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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.
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 17 - $1,000 Ladies World Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Total Entries
1,060
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 1,060
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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.
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.
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.
The flop fell down
and the limp-caller lead out for 1,200 with Stern making the call.When the turn landed the
a bet of 2,000 saw Stern's cards fly into the muck to see her slip to a little over 3,500 in chips.
, 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.
Leatherman:
Opponent:
Leatherman would be unable to outdraw her opponent when the board fell
to see her eliminated from the tournament and on her way out the door.
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!
Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
