Men definitely outweigh women in the poker industry when it comes to the number of players competing but this past week was dominated by top female pros when it comes to wins! Both Vanessa Selbst and Melanie Weisner earned first place wins at major events and Weisner’s win would mark her very first, live first place finish!
Let’s start with Vanessa Selbst. Selbst competed in the Bellagio Festa al Lago $5k no limit hold’em event and outlasted a top field of competitors which included Daniel Negreanu, Dan Shak, Andrew Lichtenberger and many more. The details of the tournament are few and far between but Negreanu took to his Twitter account to inform fans of the event.
According to Negreanu, Selbst earned a strong chip lead after taking down Chris Bjorin with pocket Queens against Bjorin’s pocket aces. Selbst got a Queen on the river to gain a large chip lead with 840,000 and she would enter three handed play against Justin Young and Negreanu. Negreanu would go out in third after losing with A-7 against Young’s pocket 10s. Selbst would then easily take care of Young and win the $90,000 first place prize.
Selbst took to her own Twitter account to comment on the win by stating: “Thanks everyone for the congrats. To all asking, 90k for first. Feel very fortunate, ran great to beat a rly tough final table.”
On to Weisner. Weisner competed in the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em Six-Handed event at the World Poker Tour Emperors Palace Poker Classic. This event took place in South Africa in Johannesburg and Weisner was able to defeat Lucien Cohen in heads up play to win the first place prize, her first ever live win!
Weisner outlasted the 133 player field to win just over $41,000 and was congratulated by pros, including Selbst. Selbst stated on her Twitter account: “Very happy for @melanieweisner for shipping her first live tourney win. A great day for women in poker!”
Both wins took place on the 21st; the day was definitely a great day in poker for women!
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