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There are few who would argue that Vanessa Selbst is the greatest female poker player of our time and she just proved it again. Selbst won her third World Series of Poker bracelet and that is huge for any poker player, regardless of one’s sex.
As noted by Jessica Welman and Nolan Dalla of WSOP.com:
The win is Selbst's third bracelet in as many games and ties her with Barbara Enright as the female with the most WSOP gold bracelets. It also pushes her total earnings over the $2 million mark and puts here within $75,000 of passing bracelet winner Annette Obrestad as the biggest female money earner in WSOP history. Moreover, this win puts Selbst in the front of the 2014 WSOP Player of the Year race, the first time a woman has ever held the top spot in the rankings.
"There’s no feeling like having your first gold bracelet," Selbst said immediately following her big win. "But there’s no feeling like having your third, either. They’re all pretty incredible."
"I understand why people want to talk about women and the achievements of women in history that way," she continued. "Obviously, I would like to be considered in a conversation for the best poker player, not just the best female poker player. I think I’m starting to get there and people are starting to recognize that."
- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com
