Vanessa Rousso was born in White Plains, New York,
     but grew up in France until the age of 10.  She retains
     a duel US and French citizenship.  At the age of 10
     Rousso returned to the US, where she graduated as
     her high school valedictorian, holding a perfect 4.0
     GPA, and went on to graduate Duke University with
     a BA in economics in 2.5 years.  Rousso's high
     school, college, and other extra-poker activities is
     a comprehensive list of accomplishments, such as
     member of the National Honor Society, debate team,
     Lacrosse, French Honor Society, violinist, chess
     player, swim club, and a volunteer for Mothers
     Against Drunk Driving.

  Rousso started playing poker online before she was old enough to play in the casinos.
  In 2004, at the age of 21, living in Miami, she began playing sit and goes at the Hard
  Rock Hotel and Casino, and began to build her bankroll that way.  Her first
  professional win came in 2005, in Las Vegas, at the WSOP Ladies 1,000$ NL
  tournament, in which she finished 45th out of a field of over 600.  In 2006 she placed
  fifth in the WSOP 1,500$ NL Poker event at Harrah's, in Atlantic City.  At the time this
  made her the youngest female to ever make a final table at WSOP circuit event.
  Later in 2006 she had her first big money win, placing 7th at the WPT 25,000$ NL
  championship event, for a prize of 261,000$.  In 2007 she placed 2nd in the World
  Championship of Online Poker Main Event, earning a little over 700,000$.

  Recently Rousso has had two big wins.  The first was a second place finish to Huck
  Seed at the National Head's Up Championship, in which she defeated Doyle Brunson,
  Phil Ivey, Paul Wasicka, and Danielle Negreanu to get there, an amazing feat.  Then
  in May 2009 she won the Monte Carlo High Rollers for a 1st prize of 740,000$.

  Rousso is a spokesperson both for PokerStars and Godaddy.Com.  She has been on
  the cover of Sports Illustrated, and also featured in Maxim magazine.  In 2009 she
  married professional poker player Chad Brown, who also plays for PokerStars.  
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