Vanessa Rousso Expecting Big Things

Published: May 5, 2008, 9:16 am

Tags: online poker news, vanessa rousso, wsop

Being 25 years old, lots of people wear ripped jeans, listen to music they like and prefer extreme kinds of sports, but very few can boast of more than $1.6 million in career earnings. Vanessa Rousso is 25, but she is the one who can. She is a professional poker player. Her earnings have already placed her in the top 25 all-time for prize money won by women. Her career goals were different from what she is now. Having graduated from High School at the top of her class, Vanessa went to Duke on a full scholarship. Having graduated in just 2 years with an economic degree, she went to the University of Miami Law School. During her first year of law school, Rousso began to compete in tournaments. In 2005, she finished seventh in the WSOP Tournament Circuit event at Harrah’s in New Orleans. But the tournament that put Vanessa on the map was the 2006 WPT Five-Star World Poker Classic. Before that she had earned $40,000 as poker player. In the months leading up to the event she

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