Team PokerStars Pro Selbst Takes Down EPT10 Prague PLO Championship
She’s done it again! For the second time in a row, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst has arrived early at an EPT and won a major tourney before the Main Event even starts. At EPT London in October, Selbst won the UKIPT High Roller for €67,499 after defeating a 177-strong field, including UKIPT Dublin champion Max Silver heads-up.
Now here in Prague, she has taken down the €5k EPT10 PLO Championship for €100,700 after defeating a 71-strong field that included opponents such as Fabrice Soulier and Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden.
Nine players were paid as below:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Vanessa Selbst | USA | €100,700 |
| 2nd | Sam Greenwood | Canada | €72,300 |
| 3rd | Nadar Kakhmazov | Russia | €47,300 |
| 4th | Niko Soinnen | Finland | €35,200 |
| 5th | Kory Kilpatrick | USA | €27,500 |
| 6th | Michael Fosco | USA | €21,300 |
| 7th | Francisco Izquierdo | Spain | €16,900 |
| 8th | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | €13,100 |
| 9th | Sampo Ryynanen | Finland | €10,050 |
Very few players have done as well as Selbst in 2013 — which has proven to be her second-best year with more than $2.5 million in winnings.
The outstanding year she is having began back in January when she proposed to her girlfriend, Miranda, and then went on to win the $25,000 High Roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) for over $1.4 million, becoming the female all-time money earner.
She followed that up with a fourth-place finish in the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller for $380,656 in May; and runner-up in the World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open in September.
For more on Selbst, and how she feels about her tremendous year, check out the recent interview she did with PokerNews.