2008 World Series of Poker

Event 15 - $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$244,702
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$1,082,900
Entries
1,190
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Xiu Men Song Crippled by Linda Johnson

"First Lady of Poker" Linda Johnson
"First Lady of Poker" Linda Johnson
Just as players were about to go to break, Linda Johnson moved all in from the cutoff and Xiu Men Song called from the button.

Johnson {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}

Song {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}

The flop was {Q-Hearts} {9-Spades} {4-Spades}, and Song still led. The turn was the {J-Hearts} giving Johnson a straight draw and the {K-Hearts} on the river filled it, leaving Song with only 15,000 after the hand. Johnson is now up to 120,000.

Tags: Linda JohnsonXiu Men Song

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 400

Quarto Seeks Advice

Roy Winston is railing the ladies event today and just gave a few tips to Roslyn Quarto when she came over to the rail. He mentioned some things she might want to look out for and offered a couple tips that should help Quarto better attack her table. We'll see if the advice pays off.

Tags: Roslyn QuartoRoy Winston

Olga Varkonyi Eliminated by Svetlana Gromenkova

Olga Varkonyi
Olga Varkonyi
It was a clash of the big stacks that left us with a new chip leader and a surprising elimination.

Olga Varkonyi opened for 9,000, Svetlana Gromenkova shoved all in from the big blind for around 80,000 and Varkonyi made the call.

Varkonyi {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

Gromenkova {A-Spades} {J-Clubs}

The flop was {A-Clubs} {J-Spades} {2-Diamonds}, giving Gromenkova two pair and leaving Varkonyi drawing thin. The turn was the {5-Diamonds}, the river was the {6-Diamonds} and Varkonyi was eliminated.

Gromenkova is now the chip leader with 155,000.

Tags: Olga VarkonyiSvetlana Gromenkova