We Know Joe's Smiling from Up Above
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We always like to highlight the last woman standing, but today we're especially happy that Kat Bowen was the last woman standing. Bowen was eliminated holding 
by Andrew Nguyen's 
. Nguyen was ahead but hit a queen on the river to cement the hand.
Bowen is one of our favorite players on tour and recently experienced a tragic event. She won her first WSOPC gold ring in an event at the Chester stop on a Wednesday night. At breakfast the next morning she received an emergency phone call that her husband, Joe, had collapsed at work. He suffered a massive heart attack and paramedics were unable to revive him.
After talking to a few of her friends we didn't expect to see her until sometime in Vegas during the Series. On Day 1 we were surprised to see her here. She told us, "I had to get back to poker, it's what he wanted me to do. It's helping me get through it all."
The week before his passing he encouraged Kat to play more. We're sure that Joe is up above and smiling down on her.