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'''Vanessa Ashley Rousso'''<ref name=name>{{cite web|url=http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?27990760054|title=F.E.C. Image|publisher=[[Federal Election Commission]]|date=December 31, 2007|access-date=October 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824063244/http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?27990760054|archive-date=August 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> (born February 5, 1983) is a French-American attorney and professional [[poker]] player, attorney,<ref name=SS2>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.miami.edu/spotlight/2005.php |title=Student Spotlights 2005 |access-date=May 9, 2009 |publisher=[[University of Miami School of Law]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104045536/http://www.law.miami.edu/spotlight/2005.php |archive-date=January 4, 2009 }}</ref> [[disc jockey|DJ]],<ref name=SS3>{{cite web|url=http://www.gambling911.com/poker/poker-pro-turned-singer-dj-vanessa-rousso-release-first-single-kiss-face-.html |title=Poker Pro Turned Singer, DJ Vanessa Rousso to Release First Single 'Kiss Face' |access-date=May 30, 2018 |publisher=Costigan Media}}</ref> and television personality. Born in [[White Plains, New York|White Plains]], New York, Rousso holds [[Multiple citizenship|dual citizenship]] with the United States and France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://videos.godaddy.com/vanessa_photo.aspx|title=Vanessa Rousso: Team Pokestars Pro & Go Daddy Girl|access-date=May 10, 2009|publisher=[[GoDaddy.com]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090401145117/http://videos.godaddy.com/vanessa_photo.aspx|archive-date=April 1, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Rousso was a member of [[Team PokerStars]] from 2006 to 2015, with the online name Lady Maverick, and was a spokesman for [[GoDaddy.com]] from 2009 to 2013. She has earned money as a professional poker player since 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pokerpages.com/players/profiles/62436/vanessa-rousso.htm|title=Vanessa Rousso|access-date=May 5, 2009|publisher=PokerPages.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150308202941/http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/vanessa-rousso.htm|archive-date=March 8, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reviewjournal.com/doug-elfman/world-series-poker-shows-vegas-its-best|title=World Series of Poker shows Vegas at its best|access-date=May 5, 2009|date=June 2, 2008|work=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|author=Elfman, Doug}}</ref><ref name=FWVNPPISSE>{{cite web|url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:NewsBank:SFLB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=12655C7FB953E740&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB579A3BDA420|title=Former Wellington Valedictorian, Now Poker Player, In SI Swimsuit Edition|access-date=May 5, 2009|date=February 11, 2009|work=[[Sun Sentinel]]|author=Sortal, Nick}}</ref>
Between 2005 and 2011, Rousso finished [[Poker jargon#I|in the money]] in numerous live poker events and accumulated nearly $3.5 million, but has been less active since, earning just $83,000 in live tournaments between 2012 and 2017.<ref name="mob">{{cite web|url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=43135|title=HendonMob Tournament Results|access-date=October 28, 2017|publisher=TheHendonMob.com}}</ref> She has placed in the money seventeen times at the [[World Series of Poker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=4513|title=Vanessa Rousso|publisher=Wsop.com}}</ref> In 2007, she won over $700,000 with a second-place finish in the main event of the [[World Championship of Online Poker]]. {{As of|2021|September}}, having not cashed at a tournament since 2017, Rousso still ranks among the top ten women in poker history in terms of all-time money winnings.<ref name=WATML>{{cite web |url=http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/137 |title=Women's All Time Money List - Top 13,752 |access-date=September 15, 2021 |publisher=[[The Hendon Mob]]}}</ref>
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