Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day 1 Started
Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day 1 Started
Welcome back to the Rio! We are very excited to bring you one of the most unique events in the whole World Series, Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. The ladies are taking their seats shortly, and the cards will be in the air in about 30 minutes.
We are expecting a big field for this one, as last year's event got 1054 players. Vanessa Hellebuyck emerged on top of the field to take home $192,132. Other well known players who made the money included Evelyn Ng, Linda Johnson, 2008 Ladies Champ Svetlana Gromenkova, Mimi Tran, and Liv Boree, amongst others.
As always with this event, we will be sure to keep an eye out for....well men. Every year there are a few men who decide to dress like a woman to sneak into the event. Last year, Shaun Deeb was the most notable of these, though he clarified early on that he lost a prop bet and was donating any winnings to charity.
The cards will be in the air at noon local time. As always, we will play out 10 levels, before the bags come out for the night. Stay tuned to Pokernews all day for all the flops, turns, and rivers, here at the 2011 WSOP Ladies Event!
To kick off today's ladies event, all of the woman WSOP champions are up on stage, and we are having a parade of champions as it were. Every player is going to be acknowledged, and we will be getting started in a few minutes.
After the parade of champions, and a flash mob...yes a flash mob, the cards are now in the air!
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
It seems inevitable that every year men enter the Ladies Championship here at the World Series of Poker. In our recent pass through the Pavilion White Section, which is only half the room mind you, we spotted seven men in the field thus far.
Here is a list of the players that we taking their seats in the black and yellow sections.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Maria Ho | 3,000 | |
|
3,000 | |
Evelyn Ng | 3,000 | |
Lizzy Monroe
|
3,000 | |
Gloria Balding | 3,000 | |
Leo Margets
|
3,000 | |
Cyndy Violette
|
3,000 | |
Jennifer Tilly
|
3,000 | |
Karina Jett | 3,000 | |
Kara Scott | 3,000 | |
Kirsty Chick
|
3,000 | |
Charlotte Van Brabander | 3,000 | |
Susie Isaacs
|
3,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Barbara Enright
|
3,000 | |
Nadya Magnus | 3,000 | |
Liv Boeree | 3,000 | |
Vanessa Selbst | 3,000 |
There was a round of applause in the room as the first man has been eliminated. By our counts there are 10-15 in today's event.
We noticed Vanessa Selbt just as she was getting up out of her chair and wishing everyone good luck. Apparently she got it all in preflop with against an opponent's and failed to improve.