Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Rousso, also called Lady Maverick ( born February 5, 1983 White Plains, New York ) is a professional poker player. Notoriety she gained in that it reached at that time only 22 years as the youngest woman ever a final table at a WSOP event.

She has been playing since the age of five poker and began during her semester break in 2006 to participate in poker tournaments. Already in its first year as a tournament player she won several times the money ranks, for example, it was in the $ 5,000 Short Handed No Limit Hold'em WSOP Eighth and the $ 25,000 WPT Championship - No Limit Hold'em seventh. In 2009 she finished doped with $ 250,000 second place in the National Heads-Up Poker Championship. She turned off one after Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey, Paul Wasicka, Daniel Negreanu and Bertrand Grospellier. In the finals they were beaten 0-2 against Huck Seed. To date, their tournament earnings to over $ 3.5 million dollars.

Multiple they occurred also in the TV show Poker After Dark.

In December 2003, Rousso received a degree with honors from Duke University and is currently studying law in Miami. She was romantically involved with Chad Brown, another professional poker player.