Tracking open events, 2010 may indeed end up as the “Year of the Women” in tournament poker. After a very successful showing in open tournaments thus far this year, the ladies are looking to continue their early-season success by doing well at this year’s World Series of Poker. With 21-year-old Annette Obrestad, (the inaugural winner of WSOP Europe in 2007) set to make her Las Vegas WSOP debut, the focus on the females has never been greater.

Vanessa Selbst was the last woman to win a WSOP open event, in 2008, when she captured Event #19, the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament and its $227,933 first place prize.

If the women remain hot in 2010, here are some key results from the 40-year history of the WSOP involving females in open events. Here are the career WSOP record-holders in OPEN bracelets, cashes and earnings.

TOP 10 WSOP WOMEN MONEY EARNERS
Annette Obrestad $2,013,102
Annie Duke $1,134,222
Kathy Liebert $971,342
Cyndy Violette $841,333
Jennifer Harman-Traniello $742,926
Vanessa Selbst $605,897
Nani Dollison $600,515
Mimi Tran $430,531
Tiffany Williamson $400,000
Barbara Enright $397,539

WOMEN WITH AT LEAST 10 WSOP CASHES
Annie Duke 37
Kathy Liebert 28
Cyndy Violette 24
Jennifer Harman-Traniello 24
Mimi Tran 19
Barbara Enright 11

WOMEN WITH A WSOP BRACELET
Jennifer Harman-Traniello 2
Annette Obrestad 1
Annie Duke 1
Kathy Liebert 1
Cyndy Violette 1
Vanessa Selbst 1
Nani Dollison 1
Katja Thater 1
Linda Johnson 1
Jerri Thomas 1
Maria Stern 1
Starla Brodie 1
Vera Richmond 1
Donna Doman 1
Barbara Enright 1