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

Event 15 - $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship

Day 1 Completed

06-09-2008 06:38 UTC-7

Official Day 1 Chip Counts Released

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Evelyn Ng sits just outside the top ten as Day 2 action resumes

After a late night's tabulation, the WSOP has released the official chip counts for the 61 surviving players in Event #15, $1,000 Ladies No-Limit World Championship. With the players already well inside the 99-spot money bubble, the overnight leader is Shavonne Mitchell at 94,000 chips. Here's how the overnight top ten stacks up:

Shavonne Mitchell 94,000
Alice Talbot 92,700
Roslyn Quarto 86,100
Olga Varkonyi 83,800
Christine Priday 82,900
Lisa Ahumada 74,100
Hoa Nguyen 71,800
Nancy Ricks 68,700
Tina Dubowy 67,900
Sue Porter 66,200

Tags: Evelyn Ng Shavonne Mitchell

06-09-2008 01:02 UTC-7

Day 1 Concludes, Play Resumes at 2 p.m. Tomorrow

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Kathy Liebert, going for her second final table this year

After 10 hours of play, 62 of the 1,190 runners in the $1,000 Ladies World Championship NLHE event remain in the field. Alice Talbot and Shavonne Mitchell sit at the top of the leaderboard with just over 90,000 chips each. Other notable players remaining in contention include Kathy Liebert, Olga Varkonyi, Linda Johnson, Evelyn Ng, Van Nguyen, Nancy Todd Tyner, Maria "Maridu' Maynrick and Amanda Leatherman.

Join us tomorrow at 2 p.m. PDT for continuing coverage of the Ladies' event. We'll play down to a final table of nine.

From the Rio in Las Vegas, that's a wrap!

06-09-2008 00:55 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations: 63rd-71st Place

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The following player won $3,032:

63. Lauren Failla

The following players won $2,707:

64. Adrienne Victory
65. Lauren Meador
66. Patricia Perkovich
67. Lona Rubenstein
68. Kate Doyle
69. Siew Bickell
70. Dana Reutter
71. Eileen Somerday
72. Giselle Dalka

06-09-2008 00:46 UTC-7

Shavonne Mitchell Busts Dana Reutter

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Shavonne Mitchell called a raise from Dana Reutter out of the big blind. The flop came {10-Spades}

and Mitchell checked over to Reutter. Reutter decided on a bet of 8,000 and shipped it into the middle. Mitchell called.

The turn was the {Q-Spades}

and Mitchell checked again to Reutter. This time Reutter fired all of her chips, 24,800. Mitchell thought for a while. She counted out the chips and then asked the dealer to make sure it was 24,800. The dealer nodded and Mitchell decided it was time to make the call. She did.

Mitchell: {10-Diamonds}

Reutter:

The river was the {4-Spades}

and Mitchell eliminated Reutter from the tournament. Mitchell's stack now sits around 91,000 and puts her among the chip leaders at the end of day one.

Tags: Dana Reutter Shavonne Mitchell

06-09-2008 00:46 UTC-7

Liina Vark Doubles Through Naomi Kershner

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Naomi Kershner limped from the small lbind and Liina Vark checked her option. The flop was {A-Clubs}

and both players checked. The turn was the {Q-Clubs}

. Vark checked, Kershner bet 2,500, Vark moved all in for 12,000 and Kershner called.

Vark: {3-Clubs}

Kershner:

The river was the {2-Diamonds}

and Vark doubled to 30,000.

Tags: Liina Vark Naomi Kershner

06-09-2008 00:43 UTC-7

Michelle Lem Doubles Up

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Michelle Lem moved all in for 11,600 and Tina Dubowy called.

Lem: {J-Spades}

Dubowy:

The board ran out {K-Hearts}

and Lem doubled up to 25,000. Dubowy was left with 68,000.

06-09-2008 00:33 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations: 73rd-81st Place

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The following players won $2,382:

73. Loretta Larson
74. Donna Lee
75. Valerie Palermo
76. Doris Breese
77. Wattana Cruz
78. Charlotte Johnson
79. Helena Mancini
80. Janet Howard
81. Joanna Long

06-09-2008 00:26 UTC-7

Helena Mancini Eliminated by Dana Reutter

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Dana Reutter opened the pot for 5,000 from UTG, Helena Mancini moved all in for 7,700 from UTG+1 and Reutter made the call.

Mancini: {6-?}

Reutter:

The board ran out {Q-?}

, and Reutter dragged the pot, increasing her stack to 45,000.

Tags: Dana Reutter

06-09-2008 00:24 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations: 82nd-90th Place

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The following players won $2,166:

82. Sheila Lipkowitz
83. Bonnie Castillo
84. Cheryl Kolstad
85. Rosemarie Rodas
86. Christina Tinsdale
87. Deborah Kindt
88. Amy Rennert
89. Hillarie Tuman
90. Veronica Dabul