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

06-26-2025 17:43 UTC-8

The Ring Forces a Fold

Gabrielle Barredo

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nadine Rohde opened to 1,400 and got three callers in Samara Alexandre on the button, Lea Nehme and Safiya Umerova on the blinds.

While waiting for the flop, Alexandre was relating to Lydia Cugudda, who was at the table, about her WSOP Circuit Ring, and Cuggudda was urging Alexandre to show the ring.

The hand continued with the dealer unfurling 9♣Q♥2♠. After the blinds checked, Rohde continued with 1,800 but Alexandre went beyond and made it 3,800. Rohde folded, prompting Cugudda to say, "See, she folded because you have a ring."

Player	Chips	Progress
Samara Alexandre	63,000
Nadine Rohde	57,000
Safiya Umerova	36,000

Lea Nehme	11,900

Tags: Lea Nehme Lydia Cugudda Nadine Rohde Safiya Umerova Samara Alexandre

06-26-2025 17:43 UTC-8

Dinner Break

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The 600 remaining ladies of the event are now heading to a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7.55 p.m., at blinds 400/ 800 with an ante of 800.

06-26-2025 18:09 UTC-8

Defending Champ Jonathan Tamayo Wins Lucky Flip for WSOP Main Event Seat

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Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Jonathan Tamayo flipped his way into this year's championship event, meaning he won't even have to put up the $10,000 buy-in to defend his title.

Tamayo announced on Sunday that he won a WSOP Online $160 All-In Flipament, a flip-and-go-style event that puts players all-in blind and that needs 64 players to run, according to Kevin Mathers.

Tamayo demonstrated his luck a year ago when he navigated the largest WSOP Main Event field in history to win $10 million. The longtime poker pro from Texas proved luck is still on his side in 2025.

"I won the 3pm one it seems," Tamayo wrote on X.

Read About Tamayo's Satellite Win!

06-26-2025 18:27 UTC-8

Actress Jennifer Tilly Tried to Stop Sam Simon from Co-Creating 'The Simpsons'

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Lyle Bateman

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The Simpsons is widely regarded as one of the most successful and beloved television shows of all time. But actress and high-stakes poker player Jennifer Tilly, who was married to Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon, tried to stop her ex-husband from making the iconic show.

Tilly, the star of the Chucky franchise and a recent guest on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, revealed her skepticism about Simon pursuing the cartoon in a new episode of the PokerNews Life Outside Poker podcast.

"I remember us trying to keep Sam from doing it because he had been offered his own deal, multi-million-dollar deal, at Hollywood Pictures, which was at the time very trendy," Tilly told PokerNews. "And I said, 'Sam, don't you want to be your own person and do your own shows?'"

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-26-2025 19:09 UTC-8

Top Ten Chip Counts According to the WSOP+ App

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Denise Smith	238,000
Haven Taylor	215,300
Andressa Paes	190,000 190,000	190,000
Nathaly Faria	165,200
Tammy Ehrhart	161,600
Cynthia Compton	160,500 33,500	33,500
Susan Faber	152,000 48,000	48,000

Jill Pike	140,000 6,000	6,000
Lauren Williams-Caudle	136,600
Khin Nyunt	135,000

06-26-2025 19:17 UTC-8

Yeung Builds Her Stack through Serfaty

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a pot of around 15,000 and a board of J♦A♣4♥J♥, Karia Yeung fired 4,500 and got raised by her heads-up opponent, Laura Serfaty to 9,000, sending her to the tank.

She took her time to consider her options then finally made the call to see the last card. The river fell 5♥ and both women checked.
Serfaty tabled K♠10♦ for a busted gutshot draw while Yeung showed A♦8♥ for a two pair with the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Karia Yeung	82,000
Laura Serfaty	21,700 11,700	11,700

Tags: Laura Serfaty Karia Yeung

06-26-2025 19:18 UTC-8

Limo Adds to her Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dusti Smith raised to 1,800 and received calls from Nikki Limo and Diana Shamshoum on the button.

The flop gave A♦J♣5♠ and Smith continued for 2,700, which only Limo called. The Q♦ turn and Q♥ river went checked.

Smith tabled 4♠4♣ but it wasn't good enough to win the pot as Limo held A♣10♣ for top two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikki Limo	51,000
Diana Shamshoum	43,000 43,000	43,000
Dusti Smith	27,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Diana Shamshoum Dusti Smith Nicole Limo

06-26-2025 19:23 UTC-8

Latest Round of Chipcounts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsz Liu	125,000 125,000	125,000
Kristy White	88,000 88,000	88,000
JJ Liu	73,000 12,000	12,000
Daiva Byrne	58,000 50,000	50,000
Michelle Izzi	56,000 28,000	28,000
Melanie Weisner	56,000 56,000	56,000
Olga Iermolcheva	42,000 15,000	15,000
Shirin Oskooi	40,000 10,000	10,000
Jennifer Shahade	26,000 8,000	8,000

Lena Evans	22,000 22,000	22,000
Marie Cazorla	21,000 21,000	21,000
Anna Antimony	19,000 1,500	1,500
Lacey Jones	17,000 15,000	15,000
Molly Mossey	13,500 29,000	29,000
Ashley Frank	9,800 1,000	1,000
Jamie Kerstetter	Busted

06-26-2025 19:24 UTC-8

Thirwell Hits the Trips

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Roxanne Johnson

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Caitlin Comeskey raised from the hijack to 1,600, Zhi Liu called from the cutoff, and Marie Thirlwell called in the big blind. The flop was 2♥5♦2♣, and Thirlwell checked, while Comeskey bet out 2,100. Zhi got out of the way, but Thirwell put in the raise to 8,100. Comeskey contemplated and called.

On the turn K♥, Thirwell took the lead and bet out 12,000. Comeskey called.

The river 9♠ brought another bet of 13,500, which left her not much behind. Comeskey took a few minutes to think and made the call, but mucked when Thirlwell showed A♦2♦ for the trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marie Thirlwell	61,500 29,000	29,000
Zhi Liu	56,000 46,900	46,900
Caitlin Comeskey	11,000 1,200	1,200

Tags: Caitlin Comeskey Marie Thirlwell Zhi Liu