Our own Melissa Castello was on hand for the 2009 Women's Poker Hall of Fame inauguration ceremony, held at the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino on Friday, June 5th, welcoming June Field, Jan Fisher and Cyndy Violette to its ranks.
Anna Wroblewski opened the action from under the gun to 600 and was met with a reraise to 1,200 and a call from the small blind.
Liv Boeree sweated her cards before moving all in for her last 2,400. Wroblewski passed and both the reraiser and small blind made the call for her tournament life.
Boeree:
Opponent:
Small Blind:
The flop of would see the only player not all in put a near lock on the hand flopping top set.
With both Boeree and the small blind drawing to gutshot straight draws, they would both fall to the rail when the came on the turn, followed by the on the river.
Facing a raise to 700 from late position Evelyn Ng pushed a stack of 100 and 500-chip denominations into the middle effectively putting the raiser all in.
The big blind sat in the tank for over sixty-seconds before calling off her remaining 1,400 in chips. The original raiser opted to call for her last 2,700 as well and the cards were tabled.
Ng:
Original Raiser:
Big Blind:
The flop of gave the big blind a flush-draw, while Ng stayed in the lead with her over-pair.
The changed little on the turn and when the fell on the river Ng eliminated two players while chipping up to over 8,000 in chips.
Amanda Baker got it all in preflop holding against an opponent's pocket jacks and the board that ensued proved fatal for Baker, who quietly joined the rail about twenty minutes into level five.
Julie Le's aces were cracked by an opponent's , putting an early end to her day.
With the board showing , Le led out with a 625 bet. Her opponent raised to 2,000, Le moved all in and her opponent called:
Le:
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 , solidifying her fate.
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!