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 8,534 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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