Vanessa Selbst wins 3rd WSOP bracelet

LAS VEGAS -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst has become only the second woman to win three bracelets with a victory in the World Series of Poker Event #2, $25,000 Mixed Max Event. She won $871,148 in a highly regarded final table which included former World Championship of Online Poker Main Event winner J.C. Tran.

After winning, Selbst said, "There’s no feeling like having your first gold bracelet. But there’s no feeling like having your third, either. They’re all pretty incredible."

This victory coincides with being featured in the current issue of Time Magazine in a profile of Rafa Nadal. Selbst defeated Nadal in a heads up poker match in Monte Carlo recently.