Event 51: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 51: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$842,400
Entries
936
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Nine Ladies Left, All Shopping for a Special Piece of Jewelry
Welcome back to the third and final day of the 2012 World Series of Poker Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Just nine are left from a starting field of 936, each hoping to be the one to collect all of the others' chips today and claim the $170,587 first prize and a much coveted piece of jewelry, a WSOP gold bracelet.
Debbie Pechac of Phoenix, Arizona returns to the biggest stack today, having accumulated much of it during the last couple of hours on Day 2 to end with 630,000. Close behind are the Californian Candida Ross-Powers and Yen Dang of Denver, Colorado.
Much of the poker world's attention today will surely be directed toward Event 55, the $1,000,000 buy-in "Big One for One Drop" that is sure to draw a big rail of fascinated onlookers. But we expect a great deal of excitement on the main stage in the Pavilion Room today, too, where all nine of the players will likely have supporters cheering them on.
Play resumes at 1 PM local time, with 42 minutes left to go in Level 19. Come back then for all the coverage as we find out who among the final nine will become the 2012 WSOP's next champion.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Let's Play Some Poker
Lots of excitement here, with one of the biggest crowds we've seen thus far up on the Pavilion main stage. We've already heard some organized chants and seen at least one homemade sign.
The first hand of the Event 51: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship is now being dealt. Here's how the final nine are seated.
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Angela Prada-Moed | 145,000 |
| 2 | Rosemary Lawrence | 99,000 |
| 3 | Debbie Pechac | 630,000 |
| 4 | Jan Howard | 132,000 |
| 5 | Candida Ross-Powers | 548,000 |
| 6 | Ida Lundholm | 218,000 |
| 7 | Rae Rocco | 203,000 |
| 8 | Yen Dang | 483,000 |
| 9 | Lesley Amos | 352,000 |
Introducing the Ladies
Here is some background about the nine ladies who have made it to today's final table.
Chip leader Debbie Pechac (630,000) from Phoenix, Arizona has cashed in the WSOP ladies event three times now, finishing 21st in 2004 and 16th in 2006.
Candida Ross-Powers (548,000) of Sacramento, California has a master's in social work. She's also a Vietnam veteran and currently works as a criminal investigator, focusing primarily on crimes against the elderly.
Originally from Vietnam, Yen Dang (483,000) currently resides in Denver, Colorado. The mother of one is making her first WSOP cash today as well.
Lesley Amos (352,000) is a studio manager in the advertising industry. She also is making her first ever WSOP cash today.
Ida Lundholm (218,000) arrives at today's final table all of the way from Kalix Sweden. This is her WSOP cash, too.
Rae Rocco (203,000) lives here in Las Vegas where she works in health care sales. Originally from Chicago, she has a B.S. in mathematics from Cambridge, England. She first learned to play poker from her father.
Angela Prada-Moed (145,000), originally from Colombia, currently lives in Miami, Florida where she works as a pastry chef. Today marks her first WSOP cash.
Jan Howard (132,000) learned poker in home games with friends. Married with one son, Jason, she works as a lab director in Richardson, Texas.
Rosemary Lawrence (99,000) hails from Delta, Canada. The mother of three and grandmother of five learned to play poker in pubs, and has worked as a nurse, a real estate agent, and has owned a gift store.
Rocco Shove Scores a Few
On the first hand of the final table, Rae Rocco limped in from the cutoff, and when Lesley Amos raised to 34,000 from the small blind, Rocco called.
Both players checked the 
flop. The turn then brought the 
and a check from Amos. Rocco responded with an all-in shove, and Amos tossed her cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
317,000 | -35,000 |
|
287,000 | 84,000 |
What Are the Odds?
The nine players making it to today's final table have already beaten the odds by surviving a field of more than 900. If you're curious, here are the odds for winning the event for each of the players as listed over in the Rio Race and Sports Book:
Debbie Pechac — 3/2
Candida Ross-Powers — 8/5
Yen Dang — 2/1
Lesley Amos — 3/1
Ida Lundholm — 6/1
Rae Rocco — 13/2
Angela Prada-Moed — 19/2
Jan Howard — 10/1
Rosemary Lawrence — 14/1
Ross-Powers Over Rocco
Candida Ross-Powers opened for 16,000 from the hijack seat and got a single caller in Rae Rocco from the button. Both checked the 
flop. The turn brought the 
and a bet of 50,000 from Ross-Powers, and Rocco quickly called.
The river was the 
. This time Ross-Powers carved out a bet of 60,000, and after thinking a few moments Rocco called again. Ross-Powers tabled 
for tens, and Rocco mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
672,000 | 124,000 |
|
|
105,000 | -182,000 |
Another All-in from Rocco
Rae Rocco has been very active during the early going, and now with a short stack, she's frequently on the lookout for spots to push her short stack.
Just now she raised to 18,000 from middle position and got a single caller in Jan Howard in the big blind. The flop came 
and Howard led for 20,000, with Rocco calling. The turn brought the 
and a check from Howard, and Rocco responded by pushing all in again. Howard looked at her own short stack for a moment, then let her hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
173,000 | 68,000 |
|
68,000 | -64,000 |
A Couple of Doubles for Howard
Down to just 68,000 after that hand with Rae Rocco, Jan Howard watched as Debbie Pechac raised to 30,000 from the button, then pushed all in from the small blind. Pechac called the raise, tabling 
to Howard's 
.
The board came 
, giving Howard a flush and a double-up.
Soon after Howard was raising to 40,000 from the button, Ida Lundholm pushed all in over the top from the big blind, and Howard called with the rest of her chips. Lundholm had 
and Howard 
, and when the community cards came 
, Howard had doubled again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
561,000 | -69,000 |
|
|
158,000 | 90,000 |
|
32,000 | -186,000 |