Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day 2 Started
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$949,500
Entries
1,055
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Welcome Back Ladies...And One Gentleman
Welcome back to the Rio! We are back here today to bring you all the action from Day 2 of Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Yesterday 1,055 players entered the tournament, and by the end of the day, 141 remained. There was a buzz in the room that we might make the money yesterday, but we ended up 24 spots away.
Coming into the day your chip leader is Ruby Du, who ended up bagging 67,800 chips last night. Not far behind is Carol Tomlinson (63,800), Crystal Sloan-Wallace (58,000), and Pamela Roberts(57,200). Amongst the field of amateurs, there were still a couple big name pros who survived the first day. Erica Schoenberg comes into today with 37,400 in chips, and Karina Jett is rocking out with 30,600 chips. There is also one gentleman who survived the day yesterday, and we will be sure to post if we hear one last big roar from all the ladies in the room.
The plan is to play 10 levels today, though we will stop play before that if a final table is reached. The cards will be in the air in about 30 minutes, so stay tuned to Pokernews for all of your up to the minute coverage of the Ladies Hold'em Championship!
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Brown Doubles in Early Going
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
A short-stacked Traci Brown pushed all in from under-the-gun for her remaining 5,000 and was called by Mandi Incorvaia from middle position. Everyone else folded.
Incorvaia: 
Brown: 
The 
flop looked good for Brown's hand as it gave her a flush draw, but got even better when a 
fell on the turn. An inconsequential 
completed the board and Brown doubled to 11,000.
Incorvaia slid to 30,000.
Seats Open, 360!
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The first two bust-outs of the day have both played out on table 360, with Beata Weilgoszewski and Margaret Phillips both hitting the rail over the space of two hands.
Earlier, Weilgoszewski got the last of her money into the middle with 
and was in great shape to double up against Lauren Billings' 
, but Billings paired up on the flop of 
before making the nut flush after the turn and river ran out , 
to send Weilgozewski to the rail.
In the very next hand, there was a massive three-way all-in pre-flop situation between Phillips, Jennifer Cox and Crystal Sloan and we got there as the cards were tabled:
Sloan:
Cox: 
Phillips: 
Cox became all flustered after the flop of 
and to her delight, her set held up after the turn and river blanked out 
, 
. It was a small hit to Sloan, but she took the rest of Phillips' chips in the sidepot while Cox tripled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | 11,900 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Moutinko Loses to The Man
An irate Erika Moutinko has stormed out of the Amazon Room after being eliminated by the last remaining male player in the field.
All the money was in the middle of a flop of 
; Moutinko had open-shoved from early position with 
but The Man had paired up with his 
and also picked up the flush draw. While he didn't make the flush, his pair of sixes held up when the turn and river came down , .
We can also confirm that Cheryl Warson has been amongst the recent players to have hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
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Busted |
Lucky Lindley
Christina Lindley came into today with just 14 big blinds, so we knew that she would be active very early on. Sure enough, we went over to her table, and saw that she was in the middle of an all in hand. Sandra Swearingen, who has been very active according to the post hand talk, opened for a raise under the gun. Action folded to Lindley, who moved all in from the button for 14,000. The blinds folded, and Swearingen called her off with a monster.
Swearingen: 
Lindley:
Lindley was far behind, but she stormed into the lead when the flop came out 
. The turn came the , giving Swearingen a queen for an out, but the river brought the . Lindley scored the double up, while Swearingen took a hit to her still healthy stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | 13,500 |
|
|
27,500 | -14,100 |
Ledman Chips Up
Suzanne Poirier opened to 2,500 from under-the-gun and found one caller in Peg Ledman from the button.
The flop came 
and Poirier fired a 2,500 c-bet. Ledman immediately announced, "Raise," and slid out six yellow chips for a raise to 6,000. Poirier mucked without much hesitation.
Poirier is down to her last 11,000 while Ledman has increased to 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 8,200 |
|
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11,000 | -7,300 |
A Lavender by Any Other Name ...
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
From the UTG +1 position, Patricia Lavender moved her last 3,900 into the middle before the flop; Cynthia Patterson called and the others got out of the way before the cards were revealed:
Patterson:
Lavender:
Patterson stayed ahead on the flop of 
and the turn of the 
, but Lavender stood with her mouth agape after the miracle 
spiked on the river!
The same can't be said for Stephanie Modica Tricomi though - she's just gone busto.
Hand-For-Hand!
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With the rate of attrition so high, it hasn't taken us that long at all to get to that moment. We're now gearing up for hand-for-hand play!