We caught the very end of a pretty sick hand between Maria "Maridu" Mayrinck and her opponent. The board read out , and Mayrinck had put out a bet of around 2,000, which would put her opponent all in. She took a few moments, before making the call in what appeared to be a tough position for her. Mayrinck confidently turned up , saying "I didn't hit the river i hit the flop." However, her opponent flipped over for a better full house, and the table erupted in shock and laughter. Despite the loss, Mayrinck is still doing fine, sitting at 4,200 from her starting stack of 3,000.
The Ladies Championship has been characterized as friendly, compassionate, and supportive, which we recently saw demonstrated over at April Facey's table. We caught the action on the flop of when the small blind had checked and Facey bet 1,000 from the button.
The small blind had picked up her hand to double-check her cards, at which point Facey accidentally caught a glimpse of her opponent's holdings. Before Facey could say anything, the small blind made the call. "I have to tell you that I just saw your hand," Facey said as the was put out on the turn. "I have you beat and am going to save you some money."
The small blind checked and Facey bet 1,000, reiterating that she had the best hand. The small blind realized she had lifted her cards too high and folded . Facey showed for the better hand. Friendly, compassionate, and supportive, indeed!
Australia's Trudy Sultana is by no means all dried up in this tournament, having scored the scalp of Jake Abdalla to move up to more than 9,000 in chips.
All the money was in the middle before the flop; Abdalla was holding but was flipping for his tournament life against Sultana's .
Despite picking up the nut flush draw on the flop of , Sultana's hand was best after the turn and river ran out , to send Abdalla to the rail.
The official numbers for the 2011 WSOP Ladies Championship are in. This year's tournament drew 1,055 entrants, which was one entry more than last year! That means 117 players will be paid with the winner of this event will receiving $192,344 out of the $949,500 prize pool, which is on par with the $192,132 Vanessa Hellebuyck received last year for clearing a field of 1,054 players.
A player in the cutoff went all-in for her last 550 and Jennifer Tilly re-shoved her stack from the small blind. The big blind folded and Tilly saw that she was in bad shape.
Tilly:
Opponent:
The board wasn't enough to crack the rockets and Tilly was knocked down to just 1,100 after doubling her opponent.
It appears that Maria Ho's first-ever attempt at multi-tabling WSOP events hasn't gone down so well. Having busted earlier in the $2,500 Mixed Hold'em Event over in the Amazon, we can now confirm that she's been busted in the Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship.
As Danielle "dmoongirl" Anderson recalled to us, Ho moved the last of her money into the middle before the flop with , only to see Anderson wake up in the blinds with . The board bricked out and Ho's now out of lives. Boo!