Event #70: $1,000 Ladies Championship Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-26-2025 12:33 UTC-8

New Round of Entrants and Chip Counts

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Haixiao Li	49,000 49,000	49,000
Pok Kim	48,000 48,000	48,000
Karina Jett	28,000 28,000	28,000
Lisa Costello	24,000 24,000	24,000
Shirin Oskooi	22,000 22,000	22,000
Coralie Sferrazza	21,500 21,500	21,500
Rachelle Park	20,600 20,600	20,600
Lexy Gavin-Mather	20,000 20,000	20,000

Christina Read	20,000 20,000	20,000
Nesrine Reilly	19,000 19,000	19,000
Rachel Morris	19,000 19,000	19,000
Jennifer Shahade	17,500 17,500	17,500

Kathy Liebert	15,300 4,700	4,700

06-26-2025 12:53 UTC-8

Good Luck for Nana

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Kathy Saraf opened with a 500 bet from under the gun and got four callers - Sara Dehghani in cutoff, Deborah Tallaksen on the button and blinds Lauren Harmon, Suzanne Gentner in small and big respectively.

Tallaksen was a bit busy chatting with her seatmates as the dealer flopped 9♥Q♠9♣, talking about her grandchild. The blinds checked the action back to Saraf who fired 700. Deghani folded, and Tallaksen raised to 1,400, pushing the blinds out of the hand.

With action back to her, Saraf considered her options ultimately folding. Tallaksen turned over her cards to show Q♥9♠ for a full house on the flop then continued relating how her grandchild wished her luck on the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Suzanne Gentner	27,000
Sara Dehghani	22,000 8,500	8,500

Kathy Saraf	18,000 2,400	2,400
Deborah Tallaksen	17,000 4,000	4,000
Lauren Harmon	12,300

Tags: Deborah Tallaksen Kathy Saraf Lauren Harmon Sara Dehghani Suzanne Gentner

06-26-2025 12:55 UTC-8

Najchaus Doubles Through Neal

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The board already read 9♦3♥5♠J♠ with a pot around 5,000 when Alexane Najchaus checked to Nicole Neal who bet 4,000. Najchaus replied by shoving for a remaining stack around 6,000 and Neal quickly called.

Najchaus showed 5♥3♣ for two pair while Neal held J♥10x and doubled her stack after the river fell the A♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexane Najchaus	16,500 16,500	16,500
Nicole Neal	8,200 8,200	8,200

Tags: Alexane Najchaus Nicole Neal

06-26-2025 12:59 UTC-8

Petit Grabs Chips from Lindsay

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In a heads-up raised pot, the flop was 8♦Q♥2♠ when Rosalie Petit check-called Katie Lindsay for 1,300. The same action happened on the 4♥ turn, this time for 3,400.

On the 2♦ river, both checked and Petit tabled Q♣9♣ for top pair, which was good enough to make Lindsay muck her cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rosalie Petit	17,000 8,000	8,000
Katie Lindsay	12,300

Tags: Kathy Lindsay Rosalie Petit

06-26-2025 13:00 UTC-8

A Few More Notable Chips

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gloria Vasquez	26,700 26,700	26,700
Molly Mossey	25,600 25,600	25,600
Christina Read	21,800 1,800	1,800
Sheila Masterson	21,000 21,000	21,000
Caitlin Comeskey	20,000 20,000	20,000

Heidi Erickson	19,500 19,500	19,500
Andrea Sager	19,000 19,000	19,000
Amy Houghtling	16,400 16,400	16,400
Deborah Tallaksen	16,000 1,000	1,000
Kyong Yung	12,000 12,000	12,000

06-26-2025 13:00 UTC-8

Contest of the Best Nails

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

While covering this table, the ladies were comparing poker nails. Michelle Ceglarek suggested a picture montage of the best nails and a prize given to the winner.

Mor Kamber raised from early position to 500 and received calls from Michelle Ceglarek on the button, Sigrid Dencker in the small blind, and Michelle Montoya in the big blind. The flop arrived with 6♥Q♦3♠ and everyone checked.

On the turn A♣, everyone checked to Ceglarek, who bet out 500, Kamber folded, Decker folded, and Montoya called.

The river 2♣, Montoya checked again, as Ceglarek bet 1,500, Montoya called. Ceglarek showed A♥10♠ for the top pair, and Montoya hit her second pair on the river with Q♥2♦ for the win.

But the winners at the table for the best nails were Ceglarek and Kyong Yung.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michelle Montoya	45,110
Michelle Ceglarek	33,400 7,100	7,100
Sigrid Dencker	20,100 100	100
Mor Kamber	15,600

Tags: Kyong Yung Michelle Ceglarek Michelle Montoya Mor Kamber Sigrid Dencker

06-26-2025 13:01 UTC-8

Loeliger Turns a Pair

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Caitlin Comeskey opened to 500 under the gun and Paulina Loeliger three-bet to 1,500. Jean Julian in the big blind called while Comeskey folded leaving the remaining two to see the flop.

The flop came 6♣7♠5♦. Julian checked then Loeliger asked how much she had behind. Misunderstanding the question, Julian, holding her hole cards, turned her wrist to show one card, which Comeskey immediately covered with her hand.

Loeliger bet 1,000 and Julian responded with an all-in shove for 6,000. Loeliger called taking them to showdown.

Jean Julian: J♣J♥ All in
Paulina Loeliger: A♣K♣

Julian was ahead with jacks and Loeliger was left to hope for one of her over cards to hit the board. The turn K♥ dropped giving Loeliger the higher pair. The 8♣ river was dealt with no consequence. Julian left the table as Loeliger scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Caitlin Comeskey	24,500 4,500	4,500

Paulina Loeliger	24,500 24,500	24,500
Jean Julian	Busted

Tags: Caitlin Comeskey Jean Julian Paulina Loeliger

06-26-2025 13:01 UTC-8

Frederick Wins a Multi-Way Pot

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Linda Durden and Krystal Harris, both in middle position, limped the pot. Brittany Spain, in the hijack, raised to 1,000 and got called by Rachel Frederick in the cutoff. Both Durden and Harris also tagged along to see the flop.

The flop came A♥10♠J♦ and everyone checked. On the turn 5♥, after action was passed to her, Harris bet 1,500 and got one caller in Frederick.

Harris check-called the river 10♥ after Frederick fired 3,200. Frederick showed K♥9♥ for a flush prompting Harris to throw her hand in the muck pile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rachel Frederick	27,000 27,000	27,000
Krystal Harris	25,500 25,500	25,500
Linda Durden	21,400 1,400	1,400
Brittany Spain	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Brittany Spain Krystal Harris Linda Durden Rachel Frederick

06-26-2025 13:01 UTC-8

Royal Flush versus Quads

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Jana Delacerra approached PokerNews to relate a hand that may be the best hand of the day.

On the board of K♥A♠A♥A♣Q♥, Sau Sung shoved all-in for around 21,000 to be snap-called by Delacerra, who was covered. Sung showed A♦J♠ for quads on the turn. But Delacerra tabled J♥10♥ for a royal flush to win the pot.