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Vanessa Selbst Wins NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event

Twenty five year old Vanessa Selbst outlasted a field of 715 players in the main event of the North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun Main Event. Selbst earned her biggest win ever after she claimed the $750,000 first place prize.

The final table was tough as it consisted of Mike Beasley, Michael Woods, Alistar Melville, Cliff Josephy, Derek Raymond, Jonathan Aguiar and Scott Seiver. Beasley held the chip lead but was followed close by Selbst when final table play began.

Selbst was on fire during the tournament as she held the chip lead for two days and then knocked out three of her competitors at the final table. With the win Selbst became the first woman ever to win a North American Poker Tour event. She also brought her career winnings up to well over $1 million with the win.

Since Beasley and Selbst held such massive chip leads it looked as though they would be making it to heads up play. The first to go from the final table was Jonathan Aguiar who was eliminated by Michael Woods. Cliff Josephy would go next after going up against Derek Raymond.

Raymond would not celebrate long as he would be the next to go after going against Selbst. Alistar Melville would then go out in fifth after taking on Beasley. Scott Seiver would be next eliminated by Mike Woods and then Woods would be eliminated by Selbst to go out in third.

This would leave Selbst and Beasley to compete in heads up play, just as expected. Selbst continued her domination of the game by winning the tournament in just seven hands. It was a sweet victory for Selbst as she had taken time off to finish her studies in civil rights law at Yale Law School.

Final Results:
1st: Vanessa Selbst (USA) – $750,000
2nd: Michael Beasley, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $428,000
3rd: Michael Woods (USA) – $240,000
4th: Scott Seiver, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $190,000
5th: Alistar “Al” Melville (Canada) – $150,000
6th: Derek Raymond, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $115,000
7th: Cliff “JohnnyBax” Josephy, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $85,000
8th: Jonathan “FatalError” Aguiar, PokerStars.net Player (USA) – $60,244