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Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 2 Completed
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2022 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$955,860
Total Entries
1,074
Level
34
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
4,000,000
Entries
274
Players Left
42
Players Left 1 / 1,074
Filter
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Day 2 of Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship has concluded. While 274 players returned at the start of the day, only 42 hopefuls remain in contention after another ten levels of 60 minutes each here at the 2022 World Series of Poker at Bally's and Paris Las Vegas.
Cherish Andrews, second in chips when Day 2 kicked off, continued where she left off, and maintained one of the biggest stacks all day long. She took a massive pot at the end of the day against Gloria Jackson when she called Jackson’s third barrel on the river for half-million chips with a set to take an undisputed chip lead and end the day with 1,800,000.
Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherish Andrews | United States | 1,800,000 | 90 |
| 2 | Natalie Hof | Germany | 1,100,000 | 55 |
| 3 | Chenyi Liu | United States | 785,000 | 39 |
| 4 | Marybeth Anderson | United States | 760,000 | 38 |
| 5 | Christina Gollins | United States | 745,000 | 37 |
| 6 | Ranae Warren | United States | 675,000 | 34 |
| 7 | Felisa Westermann | Germany | 665,000 | 33 |
| 8 | Gargee Sharma | United States | 625,000 | 31 |
| 9 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 615,000 | 31 |
| 10 | Kultida Berman | United States | 605,000 | 30 |
Right behind her sits German Natalie Hof with 1,100,000 in chips. Hof, who counts $111,556 in total live earnings, with a biggest live cash worth $ 23,594, will try to one-up that performance and collect her first WSOP bracelet on the way. They are the only players so far over the million-mark as Chenyi Liu completes the podium with 785,000.
Other notables left in the field include Charlotte "Sjlot" Van Brabander (380,000), PokerNews host Tiffany Michelle (250,000), member of the GGPoker Twitch Squad Pamela "Pamsi" Balzano (165,000), Lexy Gavin (401,000), Amanda Baker (580,000) and Melanie Weisner (560,000).
Day 2 Highlights
The bubble burst during Level 13, when Juliana Vidal and Kelli Storck busted at the same time to split the min-cash, guaranteeing the other 160 players at least $1,600.
The eliminations that followed came at an intense speed right after and Lara Eisenberg, the defending champion, who came back to the battle this morning with a short stack managed to reach the money but couldn’t hold much longer and hit the rail in 103rd place for $2,000.
WSOP bracelet winner Leo Margets left the field right before the dinner break due to an unlucky river when her pocket nines fell against Vitaliya Dubovik with ace-jack. Margets made a set but the river gave Dubovik a straight to bust the winner of last year's The Closer event in 80th place for $2,398.
Loni Hui, who was the last bracelet owner in the field, joined the rail after the dinner break when she shoved her small stack with ace-deuce offsuit and couldn’t hit against ace-king suited in Chenyi Liu’s hand.
Sharma Gargee was the top stack entering the day and faced many ups and downs, but managed to bag a comfortable stack worth 625,000. On the other hand, Molly Mossey and Xuan Liu ran out of chips right before it was time to bag. Liu lost her last chips when her ace-queen fell against Kultida Berman’s ace-king while Mossey couldn’t hit with king-jack against the ace-three of How, who made trips.
The remaining 42 players are guaranteed at least $3,886. However, they will all have their eyes on the WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $166,975 that will be awarded Saturday. They will return on Friday, July 1st at 12:00 p.m. local time and play down to the last five players.
Cards will be back in the air on Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break after every two 60-minute levels of play and a one hour dinner break after Level 26, around 6:30 p.m.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the tournament floor until a champion is crowned, so stay here for all the updates!
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
| Casino | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bally's | 670 | 1 | Natalie Hof | Germany | 1,100,000 | 55 |
| Bally's | 670 | 2 | Ruth Graham | United States | 515,000 | 26 |
| Bally's | 670 | 3 | Joan Short | United States | 430,000 | 22 |
| Bally's | 670 | 4 | Ying On | Canada | 170,000 | 9 |
| Bally's | 670 | 5 | Santa Zawaideh | United States | 555,000 | 28 |
| Bally's | 670 | 6 | Melanie Pittard | United States | 370,000 | 19 |
| Bally's | 670 | 7 | Meikat Siu | United States | 590,000 | 30 |
| Bally's | 670 | 8 | Ranae Warren | United States | 675,000 | 34 |
| Bally's | 671 | 1 | Sandy Tran | United States | 530,000 | 27 |
| Bally's | 671 | 2 | Judith Bielan | United States | 500,000 | 25 |
| Bally's | 671 | 4 | Gargee Sharma | United States | 625,000 | 31 |
| Bally's | 671 | 5 | Gloria Jackson | United States | 230,000 | 12 |
| Bally's | 671 | 6 | Chien Chih Weng | Taiwan | 240,000 | 12 |
| Bally's | 671 | 7 | Charlotte Van Brabander | Belgium | 380,000 | 19 |
| Bally's | 671 | 8 | Cherish Andrews | United States | 1,800,000 | 90 |
| Bally's | 671 | 9 | Diana Kalietina | United Kingdom | 500,000 | 25 |
| Bally's | 676 | 1 | Jennifer Loman | United States | 420,000 | 21 |
| Bally's | 676 | 2 | Lori Kilpatrick | United States | 270,000 | 14 |
| Bally's | 676 | 3 | Marybeth Anderson | United States | 760,000 | 38 |
| Bally's | 676 | 4 | Pamela Balzano | Argentina | 165,000 | 8 |
| Bally's | 676 | 5 | Kultida Berman | United States | 605,000 | 30 |
| Bally's | 676 | 6 | Lynh Nguyen | United States | 540,000 | 27 |
| Bally's | 676 | 7 | Tanja Vujanic | Australia | 565,000 | 28 |
| Bally's | 676 | 8 | Maria Konnikova | United States | 485,000 | 24 |
| Bally's | 676 | 9 | Chenyi Liu | China | 785,000 | 39 |
| Bally's | 677 | 1 | Julie Le | United States | 535,000 | 27 |
| Bally's | 677 | 2 | Felisa Westermann | Germany | 665,000 | 33 |
| Bally's | 677 | 3 | Nancy Nguyen | United States | 130,000 | 7 |
| Bally's | 677 | 4 | Ronit Chamani | South Africa | 601,000 | 30 |
| Bally's | 677 | 5 | Sharon Chen | United States | 400,000 | 20 |
| Bally's | 677 | 6 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 615,000 | 31 |
| Bally's | 677 | 8 | Christina Gollins | United States | 745,000 | 37 |
| Bally's | 677 | 9 | Melody McKee | United States | 150,000 | 8 |
| Bally's | 678 | 1 | Juli Black | United States | 450,000 | 23 |
| Bally's | 678 | 2 | Lexy Gavin | United States | 405,000 | 20 |
| Bally's | 678 | 3 | Amanda Baker | United States | 570,000 | 29 |
| Bally's | 678 | 4 | Melanie Weisner | United States | 560,000 | 28 |
| Bally's | 678 | 5 | Vilde Fagerbakke | Norway | 510,000 | 26 |
| Bally's | 678 | 6 | Tiffany Michelle | United States | 250,000 | 13 |
| Bally's | 678 | 7 | Vitaliya Dubovik | India | 125,000 | 6 |
| Bally's | 678 | 8 | Priti Patel | United Kingdom | 480,000 | 24 |
| Bally's | 678 | 9 | Krista Lowery | United States | 495,000 | 25 |
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to deal three more hands before the night ends.
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Vitaliya Dubovik open-shoved for 244,000 with 
in her hands and it folded to Ying Lai who called all in in the small blind for her last 76,000, holding 
.
A board 
came, improving Lai's hand into trips to give her the double up.
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Julie Le opened from under the gun to 33,000. Two seats to her left, Chien Chih Weng moved all in for about 360,000. Action folded all the way back to Weng who made the call.
Julie Le: 
Chien Chih Weng: 
No paint to be found, the board ran out 
and Le locked up the full double with the better ace high.
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Xuan Liu shoved for 166,000 under the gun and got a call from Kultida Berman in the cutoff to create the following showdown:
Xuan Liu: 
Kultida Berman: 
Berman had the dominated hand and the board didn't help Liu with 
to eliminate her before the end of the day.
Natalie Bromley was eliminated at the same time at another table and joined Liu in the payout desk.
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Action picked up after both Natalie Bromley and Sharon Chen had their chips in the middle preflop. Bromley had Chen covered by a bitm Chen was at risk with about 150,000 in her stack.
Sharon Chen: 
Natalie Bromley:
The board ran out clean for Chen who found a double with less than half an hour of play left in the day.
Bromley was left with about three big blinds and busted shortly afterward.
Level 20
: 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Natalie Hof raised to 30,000 in the hijack and Santa Zawaideh called in the small blind. Molly Mossey tanked for a minute in the big blind and shoved for her last 92,000. Hof decided to reraise to 230,000 and Zawaideh let it go:
Molly Mossey: 
Natalie Hof: 
The board gave 
, improving Hof's hand into trios and eliminating Mossey in 45th place.
"That's my tournament!" said Hof jokingly after racking up the pot.
