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Vanessa Selbst was born July 9, 1984; she is a professional poker player whose hometown is in Brooklyn, New York. She is popularly known as fslexcduck. This nickname she came up in seventh grade when computer allowed you to use only up to 10 characters. You will find the meaning by switching the positions of the d and the f, and sounding it aloud, she said in an interview. Back then, she thought it was cool, and she kept it. She has won one bracelet at the 2008 $1,500 Pot -Limit Omaha, with a $227,993 win, making her the first female winning an open-buy event that year. She has eight money finishes at the World Series of Poker, as well. She has 24 career live cashes and six career live wins. Her total live tournament winnings surpass the $4 million.

She has been playing poker for 10 years, but became more serious about in 2004. She started in online poker games, NHLE live, and PLO cash games. In 2007-08, she decided to enter the live tournament scene. Later, she decided to complete her law degree and played local in Connecticut. She also has a political science degree from Yale University. She won a NAPT title and two World Poker finals during that time. Now, she is full-time in the live tournament arena. She also enjoys teaching students and runs a live coaching program personal and in groups, as well as coaching online. Her fees for online coaching are $650 per hour, but offers programs for one to four day ranging in pricing from four thousand to twelve thousand dollars. Her passion for teaching poker online and in person seems to be one of her priorities. In addition, she is also the executive producer of DeucesCracked.

Vanessa Selbst prefers live deep stacked tournaments, but also considers herself a social person who has an ability to read different personalities. She has always loved games, from cards to pacman, and this brought her to poker. In her short career, she has managed to impress with her game, especially at the NAPT - North American Poker Tour - Mohegan Sun Main Event, where she won $750,000 in 2010. This event confirmed her as one of the most talented poker players of today. At the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, she cashed $1,800,000 - the biggest cash so far, but certainly not the last, as her talent for the game is noticeable, and her passion and dedication to it as well.

When she is not involved in poker, she enjoys playing basketball, tennis, pool, and darts. She is also involved in fighting for social issues. She is a member of PokerStars and her online name is V.Selbst. She has travelled worldwide to compete in places such as Europe, England, Australia, and the Bahamas. For Vanessa her career in the poker world is just starting, as she has many other countries to put her gaming skills at play. At an early age, she has achieved impressive results in the poker field, but also in her personal life achievements in her education. She will continue to amaze poker fans. From what we have heard, she is now working on a poker book, and we're hoping to get our hands on a copy as soon as it hits the web!