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

Tilly Takes a Hit

Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly

We caught up with the action preflop, where Jennifer Tilly and another player had 400 in the middle. The player in the small blind went all in for her last 1,275. Tilly tanked for a while but then re-raised to 3,000 and the third player folded.

Tilly: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Opponent: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

"I was hoping you had ace-king," Tilly said.

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{A-Spades}{Q-Spades} and Tilly was forced to double her opponent up.

Tilly is still healthy, however, with 3,700 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
3,700
700
700
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jennifer Tilly

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Post Break Chip Counts

We just went through the black section, and found some updated chip counts for the notables.

Player Chips Progress
Gretchen Brummer
Gretchen Brummer
8,300
300
300
Karina Jett us
Karina Jett
6,500
1,500
1,500
Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
5,900
100
100
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Susie Isaacs us
Susie Isaacs
4,100
-200
-200
WSOP 2X Winner
Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
3,600
600
600
Elissa Harwood
Elissa Harwood
3,400
400
400
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
3,300
-700
-700
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
3,100
-600
-600
WSOP 1X Winner
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
1,350
-1,650
-1,650
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
1,300
-1,700
-1,700
WSOP 1X Winner

Arnett's Day Comes to an End

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Kristy Arnett
Kristy Arnett

With about 1,900 in the pot and a board reading {3-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}, PokerNews hostess Kristy Arnett checked from the small blind and her opponent in the cutoff bet 800. Arnett thought for about a minute before tossing in a call, only to muck when the cutoff revealed {A-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

That loss left Arnett with just a single yellow T1,000 chip, which disappeared a short time later. Unfortunately, Arnett has been eliminated from the Ladies Championship. If you were hoping for more Kristy Arnett, be sure to check out "Hello Ladies!" feature filmed as the start of the event.

Tags: Kristy Arnett

Weisner Whamboozled

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Melanie Weisner
Melanie Weisner

We caught up with the action on a {5-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop, where a player in early position led out for 400. Melanie Weisner pushed all-in for her last 1,275 and action folded back around to the original raiser, who called.

Weisner: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}
Opponent: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Weisner would need to hit one of the two remaining aces in the deck, however, the {7-Diamonds} turn and {2-Spades} bricked and she was sent to the rail.

Tags: Melanie Weisner

Balding Picks One Up

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante
Gloria Balding in action
Gloria Balding in action

The action folded around to Gloria Balding who raised to 300 before the flop; her opponent in the hijack position called and the others got out of the way before the dealer spread the flop of {A-Hearts}{8-Spades}{K-Hearts}.

Both players checked, then Balding led out for 650 on the turn of the {5-Clubs}. Her opponent wanted no part of it and Balding picked up the pot to move her stack up to more than 3,000.

Tags: Gloria Balding

Violette Vanishes

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

When we did our last run of counts, we saw that Cyndy Violette was down to just 1,300. Well we just went over to her table, and her seat is now empty. She has been eliminated from this event.