2011 World Series of Poker

Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$192,344
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$949,500
Entries
1,055
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000

Another Look at the Past Decades Ladies Champions

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

Past WSOP Ladies Event Champions

YearPlayerPrize# of Entrants
2001Nani Dollson$41,130106
2002Catherine Brown$39,880107
2003Barbara Rugolo$40,700112
2004Hung Doan$58,530201
2005Jennifer Tilly$158,335601
2006Mary Jones$236,0941,128
2007Sally Anne Boyer$262,0771,286
2008Svetlana Gromenkova$224,7021,190
2009Lisa Hamilton$195,3901,060
2010Vanessa Hellebuyck$192,1321,054

Carpe Diem!

Diem Phan raised to 1,050 before the flop and the action folded around to a player getting in touch with his feminine side who re-raised to 2,200. Phan called, so it was heads-up to the flop that read {J-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}.

Diem checked, the male player snap-shoved and Phan insta-called.

Opponent: {Q-}{Q-}
Phan: {A-}{J-}

Phan's hand held up after the turn and river bricked out {K-}, {8-} and the round of applause went up once again. Phan is now sitting pretty with a stack worth more than 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
Diem Phan
Diem Phan
33,100

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Bilney Busto

"Aussie" Sarah Bilney has just been sent to the rail at the hands of Shola Akindele, who is now up to 31,000 in chips as the action continues here in the $1,000 Ladies Championship.

Bilney got the last of her money into the middle before the flop with {Q-}{Q-}, but ran smack into Akindele's {K-}{K-}.

"Board bricks out, pretty standard," Akindele said.

Player Chips Progress
Shola Akindele
Shola Akindele
31,000
6,700
6,700
Sarah Bilney au
Sarah Bilney
Busted

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Lindley Gives It Up

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

Christina Lindley raised to 800 under the gun and received calls from the woman in the cutoff and Mandi Incorvaia in the big blind. When the flop fell {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Hearts}, Incorvaia checked, Lindley bet 1,700, and the cutoff min-raised to 3,400. Incorvaia quickly got out of the way while Lindley made the call.

After the dealer burned and turned the {9-Spades}, Lindley checked, the cutoff moved all in for 5,575, and Lindley snap-folded. She is still well above the chip average with 24,000.

Tags: Christina Lindley

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

We're Back!

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The remaining 225 players have returned and the cards are now back in the air! Two more levels until we call it a night.

UPDATE: Competitor Withdrawn From Play Due to Illness

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

There have been confirmed reports of a female competitor having taken ill at table eight prior to the dinner break. During that time, the other players were moved to another table in order for the janitors to clean up and upon the completion of the dinner break, the players were able to return to their original table, along with the ill player's stack, which was blinded out until she returned earlier in previous blind level.

However, she was sick once again, and at the instruction of the floor staff, the player was asked to leave to seek medical attention. While her fellow tablemates have been moved out to table 32 to continue play, as per the WSOP rules, her stack will be blinded off until she is either deemed fit to return by a doctor or she runs out of chips, whichever comes first.

On behalf of the PokerNews team, we wish her a speedy recovery.

Do You Know Who is the Only Woman to be Inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame?

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Here's a couple hints: She played in today's Ladies Championship & is the only woman to have ever made the Main Event final table.

The WSOP Poker Hall of Fame

YearInductee
1979Nick “The Greek” Dandolos
James Butler “Wild Bill Hickok”
Edmond Hoyle
Felton “Corky” McCorquodale
Johnny Moss
Red Winn
Sid Wyman
1980T “Blondie” Forbes
1981Bill Boyd
1982Tom Abdo
1983Joe Bernstein
1984Murph Harrold
1985Red Hodges
1986Henry Green
1987Walter Clyde “Puggy” Pearson
1988Doyle Brunson
Jack “Treetop” Strauss
1989Fred “Sarge” Ferris
1990Benny Binion
1991David “Chip” Reese
1992Thomas Austin “Amarillo Slim” Preston
1993Jack Keller
1996Julius Oral “Little Man” Popwell
1997Roger Moore
2001Stu “The Kid” Ungar
2002Lyle Berman
Johnny Chan
2003Bobby Baldwin
2004Berry Johnston
2005Crandall Addington
Jack Binion
2006Billy Baxter
T.J. Cloutier
2007Phil Hellmuth
Barbara Enright
2008Henry Orenstein
Duane “Dewey” Tomko
2009Mike Sexton
2010Dan Harrington
Erik Seidel

Tags: Barbara Enright