A Look At The Women Still In Contention At 2012 World Series of Poker Main EventFour Women Remain Among Final 78 |
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There were only 211 women who entered the 2012 World Series of Poker main event, making up 3.2 percent of the 6,895 total entrants.
Incredibly, here on the penultimate day of the summer, there are still four women in contention, two of whom currently reside in the top 10.
With 78 players remaining in the tournament, here is a look at ladies battling it out for the title of last woman standing.
Gaelle Baumann
Hometown: ?, France
Age: 29
Profession: Poker Player
Experience: 5 years
Poker Accomplishments:
Cashed in 2012 EPT Grand Final
Two cashes at 2012 WSOP, including 15th-place finish in Ladies Championship
On Being The Last Woman Standing:
“I don’t care about being the last woman in the tournament. I just want to win it all.”
Elisabeth Hille
Hometown: Bergen, Norway
Age: 26
Profession: Waitress
Experience: 4 years
Poker Accomplishments:
Won her local home game
Made day 3 of 2011 WSOP main event
On Being The Last Woman Standing:
“It would definitely be a major accomplishment, but I’m already happy that I’ve gotten this far. I hope that my finish would motivate other women to take up the game.”
Marcy Topp
Hometown: Desert Hot Springs, CA
Age: 53
Profession: RV Traveler
Experience: 5 years
Poker Accomplishments:
Won Women’s Poker Championship at Cacade’s Casino in British Columbia
Was 1 of 15 players who earned their entry into 2012 WSOP main event on SouthPoint Poker online site
On Being The Last Woman Standing:
“It would mean that I could officially call myself a poker pro.”
Vanessa Selbst
Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Age: 28
Profession: Poker Player
Experience: 8 years
Poker Accomplishments:
$5.3 Million in tournament earnings
Won two WSOP bracelets
Won back-to-back NAPT titles
On Being The Last Woman Standing:
“As long as it means that I’ve won the tournament, being the last woman standing would be the greatest feeling in the world.”
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Comments
SawItOff
10 months ago
Just a comment on Marcy Top's answer about being the last woman standing. Why would she be able to call herself a pro if she was the last woman standing? I think the term pro is way overused. If there is someone who is financially stable (Roy Winston, Jen Tilly etc.) prior to winning a tournament, they are still just an amateur. Being a professional at something means that you earn the lion share of your money from said profession. James Woods, Tobey McGuire and Norm Macdonald are all solid players, but no matter how much money they won from poker, they could never be considered professional poker players.To me it just seems people are dying to call themselves pros before they truly understand what it really means. Sorry, rant over.
idun215
10 months ago
i think we need to do a back story on a Elizabeth Hille. A waitress plays the 10K main event and shes from a Different country and nobody finds this suspicious? Did she win a seat or something?
SawItOff
10 months ago
@idun215
I was thinking about that too. The only thing I can come up with is that maybe she won a seat through some local satellite. My friends and I do a monthly $100 mtt 5 times to send people to the Main Event. In her bio it does say "won her local homegame". So maybe thats how she got in.
mtcards
10 months ago
Well, I see two women.