Event 17 - $1,000 Ladies World Championship Day 1 | 2009 World Series of Poker

06-07-2009 11:47 UTC-12

Laces Untied

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Lacey Jones has just been eliminated from the Ladies Event. According to Michelle Lau (Lacey's former table-mate), Lacey ran ace-three into a pocket pair of fours and failed to improve.

Tags: Lacey Jones

06-07-2009 11:48 UTC-12

Liu Climbing

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Facing a raise to 450 from under the gun, JJ Liu made it 1,500 to go from middle position.

The original raiser made the call before leading for 1,900 on a flop of {3-Spades}

. Liu then upped the ante and raised the action to 4,000 to prompt a fold from her opponent.

As Liu raked in the pot, she climbed to just over 23,000 in chips as we approach the end of the level.

Tags: JJ Liu

06-07-2009 11:50 UTC-12

Of the 1,060 starters, only 117 lucky ladies will be taking home part of the $964,600 prizepool.

With the minimum payout seeing their purse padded with $1,900, the final table will be paid out as follows:

1st - $195,390
2nd - $120,575
3rd - $78,132
4th - $53,940
5th - $38,719
6th - $29,121
7th - $22,880
8th - $18,742
9th - $15,973

06-07-2009 11:53 UTC-12

Break Time

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The remaining 620 ladies are heading on their second break for the tournament.

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

06-07-2009 12:12 UTC-12

Play Underway

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The ladies have returned to their seats and the cards are back in the air!

06-07-2009 12:18 UTC-12

From Satellite To Bracelet?

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Tournament poker has evolved and changed many times over the years, and most recently the introduction of satellite's have seen the numbers swell.

Continuing on from this trend, the Bicycle Casino in California ran a satellite program where ten lucky ladies won their seat into today's Ladies World Championship.

Of those ten, seven still remain including Mychele Medina (14,100), Roni Taylor (4,575), Debbie Knight (2,800) and Jena Delk (1,325).

Will one of these ladies be able to walk away with the coveted gold bracelet, title of Champion and $195,390 in prize money?

Make sure to stay logged on to PokerNews as we provide every rivered flush, turned straight and flopped set live from the floor of the 2009 World Series of Poker!

06-07-2009 12:28 UTC-12

Amanda Leatherman Eliminated

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With the action folding round to Amanda Leatherman, she pushed all in for her last 1,250 and found a caller out of the blinds.

Leatherman: {K-Hearts}

Opponent:

Leatherman would be unable to outdraw her opponent when the board fell {5-Hearts}

to see her eliminated from the tournament and on her way out the door.

Tags: Amanda Leatherman

06-07-2009 12:36 UTC-12

Le'vin On a Jet Plane

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Julie Le's aces were cracked by an opponent's {Q-Diamonds}

, putting an early end to her day.

With the board showing {J-Diamonds}

, Le led out with a 625 bet. Her opponent raised to 2,000, Le moved all in and her opponent called:

Le: {A-Diamonds}

Opponent:

The

then fell on the turn giving Le's opponent a flush, but Le still had outs to make a bigger one. Unfortunately for her, the river delivered the {8-Spades}

, solidifying her fate.

Tags: Julie Le

06-07-2009 12:37 UTC-12

Stern Slips

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Facing three limpers ahead of her, Maria Stern bumped the action from the cutoff to 1,200 with only one making the call.

The flop fell down {7-Hearts}