The floor staff has just announced the prize pool and payout information to the ladies. The total number of entries received was 793, creating a prize pool of $713,700. There will be 81 places paid with the champion taking home $153,700 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. A min-cash is worth $1,777 and making the final table will have the ladies earning a minimum of $11,504.
The dealer was counting out the stack of Amanda Musumeci and found that she only had her opponent covered by 550 chips. She was holding to the other player's . Musumeci had paired her ace, but it was no good to the straight her opponent had completed on the board.
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A player to Kristalina Steininger's right opened to 500, Steininger raised to 2,500, the original raiser jammed all in for a couple hundred more and Steininger called.
Steininger:
Opponent:
The board ran out and Steininger's rivered set of kings was best
We just witnessed a huge pot when three players got their stacks in preflop. The player under the gun raised to 500, the lady immediately on her left called, and Rita Baumer raised to 1,200 from the small blind. The original raiser four-bet to 2,400, and the early-position player pushed all in. Baumer then pushed all in over the top — a six-bet shove. After the dealer counted out the two stacks, the original raiser eventually made the call with the biggest stack of the three.
The flop of gave Baumer a sweat as she had to fade the clubs and the aces. Fortunately for her, the turn and river were and , awarding her a huge pot and one of the largest stacks in the room.