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Introduction : Gaelle Baumann Biographie
Gaelle Bauman is a French professional poker player and is seen as a role model for the female poker community.
Personal Life, Parents and Family Details :
- Gaelle was born on 26 April 1983 in Strasbourg, France.
- She is the only girl in her family and has 2 older brothers.
- Raised in a small village, she was very involved in the town goings-on and participated in many fetes and charity events.
Education and Poker Training :
- After graduating high school top of her class, Gaelle attended a university in Paris where she obtained a Master’s degree in literature and languages.
- She decided to focus on improving her English skills, so after graduating, she relocated to Perth, Australia.
- She has called her time in Australia ‘the time of her life’ and has described the beach lifestyle she had there as perfection.
- It was during her time in Perth that she began learning to play Poker.
Gaelle Baumann Net Worth & Professional Career :
- While attending a house party in Perth in 2007, Gaelle learned the basic rules of poker.
- From that time until 2010, she participated in cash tournaments. In late 2010, after returning home to France, she caught the eye of the Limpers Team, who are a group of professional poker players. They were impressed and gave her free tutoring of the game so as to launch her to their level.
- Around this time, she also began competing online, under the handle of O RLY.
- In 2012, she received a sponsorship deal with Winamax reportedly worth $100,000. The deal required her to play as their representative but also to relocate to Malta. As a big travel fan, she immediately accepted the sponsorship.
- Between 2007 and 2016, she has estimated that she has earned around $1.9 million playing poker.
WSOP Events :
- From 1995 to 2012, the WSOP Main Event Final Table was considered a no-female zone as they had never had a female competitor make it to the final 12.
- However, the series in 2012 was considered controversial as two women (one of them being Gaelle) made it to the final round.
- This sparked outrage from the conservatives in the poker community, while the female community saw it to be a massive win for them.
- Gaelle spoke of the event stating that it was not her attention to be a role model for women in poker, but it was a nice added bonus.
- She ended up placing in 10th place in the tournament.
- Other unnamed competitors have stated that she only made it that far due to WSOP wanting a pretty girl at the table, but she answered that by offering them to verse her at poker if they really wanted to see what she was made of.
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