Which Wonderful Woman Will Become the Ladies Championship Champion?
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Today will see the start of Event #70: $1,000 Ladies Championship at noon local time here at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with starting stacks of 20,000 chips. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 9, at about 10 p.m. One reentry is permitted per player.
On Day 1, ladies are slated to play 10 levels of 60 minutes each, starting at 100/100/100 blinds, with 20-minute breaks every two levels. A 60-minute dinner break will take place after Level 6 at approximately 6:40 p.m.
The Day 2 restart on June 27 is at noon. Players will play another 10 levels, following the same break structure as Day 1, except the non-dinner breaks will last 15 minutes. Day 3 on June 28, also at noon, will run until only five remain and on Day 4, Sunday, they will adorn the new Ladies Champion with a gold bracelet.
Japan’s Shiina Okamoto took down the prestigious Ladies Championship at the 2024 WSOP. She won $171,732 by beating out 1,245 entrants.
2024 $1,000 Ladies Championship Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | $171,732 |
| 2 | Jamie Kerstetter | United States | $114,479 |
| 3 | Ceci Liao | United States | $81,573 |
| 4 | Linda Durden | United States | $58,910 |
| 5 | Mor Kamber | Israel | $43,125 |
| 6 | Cecile Ticherfatine | France | $32,007 |
| 7 | Susan Bluer | United States | $24,090 |
| 8 | Haruna Fujita | Japan | $18,390 |
| 9 | Andrea Sager | United States | $14,242 |
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