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Clonie Gowen is one of the top female players in the professional poker world today.
The name, “Clonie” is short for Cyclona, her birth name. She was born in Florida and, as the story goes, she was born in the middle of a storm. Clonie spent most of her childhood in Kiowa, Oklahoma. The beautiful Miss Gowen won a local Oklahoma beauty pageant by the time she was 15, but moved to Coriscana, Texas in her high school years. In high school, Clonie was an athlete, where she enjoyed the competition of basketball and track & field (high jump).
Clonie learned poker by taking weekend gambling trips to Shreveport and Bossier City in Louisiana, about a 2-and-a-half to three hour drive from Dallas. When she began playing tournament poker, Clonie began to have major success. Gowan is now one of the most recognized women poker players in the world.
For someone who only started playing poker in tournaments in 2002, Clonie Gowan has built a pretty solid gaming resume. She parlayed her money finish at the WPT Costa Rica Classic into a spot at the WPT Ladies Night event, where she established her bona fides as an elite level poker player. Since her strong showings in 2003, Clonie has been a presence on the poker circuit — and just as much in the online poker business.
Clonie Gowen Poker Moments
10th Place – 2003 – World Poker Tour Costa Rica Classic
1st Place – 2003 – World Poker Tour Ladies Night
7th Place – 2005 – $2,000 No-Limit Holdem Ultimate Poker Challenge
31st Place – 2005 – WPT Borgata Open ($15,000 winnings)
3rd Place – 2005 – Full Tilt Poker Championship – Wynn Las Vegas
3rd Place – 2006 – FullTiltPoker.Net Pro Showdown – Red Rock Casino
1st Place – Twice on NBC’s Poker After Dark, where she won $120,000 each time.
1st Place – Bellagio Cup No Limit Hold’em Event – $438,000
Also in 2008, Clonie Gowan finished in the money four times at the WSOP World Series of Poker. She appears to be in her poker prime and there’s every reason to assume Clonie Gowan will continue to post wins and near misses for the next several years.
Clonie Gowan- Poker Commentator
Clonie Gowen has served as a poker commentator for the European World Poker Championship held in Dublin, Ireland. She once performed the same function for the Ultimate Poker Challenge.
When not actively playing tournament poker, Clonie hosts charity poker events meant to help novice players learn the skills to master the poker tournament circuit. Along the same lines, Clonie is a member of the United States Poker Association Board of Directors. Gowan also writes regular poker columns for All In Magazine, one of the leading poker publications.
Clonie has two children these days and lives in Sachse, Texas, a suburb about 30 to 45 minutes from downtown Dallas. Because it’s illegal to play poker in the DFW area without driving an hour-and-a-half to Oklahoma or twice that time to Louisiana, Clonie mainly plays online poker when at home. A former member of the fulltilt.net poker team you can find poker tips by Clonie on FullTilt Poker’s “Learn from the Pros” video series.
Clonie Gowen Poker Tips- TELL-TALE signs
Clonie Gowen Naked? – Clonie Gowen Maxim
Clonie has not posed nude, however, she did make the cover of the June issue of Maxim in 2006. She did however, once have an orgasm on TV when playing against Gus Hansen.
The Hottest new autobiography out this month is from Poker Legend Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson.
Titled “The Godfather of Poker” and ghost-written by Mike Cochran, the
384-page book tells the life story of one of America’s–and the world’s–greatest professional poker players.
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From his early days in Texas, playing in illegal poker games and keeping one step ahead of bandits and the law, through his arrival in Las Vegas and his back-to-back wins at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, to his current status as a poker media star and TV icon, Brunson, through Cochran, chronicles his career, both professionally and personally.
Professionally, he’s won 10 WSOP championship gold bracelets, including two in the 1970s for Main Events.
Personally, he’s broken a leg, recovered from cancer and seen a daughter predecease him.
Brunson, nearly 80, has had a long life so there are plenty of stories to tell and plenty of anecdotes to recall.
And lots of names to drop.
In addition to the requisite slew of poker names that are liberally sprinkled throughout the book’s 52 chapters, Brunson mentions a host of other big-time names. Among those mentioned in the book: James Caan, Jack Nicklaus, Pamela Anderson, Gary Austin, John F.Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, George W. Bush, Big Bird, Gabe Kaplan, Ken Griffey, LeBron James, Arnold Palmer, Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Lee Trevino, Paula Abdul, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, Tony “The Ant” Spilotro and Oral Roberts.
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So how did Brunson become a poker player? And how did he end up in Vegas?
Is it true he was a good enough college basketball player to consider a pro career, until an accident snapped his leg in half?
And, most importantly, how did he get that strange nickname “Texas Dolly?”
It’s all in the book, along with much, much more. The autobiography also contains more than a dozen pages of fascinating photos of Brunson, his family, his friends and his poker foes.
Brunson’s first book, “Super System,” written some 30 years ago, was strictly a poker primer, a how-to in the game of poker without much personal revelation.
His autobiography, “The Godfather of Poker,” is the complete opposite–lots of personal info and not too much about the nuts and bolts of poker.
It’s a fascinating read–not just for fans of Brunson but for fans of Poker. source: t. somach- www.gambling911.com
There is only one word to describe Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson: legend. Contrary to some reports, Doyle Brunson is not DEAD. Now 76 years of age, Doyle has been playing poker professionally for more than 55 years.
Doyle is quite simply, one of the most accomplished players in the game. He’s won ten bracelets from the World Series of Poker and remains successful even today, playing in the highest cash games with the youngest poker stars.
Doyle was born in Longworth, Texas on August 10, 1933. He played basketball, baseball, and ran track in high school. He was chosen as one of the five best basketball players in the state of Texas and he was also the best high school miler. Offers poured in from colleges and he decided on Hardin-Simmons. The NBA’s (then Minneapolis) Lakers showed great interest in Doyle until he snapped his knee in two places while he was working. He was not able to participate in sports at the level he was accustomed, so the game of poker took over his need to satisfy his competitive nature. He finished college and received his Master’s degree in Administrative Education. He tried to pursue a job in the field, but found he was making more money playing poker than he would working a typical 9 to 5 job. Although, he is known for playing poker, he has also been known to wager large amounts on other activities. His most famous side bet was when he bet a friend $1 million that he could lose 100 pounds. He won that bet.
Doyle married his wife, Louise in 1962. They had four children, including Todd (another successful poker player), Pam, Cheryl and Doyla. Doyla died in her sleep due to a valve problem with her heart when she was 18. He thinks about her every day, but said that he is at peace with God. Doyle currently lives in Las Vegas. He also owns a home on Flathead Lake in Montana.
New players can find all sorts of information on poker, but most people consider Doyle’s book Super System as the Bible of poker. There are sections on a variety of games written by the top players of that time. Super System 2 includes sections by Mark Gregorich and his son, Todd Brunson. He has another book According to Doyle which is a collection of some of the columns that he wrote for the old Gambling Times Magazine. In some of his writings, he said that all gamblers had an obligation to conduct themselves honorably. This is one of the things I admire about Doyle.
Doyle’s accomplishments are staggering. He made the final table at the first World Poker Tour Championship, won the Legends of Poker Season Three WPT event, and in 2004 he was one of the first three inductees into the Poker Walk of Fame, with Gus Hansen and actor, James Garner. He holds ten World Series of Poker bracelets, including 1976 Deuce to Seven Draw, 1977 Seven-Card Stud Split, 1978 Seven Card Stud, 1979 Mixed Doubles, 1991 and 2005 No Limit Holdem, 1998 Seven Card Stud, 2003 H.O.R.S.E, and two champion event titles in 1976 and 1977. In his back to back titles he won both with the exact same poker hand, a full house (tens full of deuces) giving the Holdem hand T2 the nickname: “Doyle Brunson”. source: S. Rosario: www.poker-babes.com (see poker-babes.com for more great profiles on your favourite poker players).
Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, one of the top professional poker players in the world—and one of the most compelling— is a favorite among the millions of television viewers who have come to count on his outrageously candid comments, emotional outbursts, and constant taunts that make for great television theatre. He has over $7 million in tournament earnings, made an amazing 13 final tables at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), and won three coveted WSOP gold bracelets. And the story’s not over yet.
Hang on tight as Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, poker player extraordinaire, takes you with him on a breathtaking, true-life roller coaster ride from his humble beginnings in a trailer park to a rock and roll lifestyle full of hot women, sex, wild drug-filled parties and million-dollar wins and losses. Yet behind the glamour and glory of his high-stakes poker career lurked the flip side: a person torn between two debilitating mental illnesses— bipolar disorder and ADHD. To dig himself out of depression and suicidal despair, Matusow turned to dangerous street drugs to self-medicate a problem he didn’t understand, and spiraled deeper into the darker world of addiction, police narcotic stings, and jail time.
In this revealing and tumultuous autobiography, the combustible Matusow holds nothing back. You’ll get a mouthful of the man behind the infamous Matusow Meltdowns seen on national TV.
Riveting, exhilarating, sexy, sometimes shocking and always fascinating, this voyeur’s look into the world of high-stakes poker, mental illness, and ultimately, Matusow’s inspiring redemption, will keep you glued to your seat until the very last page!
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Matusow’s story is a sometimes jubilant, sometimes harrowing candid self-portrait, punctuated throughout by remarkable successes and equally remarkable failures. Indeed, the swings of professional poker — the highs and lows of which, in and of themselves, can make even the most balanced individual’s head spin — serve as a mere baseline upon which the even greater climaxes and depressions of Matusow’s life have been built.
Many who come to “Check-Raising the Devil” will likely be familiar with at least some of the details of Matusow’s distinguished poker career, the highlights of which include three WSOP bracelets and over $7 million in tournament winnings. Most will read with memories of some or all of the more high-profile moments, particularly those that were televised, such as Matusow’s two WSOP Main Event final tables (2001, 2005), his run-ins with certain opponents during the peak years of the poker boom (Greg Raymer at the 2004 WSOP, Shawn Sheikhan at the 2005 WSOP, Phil Hellmuth at the 2005 Tournament of Champions), or his deep run at last summer’s WSOP Main Event.
Mike Matusow has “No Regrets” in WSOP 2004 match with Greg Raymar
Such exposure may have led some to think they already know all there is to know of the often contentious, brash-talking, controversy-seeking personality most commonly referred to on TV as “the Mouth.” However, those possessed with such assumptions will be surprised by the highly vulnerable figure the book presents, one full of self-doubt, shyness, low self-esteem, and a sometimes extreme need for others’ acceptance. Like other great poker players, it takes little to trigger Matusow’s hubris (“I think I can spot weakness in a live game better than any human alive”). But there’s a consistent humility and acceptance of limitations underscoring every passage in “Check-Raising the Devil” that humanizes Matusow, makes it easier to identify with him, and perhaps causes his story to become much more compelling than it would be otherwise.
Humble Beginnings
The book begins in the early 1990s, with a 23-year-old Matusow pursuing a self-described “dead end” existence living in a trailer, working in his parents’ furniture store, and regularly blowing his paycheck on video poker. That’s when a friend introduces Matusow to live poker, and soon he discovers in himself a talent for reading players and understanding how to bet opponents off of their hands. Focusing primarily on limit hold’em, Matusow soon begins to earn enough to encourage him to leave his job and play poker full time, though not before a significant stint as a dealer at various Vegas card rooms, most particularly Sam’s Town.
The building of a bankroll is hampered, however, by one of Matusow’s many self-destructive behaviors — sports betting. Finally Matusow finds a backer who insists he stop betting sports, and Matusow’s professional poker career begins in earnest. Matusow discovers early success at the WSOP, just missing a bracelet with a runner-up finish in an Omaha Hi-Lo event in 1997, then earning a huge payday in 1998 after backing Scotty Nguyen in the WSOP Main Event (which Nguyen won). That windfall enables Matusow to buy a house and move out of the trailer. The following year Matusow would win a bracelet of his own in a no-limit hold’em event.
The Wild Ride Begins
The remaining narrative can roughly be divided into three periods: what might be called the “party years” (2000-2003), a time highlighted by more tournament successes but marred by drug abuse; a transitional period during which Matusow rid himself of (street) drugs and was properly diagnosed as suffering from both bipolar disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, which culminated with his arrest for drug trafficking and six-month prison term (2003-2005); then the triumphant return of “a new Mike, a better Mike, a changing Mike” who found himself mostly victorious in his battles both at the poker tables and with his personal demons (2005-2008).
The first period sees Matusow making the 2001 WSOP Main Event final table, earning his second WSOP bracelet in 2002, and enjoying some of his greatest successes at the cash tables. The poker stories are interwoven with the relation of his introduction to drugs (first ecstasy, then primarily crystal meth), and the reckless, short-sighted lifestyle they helped inspire. While there is certainly a sensational aspect to the stories of sex, drugs, and high-stakes living, the book by no means celebrates drug use, with Matusow repeatedly criticizing his poor decision-making, his susceptibility to bad advice, and his prior unwillingness to practice such needed self-reflection.
Mike Faces His Demons
When Matusow finally does manage to divert himself from Ungar’s road to ruin, the story becomes somewhat heart-wrenching as he tells of his diagnosis and treatment, the reader learning along with Matusow the extent of his disorders and how his drug-taking had further exacerbated them. Sparing no details, Matusow also recounts his arrest for drug trafficking, the negotiations that resulted in a six-month jail term, and the experience of living behind bars. While Matusow offers some rationalization for the decisions that led to his incarceration, readers are largely left to decide for themselves the extent of Matusow’s guilt.
Matusow’s release in the spring of 2005 leads into accounts of his final table at that year’s Main Event as well as his victory at the Tournament of Champions. Even if one is already familiar with the details of these tournaments, the narration of them here is especially compelling given the added knowledge of Matusow’s many trials (literal and otherwise). As Matusow carries the story to the present, he describes himself having found a new, profitable balance in his life.
Triumphant Return to Poker and to Life
“Check-Raising the Devil” is a remarkable book that, much like its subject, can be regarded in multiple ways. It is a significant contribution to poker history, providing a detailed chronicle of the last decade of professional poker, a period of dramatic growth documented here from the perspective of one of its central figures. It is an object lesson that warns against the dangers of both drug abuse and other temptations lurking in the shadows of the high-stakes poker world. It is the author’s confession, in a way completing the process of “coming clean” described within. But the book also stands as Matusow’s apologia or self-defense, an attempt to set the record straight and perhaps, as he famously pronounced following his 2005 Tournament of Champions victory, provide for himself some “vindication”.
The Check-Raise is perhaps one of the more defiant moves a player can make in poker, often representing an aggressive attempt to take control of a hand in which one hadn’t previously had the lead. It is hard not to view Check-Raising the Devil as a similarly bold gesture by Matusow, a manner of taking charge of the hand he’s been dealt.
Professional card player and certified poker hottie, Liz Lieu, was born August 2nd, 1974 in Vietnam. Due to her style and elegance, many throughout the gambling world refer to her as the “Poker Diva.” An aggressive player, Liz has captured wins in both limit and no limit games, and she’s one of the 20 top female earners in poker history.
Liz Lieu – The Girl
When she was a year old, Liz’s family moved from Vietnam to the United States and settled in Colorado. While her parents worked hard to provide for Liz and her older sister, the youngest Lieu daughter was slowly developing a love for card games. In fact, she was playing Chinese Poker with friends by the age of 13.
By the time she was 18, Liz was already making money from cards, as she and a friend started a home game by spreading hold’em and pai gow tiles. While the business venture was short-lived, it demonstrated to Liz just how profitable poker could be.
A Bankroll and a Dream
When her father suffered a heart attack, Liz convinced both of her parents to retire and enjoy their remaining years. In return, Liz vowed to provide for them by playing poker.
So Liz Lieu journeyed to Las Vegas with a respectable bankroll and started playing in the $80-$160 limit Texas Hold’em cash games. As time went on, she played for increasingly larger stakes, but then a setback nearly caused her to go broke.
Luckily, best friend John Phan supported her through this rough patch and helped encourage her to rebuild her bankroll. These days, Liz haunts the cash games at places like the Bellagio, often playing for $400-$800 limits.
Liz Lieu Poker Tournaments
In 2005, John Phan talked Liz into entering the $1,500 No-limit Hold’em event at the World Series of Poker. While not her primary game, Liz ended up finishing in fifth place and taking home over $168,000 in prize money. During that WSOP, she placed 12th in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event and also finished in the money in the $3,000 tournament.
Later that year, she placed fourth in the $2,500 No-limit Hold’em event at the Bellagio Festa Al Lago tournament. She also placed 16th in two other events, taking home over $80,000 from the tournament. She would later finish in the top 10 at the Diamond World Poker Classic, World Poker Finals and Gold Strike World Poker Open.
In 2006, her first tournament win came in the $1,000 Limit Hold’em event at the L.A. Poker Classic. The following year, she once again placed first in the event.
In 2007, she placed in the money twice at the APPT Macau tournament, taking home over $60,000. Liz Lieu also finished in the money at the $2,500 No-limit Hold’em event during the 2008 World Series of Poker.
To date, she has earned over $1M in live tournament play. She has also done well in big money cash games, which still remain her major passion. Liz keeps homes in both Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and she supports her father in Vietnam and her mother in L.A.
Donations to Charity
Liz donates 20% of her winnings to charity (way to go, Liz!). She is especially fond of giving back to those less fortunate in her birth country of Vietnam, but she also donates money to help find a cure for Multiple Sclerosis.
Liz Lieu- Chilipoker Girl In Demand
In 2007, Liz signed on to act as an ambassador for Chilipoker. She appears in their ads and encourages others to play there. In addition, Liz’s status as a poker hottie has been validated by her appearance on the following magazine covers: Deal, American Poker Player, Maxim’s Total Poker, Woman Poker Player, Poker Player, World Poker Tour, Maximal Flush Poker, Pro Europe Poker Pro.
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Liz Lieu Hobbies and Interests
When she’s not donating to charity or playing poker, Liz enjoys shopping, dancing and spending time with friends and family. The most common types of music found on her iPod are hip-hop, r & b and house. She’s also fond of going out on the town with her girlfriends, and seven of them once racked up an $8,600 bill at an exclusive Vegas nightclub.
Liz Lieu- Maxim Magazine Bikini Girl
In 2007 Liz Lieu appeared in a cover of Maxim. She has also published sexy bikini photos at her website (lizlieu.net) or at her myspace profile (myspace.com/lizlieu).
Liz Lieu’s Style of Play
Liz plays an ultra-aggressive style of play, and she prefers limit for cash games and no-limit for tournaments. Liz likes to take control pre-flop, and she believes that the flop is the most important bet in the no-limit game.
In the big money games, Liz is on record as saying that you have to play the players more than the cards. She also stresses that it’s vital to know who you’re playing against and adjust your game accordingly.
Thanks to Poker Hotties for this great profile on Liz. For bios on all your favorite poker girls, visit www.PokerHotties.com
20-year old Viktor Blom is Isildur1- the online poker protegy currently causing havoc with Phil Ivey, Patrik Antonius, & Tom Dwan at the Full Tilt Poker Tables (and we thought Tom Dwan and Joe Cada were youngsters).
Viktor Blom is a 20 year old poker pro from Rånäs, Stockholms län, Sweden. He started playing poker under the screen name of blom90 on the Ipoker network and Party Poker. Viktor is alleged to have deposited $2000.00 on Ipoker and ran it up to $1.5 million in 2 weeks with his hyper aggressive style. He was 18 at the time.
Viktor started his run on the Ipoker network and has since migrated to Full Tilt Poker to take on the best in the world. Viktor not only played with the pros, but started an epic poker match in an attempt to reign supreme over the Full Tilt team members who play the highest stakes. He signed up under the name of Isildur1.
Viktor started by taking about $3 million off of Tom Dwan aka Durrrr. After that, Patrik Antonius took on isildur1 and won the largest pot in online history off of him and about 2.5 million. Viktor wasn’t discouraged at all, the next evening he not only played Tom Dwan and Patrik Antonus, but added Phil Ivey to the mix, playing all of them on a total of 8 screens at once! Phil Ivey took over a million off of isildur1 in a couple of hours. Patrik and Durrrr both lost money off of him but were gaining ground.
Viktor is relentless, hyper aggressive, and capable of making 15k calls with K high on scary boards.His favorite move is to Overbet–His second favorite move is to bluff reraise all in on the river, strong or air. Viktor is playing millions of hands, and is sure to become a dominating force in the poker world. Blom is currently nominated for Rookie of the Year at the Scandinavian Awards for Swedish players. If his domination of the online pros continues, he’s is sure to get signed by a major poker room over the next few months.
It’s no surprise that Vanessa Rousso is the most searched item on the blog this month, with her win at EPT Monte Carlo High Roller Event and her marriage to poker pro Chad Brown. Given your insatiable desire for information about Ms. Rousso, I thought I’d prepare a profile. Hope you enjoy.
Vanessa Rousso Nickname: Lady Maverick DOB: 2/5/1983 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nevada
A dual French-American citizen (born in New York), Vanessa spent much of her early years living in her father’s homeland of Paris, France. By three she was reading and communicating in both American English and French. When she was 9 years old, her parents split and she moved to Florida, USA with her mother.
In 2001, Vanessa began her studies on full scholarship at Duke University, later graduating with honours. In her free time however,she studied Game theory, strategy and actively played Chess, Backgammon, and Poker online. Despite the busy and often chaotic schedule, Vanessa received her Economics degree in 2.5 years, and went on to study Law at the University of Miami. Not that any of this should surprise anyone who has ever played a hand or two of Poker with her.
So what exactly is Game theory? Basically, it teaches how to apply complex math-based decision making strategies to everyday life. Couple that knowledge with a lifelong love of games and it seems a natural fit that Vanessa would wind up as a professional poker player.
At the U of M Vanessa found herself in a great position. By that time, she was legally able to play in land based casino’s and she began to exploit this. She played at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino every opportunity she had. During her first summer break in Law School, she entered her first major tournament event. Doing so she managed to cash in 7th place at the World Series of Poker Circuit Event in New Orleans.
This significant accomplishment landed Vanessa a place in the record books as the youngest woman to cash at a final table in the WSOP circuit events. Keeping her WSOP success alive, she cased for more than $2,000 in the WSOP No Limit Holdem Ladies event. (What a way to break from studying Law, playing your way into the history books, and building an incredible bankroll to boot).
The following summer she found herself again at a Harrah’s Casino for a WSOP circuit event, this time in Atlantic City. This time she finished in 5th place, cashing in well for her time. Some gossip it was due to the bathrobe she wore to the poker events, but at the final table, it was obvious that it was her skill that brought in the bankroll, not her beauty.
At this point, Rousso was inspired and focused on being a part of the 5-Star World Poker Classic held anuually at the Las Vegas Bellagio. Being short of funds for the $25,000 registration fee, she began selling shares in herself and success, $1,000 at a time, until she reached her goal. By the time she registered she realized there was a major schedule conflict with a crucial class. The day of the event open, Vanessa attended class the left straight for the airport, arriving a mere 3 hours late, only losing 5% of her chip stack to the blinds. That alone was an incredible accomplishment, but she didn’t stop there.
In her first hand, Vanessa went head to head with the very skillful ChiliPoker Pro Liz Lieu, and by the end of the round she doubled her chip stack. This only steadied her pace to the final table, where she finished 7th cashing in more than $260,000.
PokerNews.com interviews Vanessa during the 2008 No Limit Hold’em event
Vanessa is no dumb blond, but rather one smart cookie.
Adding to her already incredible achievements, Rousso followed her success with another the following year, this time repeating her strides with the World Poker Tour (WPT) Season of events.
She brought in her first live tournament victory in the Borgata Poker Open. As part of Team PokerStars Pros she entered the World Championship of Poker main event, cashing a solid $700,000 dollars, proving she was one of the top poker women in the world. In 2008 she was featured earn in the series Poker After Dark, where she also brought home first place before an audience of millions watching on television.
In March 2009 Vanessa added another big result to her varied resume, this time in the discipline of heads-up poker. At the star-studded NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Vanessa played through a field of 64 of the world’s best players to reach the final, where she placed second for a cash of $250,000.
Fresh from that score Vanessa went to Monte Carlo for the EPT Grand Final with high hopes of more success. Rousso didn’t disappoint, recording her biggest ever cash, winning the €25,000 High Roller Event for €720,000 – a victory made sweeter by the fact she beat 78 of the world’s best players in a star-studded tournament.
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On a personal side, Vanessa has achieved all of these major accomplishments while attending Law School full time, with the intent and desire to graduate. It’s no wonder why she has received the title Lady Maverick.
When Vanessa isn’t playing, she somehow manages to find time for many hobbies. Describing herself as something of an adrenaline junkie, she regularly goes skydiving and bungee jumping. Meet Vanessa’s Family (Mom & Sisters are Hot too!)
Rumor has it that Vanessa and boyfriend PokerStars Pro Chad Brown recently eloped (sorry, guys) while en route to the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. Both Brown and Rousso are Team PokerStars Pros, making them the first married couple to be featured on the same major online poker team. Rousso, who was already having an amazing year which included being featured in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, getting sponsored by GoDaddy.com, and coming in second in the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, put an exclamation mark on the marriage and the trip, by winning the EPT High Rollers event a few weeks later- the biggest cash of her career.
Chad Brown on Playing with Girlfriend (now wife) Vanessa Rousso
Vanessa Rousso Career Highlights
WPT $25,000 No-Limit Championship April 2006 7th $263,625
WSOP $5,000 Shorthanded No Limit Hold’em July 2006 8th $61,955
WPT Borgata Open $5,000 No Limit Hold’em September 2006 1st $285,450
Ultimate Poker Challenge Championship Event March 2007 2nd $65,863
PokerStars WCOOP No Limit Hold’em Main Event October 2007 2nd $700,782
Poker After Dark ‘Gus and the Girls’ Episode January 2008 1st $120,000
EPT Monte Carlo €2,000 No Limit Hold’em April 2008 4th $54,116
PokerStars WCOOP $1,050 FLHE September 2008 3rd $59,450
WPT Southern Poker Championship January 2009 7th $79,117
NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship March 2009 2nd $250,000
EPT Grand Final €25K High Roller May 2009 1st $946,696
Vanessa is a member of Team PokerStars Pro and can be found playing in the biggest tournaments, using the screen name “Lady Maverick”. For more information, visit www.vanessarousso.com.
Liz Lieu may be small in stature, but don’t let that fool you. She is one of the most formidable poker players on the pro circuit today. Check out this “Inside the Poker Mind” Interview of Liz with Amanda Leatherman– then watch Liz on PartyPoker’s Premier League Tournament) (below)
Viktor Blom is a 20 year old poker pro from Rånäs, Stockholms län, Sweden. He started playing poker under the screen name of blom90 on the Ipoker network and Party Poker. Viktor is alleged to have deposited $2000.00 on Ipoker and ran it up to $1.5 million in 2 weeks with his hyper aggressive style. He was 18 at the time. 
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