Poker Player Profile: Vanessa Rousso

Vanessa Rousso is a renowned poker player and holds a dual citizenship of France and the US. She is a professional player who has reached excellence by showcasing enough dedication and resilience to remain a top notch poker player.

Vanessa RoussoThe good thing about Vanessa Rousso is that just in her first year of playing the game she was able to get many cashes and get herself into major tournaments. She was able to finish seventh in the $25,000 buy in World Poker Tour Championship. She was also able to win $5,000 in the buy in Borgata Open. She is at the moment studying law at the University of Miami and is based out of LA. Vanessa Rousso has seen one success after another and continues to remain on top of the game. She has had 40 cashes so far and her First Place Finishes are at 6. She has a ProRank of 66 position.

Vanessa Rousso is single and has no children. Her major ambition is to become an ace poker player and be able to strike the right kind of balance between her law school career and the game that is her lifeline. Besides, playing poker Vanessa Rousso also likes to go boating, skiing, play chess, travel and run. She loves playing poker with other women and wants more women’s events to be conducted. She wants the women’s events to have a far more greater stacks and be played by skilled players at a slower pace.

Vanessa Rousso loves music and her favorite place to be in is her hotel room with room service at her beck and call and one of her favorite movies be it Eternal sunshine of the Spotless Mind or something similar. She is really enthusiastic and absolutely passionate about the game. This makes her able to give off her very best to the game. She is on the top league amongst the other women poker players and is considered to be not only extremely popular but also considered to be one of the best in the women player’s realm.

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Tony G: “Now I’m a Champ!”

I know you either hate him or love him, but what nobody can even deny is that Tony G. brings excellent footage to the television screen. Unbelievable. I’m getting a little tired of the bike shtick, but still, this is too funny.

I even love the “I played it like a set!”. :D

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Thanks for all of this, Tony!

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Poker Player Profile: Erick Lindgren

Erick Lindgren lives in LA in the United States. He was born in the year 1976 at Burney in California. He was always inclined towards sports and growing up with his two brothers in the small town ensured that he went on to participate in all the possible games be they basketball or football.

Erick LindgrenHe always wanted to consider taking up some form of sports as his career. Poker did not come his way until he was in junior college and from that time onwards he has been completely hooked to the game of poker. The nuances of the game he picked up from the players that he was pitted against at the local casino that he played at in the small town. At the same time he devoted enough time to his online poker game and went on to pick up enough strategies and techniques from there as well.

Then in the year 2000, Erick Lindgren went on to participate in live tournaments. In the year 2002 he went on to win the coveted Five Diamond World Poker Classic and got himself a win of $228,192. This kind of sparked his interest further in the potential of poker games and he began traveling all over the globe to attend poker games. Up until now he has been able to get total winnings of $6,779,730 and there is still more to come at the rate at which he has been playing the game of poker.

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Antonio & Phil. Excellent tv!

Poker is a television thing – and when Phil “The Unabomber” Laak and Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari are on the screen, the sparks are always flying.

Excellent read by Antonio Esfandiari, excellent table talk by Phil Laak.

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- What do you mean, who is lucky?We know it’s you.You’re Irish… Irish prick…

These guys should get their own tv show… oh wait… they do! ^^

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