2025 World Series of Poker
According to the table, all the chips went in the middle preflop between Susan Faber who was holding AxKx and Diana Shamshoum who held nothing else than AxAx. Faber managed to hit a runner-runner straight on the board to climb up the counts.
Angela Jordison raised to 24,000 and Lisa Fong three-bet to 75,000 in the small blind. Jordison quickly made the call to see a flop J♥7♠3♣. Fong continued for 125,000 and Jordison folded.
Eunyoung Choi open-jammed for 77,000 from early position and got two calls from Una Kelly in the hijack and Maribel Chapa-Gracia in the small blind.
The 4♥4♦A♦ flop saw Gracia move all in for her remaining 290,000. Kelly took around 30 seconds to make the call and the players flipped their hands.
Eunyoung Choi: A♥Q♠
Maribel Chapa-Gracia: Q♦Q♥
Una Kelly: A♣K♥
Kelly was ahead and things stayed that way on the 8♦ turn and 2♣ river, eliminating two players at her table.
Esther Taylor has made history by becoming the second-ever woman to cash the $50,000 Poker Players Championship, after making the final table of one of the summer's showpiece events.
The American, who has over $2.3 million in total live earnings, joins trailblazer Melissa Burr as the second female player to cash the event, eleven years on from Burr's 7th-place finish in 2014 for $165,435.
In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read 9♥Q♣2♠ when Miaomiao Huang checked from the small blind to Juliet Hegedus who bet 30,000. Huang called.
The turn was the 2♦ but this time Huang check-folded after Hegedus fired 100,000.
Tsz Liu opened to 25,000 from the jijack and got a single call from Stephani Hagberg in the big blind.
The 4♣6♠10♣ flop saw Hagberg check-call Liu's 30,000 bet.
The A♣ was turned and Hagberg checked. Liu bet 50,000 and Hagberg made another call.
Both checked to showdown on the 3♥ river.
Hagberg showed 8♣6♣ to take the pot with the club flush, beating Liu's pair of tens with K♣10♠.
All the chips went in the middle preflop between Yuko Takahashi who shoved for a remaining stack around 140,000 and Nana Sanechika who made the call:
Yuko Takahashi: 7♠7♥
Nana Sanechika: A♦Q♦
The board improved Takahashi’s hand into a set with J♥4♣2♣5♠7♣ and she received the needed double-up.