanova! V for Victory!
Sorry, former Blue Devil, but my Villanova Wildcats will decimate your Dukies tonight. :-)
Congrats on the 2nd place in the HU battle, LadyMaverick.
I think you've started the new hot poker craze, "Playing Blind" ;) Thanks for coming out to Sullivan's tonight & good luck this weekend w/ the camp ;))
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