Chrysi Phiniotis opened and Jessica Teusl shoved in the big blind for her last 470,000. Phiniotis made the call for the following Showdown:
Jessica Teusl: K♦K♥
Chrysi Phiniotis: Q♠Q♦
Teusl was in great shape for a double up, but the board showed 2♥J♥Q♥2♣10♦ to give a set of queens on the flop to Phiniotis, who sent the defending champion out of the tournament.
Maria Lampropulos was on the button and pushed her chips in for about 300,000 and Suzanne Malavet was in the big blind and made the call.
Maria Lampropulos: Q♦J♣
Suzanne Malavet: 3♦3♥
Malavet was slightly ahead preflop and the board ran out A♣6♦10♦5♦4♣ and Malavet's threes held.
According to the table, Babette Chao sent her last 45,000 in the middle under the gun and Chori Gannon jammed for a stack around ten big blinds. Linda Lesterson reshoved with a stack worth 1,100,000 and Aroha Ngata looked at her cards in the big blind and called all in for around 400,000.
The four-players tabled their cards:
Babette Chao: 7x4x
Chiori Gannon: 6x6x
Aroha Ngata: AxAx
Linda Lesterson: KxKx
Ngata was in great shape to scoop the big pot and send two players in the rail, which she did after the board brought Ax3x2x7x7x, improving her hand into a full house.
Argentinian Pamela Balzano doubled up a first time with K♥Q♥ against J♦6♥ to survive to 120,000 chips.
Then, she was all in again with K♣7♣ against A♦Q♠ and found a king on the flop to stay alive.
Melissa Dube raised all in preflop for about 300,000 and Nancy Birnbaum called with about 150,000 from the big blind.
Nancy Birnbaum: J♣J♥
Melissa Dube: A♣Q♣
Birnbaum had the slight edge to start and the board ran out 5♥5♣8♣6♠A♥. All the ladies at the table let out an "oh my," at the river and Birnbaum, a very well liked player, was eliminated.
Day 3 of Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship kicks off at 10 a.m. at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with 47 players still in contention from a record-breaking field of 1,286 entrants. Mary Dvorkin emerged as the Day 2 chip leader, bagging 1,420,000, followed by Eunji Park (1,400,000), Shiina Okamoto (1,225,000) and Talia Fligelman (1,190,000).
Day 1 chip leader Bernice McLennan is still in with 980,000 as well as the reigning champion, Jessica Teusl, who bagged 785,000. Samantha Abernathy and Maria Lampropulos will also be in Day 3.
| 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 |
The 47 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.
Get ready for the start of Day 3 at 10 a.m. in the Horseshoe section. Levels will be 60 minutes with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 26 (around 4:30 p.m.). Blinds will begin at 10,000/20,000 with a 20,000 big blind ante. Play will continue until five players remain.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all of the action as the day unfolds.
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