2021 World Series of Poker

Event #22: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
$115,694
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$573,160
Entries
644
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
644
Players Left
170

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Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
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Updated Chip Counts

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ashley Sleeth us
Ashley Sleeth
93,000 -10,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
92,000 52,000
Kristy Arnett us
Kristy Arnett
60,000 12,000
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
59,000 -3,000
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
56,000 15,000
Lynne Ji
Lynne Ji
56,000 34,000
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
WSOP 1X Winner
51,000 5,000
Karina Jett us
Karina Jett
40,000 15,100
Julie Yorn
Julie Yorn
32,000 12,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
29,000 11,000
Saya Ono us
Saya Ono
25,000 5,000
Daniela Rodriguez co
Daniela Rodriguez
24,000 14,700
Day Kotoviezy br
Day Kotoviezy
22,000 10,000
Natalie Hof de
Natalie Hof
20,500 500
Jen Shahade us
Jen Shahade
17,000 -9,400
Merri Perry
Merri Perry
17,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
16,000 16,000
Megan Moore us
Megan Moore
15,000 15,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
12,000 -2,500
Katerina Lukina cz
Katerina Lukina
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7,500 7,500
AJ Cox Rudolph us
AJ Cox Rudolph
7,000 -20,000
Ebony Kenney us
Ebony Kenney
5,900 -14,100
Kyna England us
Kyna England
Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Merk Eliminated

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Abby Merk
Abby Merk

A player in the small blind went all in with Abby Merk in the big blind and Merk called off her last 4,500

Abby Merk: {k-}{j-}
Opponent: {a-}{j-}

The board ran out with the flop containing two aces on it and the turn and by the turn Merk was drawing dead.

Player Chips Progress
Abby Merk us
Abby Merk
Busted

Tags: Abby Merk

A Knockout For Survivor Contestant Oskooi

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Shirin Oskooi
Shirin Oskooi

Two-time Survivor contestant Shirin Oskooi opened the action in late position to 4,500. It folded to the player on the button who moved all-in. Oskooi had her covered and made the call.

Opponent: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Shirin Oskooi: {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{q-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Oskooi flopped a pair of aces to send her opponent to the re-buy line.

Player Chips Progress
Shirin Oskooi us
Shirin Oskooi
40,000 1,000

Tags: Shirin Oskooi

Ho Doubles First Hand

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Maria Ho had just sat down at her new table and raised to 1,200 in early position. The button player called, and in the big blind, JJ Liu three-bet to 20,000. Maria Ho confirmed that there was a single re-entry then made the call for her entire tournament. The button folded, and the ladies were off to the races.

Maria Ho: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
JJ Liu: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The flop came down {q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts} which gave Ho a straight draw to broadway. The turn brought a {j-Hearts} making the straight for Ho, but also gave Liu a flush draw. The river {9-Diamonds} did not complete the flush and Ho doubled her first hand at the table.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
40,000 40,000
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
20,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

Set For Konnikova

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Maria Konnikova
Maria Konnikova

A player in early position raised to 1,100. A player in late position called and Maria Konnikova completed the action in the cutoff with a call.

The flop came {3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}. The action checked to Konnikova who bet 1,500 and both her opponents called.

The turn card was the {7-Hearts}. The action checked around to Konnikova again and she sized up her bet to 6,000. The original raiser folded and the player in late position raised to 12,000. Konnikova moved all-in for 16,700. Her opponent called.

Maria Konnikova: {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}
Opponent: {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

Her opponent said, "Well, I knew you didn't have a ten." Konnikova had flopped a set of threes and doubled through her opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Konnikova us
Maria Konnikova
41,000 26,000

Tags: Maria Konnikova

Updated Counts Before Break

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ashley Sleeth us
Ashley Sleeth
103,000 57,000
Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
59,000 -7,000
Kristy Arnett us
Kristy Arnett
48,000 -9,000
Kyna England us
Kyna England
36,000 2,000
Nancy Birbaum
Nancy Birbaum
27,000
AJ Cox Rudolph us
AJ Cox Rudolph
27,000
Jen Shahade us
Jen Shahade
26,400 -2,600
Karina Jett us
Karina Jett
24,900 -14,100
Lynne Ji
Lynne Ji
22,000 3,300
Ebony Kenney us
Ebony Kenney
20,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
18,000 6,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
14,500 -3,700
Day Kotoviezy br
Day Kotoviezy
12,000 -8,000
Abby Merk us
Abby Merk
10,000 -15,100