2018 World Series of Poker

Event #57: $1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
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Event Info
2018 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
85
Prize
$130,230
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$626,400
Total Entries
696
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 696
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Familiar Faces

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Flush for Coon

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Michelle Coon opened to 150 in the hijack. The player on the button called. The flop came {6-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Clubs}, and Coon bet 250. Her opponent called. The turn brought the {9-Diamonds} and was checked through to the {2-Spades} river. Coon continued for 300, and the button snap-called.

Coon tabled {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for the nut flush, and her opponent mucked.

Tags: Michelle Coon

New Faces in the Event

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

More Notables Join the Field

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

Tai Kornuth Has a Diffficult Start

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

The flop was showing {6-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Hearts} when Emily Tai Kornuth bet 600 from the small blind and her opponent in the big blind raised it to 1,600. Tai Kornuth eventually called and the turn brought a {5-Diamonds}. Tai Kornuth made a bet worth 1,600, but her opponent moved all in. After some thought, Tai Kornuth ended up folding her hand.

Early Risers

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

The tournament has just started, but a lot of familiar players have already taken their seats including last year's champion Heidi May (already involved in a big hand — see below) and 2011 champion Marsha Wolak. Other notables in the field here at the start include Natasha Mercier, Kristy Arnett, Gaelle Baumann, Maria Konnikova, and Barbara Cardin.

Tags: Barbara CardinGaelle BaumannHeidi MayKristy ArnettMaria KonnikovaMarsha WolakNatasha Mercier

Wrong Start For the Defending Champion

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante
Heidi May
Heidi May

It wasn't the very first hand at her table, but it was the first one 2017 WSOP Ladies Event winner Heidi May played today — and it was a big one.

In a blind-versus-blind situation, May in the big blind called a raise from April Facey in the small blind who had lost a few chips from her starting stack just prior to this hand. The flop came {4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and May called another bet, this time for 1,000.

Things heated up on the turn {2-Clubs}, as Facey announced all in, putting May into a difficult decision. "Not on the first hand," said May, before she ended up calling with {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

Facey showed {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}, and after the {6-Diamonds} river brought no help to the defending champion, May fell down to 800 chips right after the tournament started.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Event #57: $1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Starts at 11 a.m.

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Welcome to Day 1 of Event #57: $1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. This a three-day event and a $10,000 buy-in, but with a ladies discount to $1,000 buy-in.

Last year's champion is Heidi May. She took home her first WSOP gold bracelet as well as $135,098 after outlasting 718 players. May already has two cashes this summer and will be looking to defend her title today. Deborah Worley-Roberts was the runner up last year for $83,459

Players will start with 5,000 in chips and will play ten 60-minute levels. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6, at approximately 5:40 p.m.

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Tags: Deborah Worley-RobertsHeidi May