Event 15 - $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship | 2008 World Series of Poker

06-10-2008 12:49 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 4, Svetlana Gromenkova (553,000)

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Born in Russia, Svetlana Gromenkova now calls New York City home. Undoubtedly the most experienced player at the table, Gromenkova has nearly $140,000 in career tournament earnings. Most recently, she finished seventh in the U.S. Poker Championships main event at the Taj in Atlantic City and cashed in the $10K buy-in main event of the 2008 L.A. Poker Classic. Gromenkova has also made four final tables in limit hold’em events at the Bicycle Casino’s Legends of Poker and at the Borgata Winter Open. She also cashed in this event last year, finishing 27th. This is her fourth WSOP cash and her first final table.

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06-10-2008 12:47 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 3, Marla Crumpler (163,000)

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Marla Crumpler is a financial planner from Ft. Lauderdale , FL. Though this is her first recorded cash in a major live tournament, she can often be found playing $5-$10 no-limit cash games at the Hard Rock Seminole Casino in nearby Hollywood, FL. A mother of twins, this is Crumpler’s second year at the WSOP.

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06-10-2008 12:46 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 2, Roslyn Quarto (73,000)

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Roz Quarto has her work cut out for her, arriving at today’s final table as the short stack. An attorney from Edison, NJ, Quarto has made five final tables in live events, her biggest finish coming in second at the 2006 WSOP-Circuit Ladies event in Atlantic City. Notably, Quarto ran the 1994 Gay Games sports festival in New York City, which was attended by over 15,000 athletes from 50 countries. This is her third year playing in the WSOP and her first cash.

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06-10-2008 12:45 UTC-7

Final Table Bios: Seat 1, Patty Till (312,000)

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Patty Till is no stranger to the final table of a ladies tournament. She finished 2nd at the WSOP-Circuit Ladies Event at Caesars Indiana just two months ago, besting her 17th-place finish in the same event two years prior. A medical device sales rep, Till hails from Avon, IN, where she lives with her husband Rob and her three children. Like last year's champion Sally Anne Boyer, Till is a recent graduate of the WSOP Women’s Academy, led by Annie Duke, and those lessons are surely paying dividends for her right about now. This is her third year playing in the WSOP and her first cash.

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06-10-2008 04:50 UTC-7

Gromenkova Leads Final; 2pm PDT Kickoff

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Svetlana Gromenkova will lead the way as the nine surviving women from an original field of 1,190 players return on Tuesday for the final of Event #15, $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship. The seating assignments, home towns, and starting chip counts are as follows:

Seat 4: Svetlana Gromenkova (New York , New York) 553,000
Seat 7: Christine Priday (Denver, Colorado) 448,000
Seat 1: Patty Till (Avon, Indiana) 312,000
Seat 6: Debbie Mitchell (Miramar, Florida) 224,000
Seat 5: Sue Porter (Houston, Texas) 211,000
Seat 8: Yesenia Garcia (Modesto, California) 210,000
Seat 9: Anh Le (San Jose, California) 191,000
Seat 3: Marla Crumpler (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) 163,000
Seat 2: Roslyn Quarto (Edison, New Jersey) 73,000

Action gets underway at 2pm PDT from the Amazon Room.

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