The player

A mere 24 years of age, Vanessa Rousso, a.k.a. Lady Maverick, is one of the game’s most exciting young players. New York-born Rousso, a dual citizen of America and France, kicked off her tournament career during summer break from law school. Using her stratospheric IQ to good effect she’s picked up $678,534 in winnings in just a couple of years of play and was unlucky to bubble the 2006 WPT Championship’s fi nal table when her A-K lost out to James Van Alstyne’s A-J. Vanessa

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