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

06-26-2025 16:30 UTC-8

Diamonds are Porrello's Best Friend

Roxanne Johnson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Suzanne Malavet raised from early position to 1,200 and received calls from Olivia Smith in the cutoff and Katherine Porrello in the big blind. The flop came out with K♦2♣J♦ and everyone checked.

The turn 10♦ was also checked around.

On the turn 8♦, Porrello threw out a 500 chip, Malavet folded, and Smith made the call.

Smith showed A♠9♠ for ace high, and Porello showed 7♦7♥ for a flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Suzanne Malavet	40,500 20,100	20,100
Katherine Porrello	25,000 4,000	4,000
Olivia Smith	14,500 14,500	14,500

Tags: Katherine Porrello Olivia Smith Suzanne Malavet

06-26-2025 16:28 UTC-8

Hoang Forces a Fold

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Quyen Hoang opened to 1,500 in hijack and got called by big blind Danielle Chaput to see the flop. The flop came 8♣3♥9♠.

Hoang continued with 2,500 after a check. Chaput stayed on. Both players checked the 3♣ turn.

On the river 2♦, Chaput decided to lead out with a 5,200 bet. Hoang raised it to 15,000 sending Chaput to think about her options. She eventually conceded both her hand and the pot to Hoang.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quyen Hoang	68,000 26,000	26,000
Danielle Chaput	29,300 9,300	9,300

Tags: Danielle Chaput Quyen Hoang

06-26-2025 16:27 UTC-8

Wandhofer Doubles on Vasquez

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Gloria Vasquez limped under the gun and Chia Tseng raised to 1,500 before Britt Wandhofer decided to shove for 11,700 in the small blind. Vasquez chose to call and Tseng let it go:

Britt Wandhofer: A♦K♦ All in
Gloria Vasquez: K♣J♣

Wandhofer's hand stayed ahead throughout the board 10♦9♥8♦7♦K♠, improving into the nut flush, and she took down the pot to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chia Tseng	58,000
Gloria Vasquez	26,800 100	100
Britt Wandhofer	26,000

Tags: Chia Tseng Britt Wandhofer Gloria Vasquez

06-26-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Compton Flops Trips

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Kelly Slay opened to 1,200 in middle position and got called by Shannon Stash to her immediate left and Cynthia Compton in the big blind.

The dealer fanned out 8♦2♠8♥ and after action was checked to her, Stash bet 2,000. Compton called and Slay folded.

On the turn 5♥, Compton check-raised to 9,000 after Stash bet 4,000. Both players checked the river 9♥.

Compton tabled A♣8♠ for trips on the flop while Stash showed 7♣7♦. The dealer awarded the pot to Compton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cynthia Compton	127,000
Shannon Stash	31,000
Kelly Slay	19,000

Tags: Cynthia Compton Kelly Slay Shannon Stash

06-26-2025 16:23 UTC-8

Porello is not Bluffing

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Katherine Porrello, raised in early position to 1,200, stating, "I'm not bluffing", relating to previous history at the table.

Regina Cicconi called from the big blind. The flop came out with 7♠10♥4♣, and both players checked.

The turn 7♥ and the river J♣ were both also checked.

Porello admitted, "I have a four", and flipped over A♥4♥, and Cicconi flipped over A♠9♠, and stated, "That's good".

Player	Chips	Progress
Katherine Porrello	21,000 4,400	4,400
Regina Cicconi	10,300

Tags: Katherine Porrello Regina Cicconi

06-26-2025 16:22 UTC-8

Nasathaen Gets Value

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

In a heads-up pot, the flop was K♠J♦A♠ when Orathai Nasathaen check-called Marie Thirlwell for 3,000.

Both checked on the 8♣ turn and a Q♠ hit the river. Nasathaen thought about her move for a minute and bet 7,000. Thirlwell decided to call, but mucked when she saw 8♠7♠ in Nasathaen's hand for the flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orathai Nasathaen	55,000 45,000	45,000
Marie Thirlwell	32,500

Tags: Orathai Nasathaen Marie Thirlwell

06-26-2025 16:19 UTC-8

Hellmuth KO's Defending Champ Negreanu in Poker Players Championship

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Eliot Thomas

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Daniel Negreanu will not defend his $50,000 Poker Players Championship crown after being knocked out of the event by none other than Phil Hellmuth.

Negreanu, who ended a decade-long bracelet drought when he won last year's event for $1,178,703, would see his tournament end on Day 3 this year, after the seventeen-time bracelet winner Hellmuth made a Queen-high flush to send Kid Poker to the rail.

Kitamura Adds More to her Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 5 : Blinds 300/500, 500 ante

Th board 5♣K♣10♥7♠ was already dealt with a pot containing around 22,000. Hannah Thomson checked and Asako Kitamura tanked for some time before announcing all in, putting Thomson at risk. The latter quickly let it go.