In middle position, Shiina Okamoto opened and Reneisha Brownlewis moved all in with a shorstack in the blinds. Okamoto thought for a while before calling.
Reneisha Brownlewis: Q♥Q♠
Shiina Okamoto: K♦9♦
The board ran out K♥5♣A♦10♦4♠ and Okamoto found a king on the flop to eliminate a new opponent and climb above the million mark.
In a three-way raised pot, the flop showed 8♥7♣7♠ when Eunji Park checked in the small blind to Audrey Verlomme who shoved for her last 35,000. Lisa Roberts, on the button, made the call and Park let it go:
Audrey Verlomme: Q♠8♣
Lisa Roberts: K♠9♥
Verlomme had hit two pair and improved her hand when the rest of the board showed 5♦Q♦ to come back to a stack worth 105,000.
However, she was seen leaving the tournament's are just a few moments after that double up.
On a flop A♣J♠7♠, Dehlia De Jong checked in the blinds and Mayuko Morita sent a bet worth 80,000. De Jong replied with a shove for 204,000 and Morita quickly made the call:
Dehlia De Jong: K♠Q♠
Mayuko Morita: A♠K♥
De Jong had the dominated hand and didn't find any help throughout the 4♣ turn and K♣ river to make her way to the payout desk.
According to the table, all the chips went in the middle on a board J♣8♦9♦10♥ between Nam Nguyen, at risk for a stack 230,000 and Aroha Ngata who had her covered:
Nam Nguyen: Q♦J♦
Aroha Ngata: K♠Q♠
Ngata had the nut straight, but Nguyen found a lucky K♣ on the river to also give her the straight and avoid the elimination by chopping the pot.
Mary Dvorkin has emerged as the Day 2 chip leader, bagging 1,420,000 in chips in Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A total of 331 players started the day out of the original 1,286 entrants from Day 1. At the end of the day, 47 players bagged and will be competing tomorrow on Day 3.
One important hand for Dvorkin was when she flopped a full house against Daris Justice. Following close behind Dvorkin were Eunji Park (1,400,000), Shiina Okamoto(1,225,000) and Talia Fligelman (1,190,000). Last night’s chip leader Bernice McLennan is still in contention with 980,000 and last year's winner Jessica Teusl is holding her own with 785,000.
Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Top Ten Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Mary Dvorkin
United Kingdom
1,420,000
71
2
Eunji Park
Canada
1,400,000
70
3
Shiina Okamoto
Japan
1,225,000
61
4
Talia Fligelman
United States
1,190,000
60
5
Bernice Mclennan
Canada
980,000
49
6
Chrysi Phiniotis
Cyprus
950,000
48
7
Tara Cain
United States
915,000
46
8
Felisa Westermann
Germany
915,000
46
9
Nam Nguyen
United States
900,000
45
10
Marguerite Spagnuolo
United States
820,000
41
Shiina Okamoto
The players returning will be guaranteed $3,860 out of the $1,152,550 total prize pool but all of them will by vying for the $192,167 first-place prize and the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
The bubble burst at the end of level 13 and the numbers fell fast and furious after that. Many notables did not make the money, including Kristen Foxen, Vanessa Kade, Julie Marriott, Katie Kopp, Vivian Saliba, Ji Young Kim, Lara Eisenberg and Allyn Shulman.
Some notables that did cash were Jiyoung Kim and Vivian Saliba.
Day 3 of Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship kicks off tomorrow July 1st at 10 a.m. local time here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Blinds will start at 10,000/20,000/20,000. A 15-minute break will occur after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break will happen after Level 26 at approximately 4:30 p.m. local time. Play will continue until five players remain.
The PokerNews team will continue to follow all of the action until the newest WSOP bracelet winner is crowned.
