Vanessa Rousso was born in White Plains, New York and has dual citizenship in the U.S.A. and France. Despite the fact that she was born in New York, she spent her early years in Paris, in her father’s nativeland.
When her parents split-up, Vanessa Rousso went with her mother from France to Florida. She found herself to be popular and a hard-hitting at school and involved herself in sports, including swimming and lacrosse, as well as developing her mental craft as part of the school debate team.
Vanessa Rousso started to play poker when she was 5 years old. And now that she was legally permitted to gamble in a casino, she began to take the chance at the local Seminole Hard Rock Casino.
With a self-possession that comes from increasing bankroll, she cross the threshold her first major tournament during her first summer holiday from law school.
A 7th placed in the World Series of Poker circuit event at Harrah’s in New Orleans making her the youngest woman ever to make a WSOP circuit final table.