Seat 2: Vanessa Selbst -- 136,000
What a year it's been for Vanessa Selbst, and we're not even a full month in! Earlier in January she got engaged, and then she immediately followed that up by defeating a field of 204 players to win the 2013 PCA $25,000 High Roller title for $1,424,420. That win also thrust her ahead of Kathy Liebert and made her the all-time female money winner with $7,004,036 in career earning.
The 28-year-old law graduate from the United States finished fourth in the £20,000 High Roller event at 2010 EPT London, which is one of fourteen six-figure scores or more on her résumé. Selbst of course won both NAPT Main Events held at Mohegan Sun in 2010 and 2011, earning a total of $1.2 million, and she took down the 2010 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event, pocketing $1,823,430.
Selbst is looking to continue her hot start to 2013, but she faces an uphill battle as she begins the final table fifth in chips and only four get paid. With that said, she finds ways to win, so we wouldn't be surprised if she notched her third Aussie Millions score (the other two came back in 2010).