Event #70: $1,000 Ladies Championship Day 2 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-27-2025 23:23 UTC-7

Pioget Eliminated by King

Laura Fryer

Level 20 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

In the previous level, Aurelia Pioget opened to 24,000 from early position and action folded around to Melissa King in the cutoff who three-bet to 75,000.
Pioget moved all in for her remaining 176,000 and King snap called.

Aurelia Pioget: K♣K♦ All in
Melissa King: A♦K♥

Pioget was ahead on the 6♦8♥Q♥ flop, but King took the lead on the A♣ turn. Pioget stood from the table and watched as the Q♦ river was placed, sealing her elimination.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melissa King	548,000 428,000	428,000
Aurelia Pioget	Busted

Tags: Aurelia Pioget Melissa King

Level: 20

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

06-27-2025 23:18 UTC-7

Smith Shoves on Enright

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In a blind versus blind pot, the flop read 3♦2♥9♥ when Barbara Enright bet 30,000 and Dusti Smith decided to shove for 88,000. Enright considered it for a minute and folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barbara Enright	200,000 140,000	140,000

Dusti Smith	175,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Barbara Enright Dusti Smith

06-27-2025 23:13 UTC-7

Some Counts in the Room

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Susan Faber	1,060,000 90,000	90,000

Shiina Okamoto	750,000 267,000	267,000

Tsz Liu	720,000 98,000	98,000
Maria Lampropulos	570,000 240,000	240,000
Barbara Enright	340,000 150,000	150,000

Tamar Abraham	270,000 40,000	40,000

Aurelia Pioget	180,000 10,000	10,000
Katerina Lukina	120,000 115,000	115,000
Nikki Limo	70,000 170,000	170,000

06-27-2025 23:10 UTC-7

Takahashi Finds a Double-Up on Sanechika

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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♥ All in
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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nana Sanechika	460,000 225,000	225,000

Yuko Takahashi	315,000 135,000	135,000

Tags: Nana Sanechika Yuko Takahashi

06-27-2025 23:03 UTC-7

Some Late Night Eliminations

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Laura Fryer

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisa Teebagy	Busted
Judith Gumila	Busted
Jill Bowen	Busted

06-27-2025 23:01 UTC-7

Hagberg Takes from Liu

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Laura Fryer

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsz Liu	818,000 82,000	82,000
Stephani Hagberg	770,000 111,000	111,000

Tags: Stephani Hagberg Tsz Liu

06-27-2025 22:57 UTC-7

Hegedus Adds to her Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	1,100,000 690,000	690,000
Miaomiao Huang	420,000 278,000	278,000

Tags: Miaomiao Huang Juliet Hegedus

06-27-2025 22:49 UTC-7

Esther Taylor Makes History as Second Woman to Final Table $50K PPC

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Eliot Thomas

Level 19 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

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.