2010 World Series of Poker

Event #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
$192,132
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
1,054
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Boeree Fails To Knock One Out

Liv Boeree was under the gun and had raised to 1,625 when action folded to the big blind, who moved all in for 2,275 more. Boeree made the call and tried to get an elimination under her belt.

Boeree: {j-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Opponent: {q-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The flop came {5-Spades}{7-Spades}{q-Hearts}, giving each player a pair of queens, but leaving Boeree outkicked. The turn and river came {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}, which weren't what Boeree needed and she doubled up her opponent.

Tags: Liv Boeree

Nice Fold Shannon, Nice Fold

Shannon Elizabeth took her button opportunity to raise action to 1,400. She got a call from the player in the big blind and the two went off to the flop.

The flop came {q-Spades}{j-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and both players checked it, which they would also do on the {k-Hearts} turn. When the big blind player bet 1,800 on the river, Elizabeth took some time to make a decision, at one time asking, "Did you hit that?" Her opponent just shook her head and laughed, saying "Stop looking at me."

Elizabeth eventually folded, but her opponent gave the table a peak, flipping up {j-}{q-}, good for a flopped boat.

Tags: Shannon Elizabeth

Livin Large

We arrived at Liv Boeree's table and saw her involved in a pot with three opponents. There was about 6,000 in the middle of a {Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}{5-Spades} and one opponent checked to Boeree. She bet 2,100, forcing a fold from a player in middle position. The player on the button popped it to 6,100 and the checker gave it up.

Boeree thought for a moment and made the call, landing the {J-Diamonds} on the turn. Both checked and did so again when the {3-Clubs} river hit. Boeree tabled {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}, better than what her opponent held as she slid her hand to the muck.

Boeree is up to about 33,000 after the hand.

Tags: Liv Boeree

Short Stacks Sucking Out

As we made out way through the tables we saw a couple of short stacks hit miracle turns and rivers to keep their tournament dreams alive as we near the conclusion of play for the evening, and perhaps most importantly, the money bubble.

On the first hand we had {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} up against {q-}{k-}. When the board ran out {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, the king-high straight came out ahead.

Not long afterwards, we saw {10-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} best {q-Clubs}{q-Spades} as the cards came {10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{a-Spades}.

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Killer Wave, Bro

Over at Table 18, a player in early position went all in and got called by a player calling herself Wave. Meanwhile, the player on the button shoved overtop. Wave made the call, costing her only 300 more for a pot with over 6,000 chips in it.

Wave: {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}
Early Position: {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}
Button: {A-Spades}{2-Hearts}

Wave didn't think she'd be as far ahead as she was. The board ran {4-Spades}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. Despite a small sweat on the turn, Wave came away the victor.

Gromenkova's Stack Growing

Svetlana Gromenkova
Svetlana Gromenkova

She's been toward the top of the leader board all day and that does not appear to be changing any time soon. Svetlana Gromenkova is up to roughly 90,000 after this hand.

The final board read {J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} and Gromenkova's {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} defeated an opponent's {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Gromenkova stacked her latest victim's chips and is among the biggest, if not the biggest, stacks in the room.

Tags: Svetlana Gromenkova