Aaron Been and Vanessa Rousso Altercation
Poker Player’s Aaron Been and Vanessa Rousso got into a little altercation yesterday in the $2500 No Limit Holdem (6-Person) event at the 2007 WSOP. The problem started at the poker table when Rousso tried to slow play her hand and got caught when her opponent hit trip 10s. After thinking it over for around 4 minutes, Rousso eventually laid the hand down.
The accounts of what happened next are up for debate as both players tell a slightly different side to the story, but essentially Aaron Been had to let Rousso know what he thought of how she played the hand.
According to Been, some of the things he said included, “that she misplayed every street and could not have played the hand worse. I probably said she played terribly as well. Guilty as charged.”
About 30 minutes later, Rousso was eliminated from the tournament. The altercation did not end there. According to Rousso, she “randomly ran into Aaron a few hours later in the hall of the Rio” with her boyfriend Chad Brown.
Brown demanded an apology from Been. According to Been, “[Brown] wanted to fight but that didn’t seem like a good idea so i walked away”.
That was the end of the live altercation, but it has now been moved online over at 2+2 poker. The two are arguing back and forth about what really happened.
Here is Vanessa Rousso’s account of the events.
Here is Aaron Been’s account of the events.
