Team PokerStars Pro player Vanessa Rousso has revealed in her latest blog that she is to appear in the famed Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. She will be the first female poker star to grace the pages of SI and, yes, she will be in a bikini.Described by many as the hottest thing in poker, Vanessa has fulfilled many a sweaty boy's dream by becoming one of those rare breeds - a good looking lass in poker. Although her gender provides the springboard, Vanessa is undoubtedly a clever girl, currently studying Law in her home state of Florida after obtaining a major in economics. She's also a genuine poker fanatic rather than a Paris Hilton jobby, picking up the game at the tender age of five and waiting patiently for her legal chance to pounce.
Over the years Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue has helped make the careers of famous supermodels such as Marisa Miller and Elle McPherson while also drawing lots of mainstream attention by getting tennis starlets Anna Kournikova and Maria Sharapova to strip off in recent years. Rousso's inclusion is a great coup for both PokerStars and the poker world in general, allowing a worldwide audience to see one of the game's best female players like they've never seen her before.
Destined to be an eternal presence on our screens, Vanessa is currently courting fellow player Chad Brown, a relationship that puts the former actor in severe danger of being snipered by a number of horny teenage boys, especially once her issue is released in a few months time.
courtesy of Poker Player Magazine