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Rumors have already been circulating in the past few days, but on the 30th June it became official, that David Williams and Vanessa Selbst have signed a contract with PokerStars.
PokerStars published its official announcement on Wednesday, in which they confirm to have signed two well-known poker players to their pro team, David Williams and Vanessa Selbst. Williams used to play for Bodog Poker, but he broke up his contract this year, after winning the Main Event of the WPT World Poker Classic, which earned him $1,530,537.
When Williams appeared at the PokerStars VIP Party (along with Selbst), speculations had already started.
During his career, Williams has collected almost $8 million in live tournament winnings. He also plays online under the nickname RugDoctor and his biggest online success was winning WCOOP’s Event #42, paying $107,000.
Vanessa ’fslexcduck’ Selbst is one of the best female poker players. She won the $1500 PLO Event at the 2008 WSOP ($227,933) and has numerous other first place finishes. Her biggest hit so far was winning the first place of the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event ($750,000).
Her total live career winnings make $1,672,855. Selbst is a coach at DeucesCracked, where she will still continue tutoring.
The two poker players have joined a team at PokerStars that includes Daniel Negreanu, Bertrand ’Elky’ Grospellier, Barry Greenstein and Gavin Griffin.