The Vanessa Rousso Poker Phenomenon
Anyone who has ever played online poker, or at least read some poker related news, has undoubtedly heard of Vanessa Rousso at least once. Her name dominates the poker news portals noticeably. What is it exactly about her that has made her so popular?
Born in New York, this 27 year old girl was hired by PokerStars, the biggest online poker room on the planet (over 300,000+ users playing at any given time), to be their main spokes model/player. This happened for a couple reasons:
1) Having majored in economics in less than 2,5 years, and being a student of law, she is considered to be an extremely intelligent person.
2) With over 3,000,000 in poker winnings to her name, there is little doubt about Vanessa Rousso's poker skills.
3) She's a girl, and she's hot.
It is no coincidence, however, that they have chosen a girl for this role. Contrary to what most people think, it is possible that online poker will experience a collapse within as little as 5 years. This mostly has to do with all the poker legislation problems that are currently visible in most countries.
PokerStars is therefore trying very hardly to attract the attention of female poker players. They represent an untapped source of income, a gold mine that is waiting to be exploited. And here we have Vanessa Rousso [http://www.girlsinpoker.com/pictures/vanessa-rousso] -- a brainy, beautiful and very talented poker player. She makes a perfect role model for every aspiring poker female who might have been thinking of poker as a game meant only for guys. Women all around the world see the perfect woman in her.
With Vanessa's Big Slick Boot Camp (a poker course dedicated exclusivel to women), and various ladies-only tournaments being organized by PS, it certain that PokerStars will continue to leverage Rousso's image as aggressively as they have ever done.
Expect her to flood the news in 2011.
Born in New York, this 27 year old girl was hired by PokerStars, the biggest online poker room on the planet (over 300,000+ users playing at any given time), to be their main spokes model/player. This happened for a couple reasons:
1) Having majored in economics in less than 2,5 years, and being a student of law, she is considered to be an extremely intelligent person.
2) With over 3,000,000 in poker winnings to her name, there is little doubt about Vanessa Rousso's poker skills.
3) She's a girl, and she's hot.
It is no coincidence, however, that they have chosen a girl for this role. Contrary to what most people think, it is possible that online poker will experience a collapse within as little as 5 years. This mostly has to do with all the poker legislation problems that are currently visible in most countries.
PokerStars is therefore trying very hardly to attract the attention of female poker players. They represent an untapped source of income, a gold mine that is waiting to be exploited. And here we have Vanessa Rousso [http://www.girlsinpoker.com/pictures/vanessa-rousso] -- a brainy, beautiful and very talented poker player. She makes a perfect role model for every aspiring poker female who might have been thinking of poker as a game meant only for guys. Women all around the world see the perfect woman in her.
With Vanessa's Big Slick Boot Camp (a poker course dedicated exclusivel to women), and various ladies-only tournaments being organized by PS, it certain that PokerStars will continue to leverage Rousso's image as aggressively as they have ever done.
Expect her to flood the news in 2011.
