Event #70: $1,000 Ladies Championship Day 3 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-28-2025 16:48 UTC-8

JJ Liu Eliminated in 13th Place ($9,691)

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 25 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

JJ Liu open-shoved on the button for 1,745,000 and Juliet Hegedus tanked for some time before sending a chip in the middle to call:

JJ Liu: 2♦2♠ All in
Juliet Hegedus: A♠Q♠

Liu couldn't find any help to win the flip with a board K♦4♥3♣Q♦Q♥, improving Hegedus' hand into trips, and Liu made her way to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	3,870,000 1,470,000	1,470,000
JJ Liu	Busted

Tags: JJ Liu Juliet Hegedus

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

06-28-2025 16:57 UTC-8

Liu Doubles Through Alcorn

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tsz Liu opened to 125,000 in cutoff and got called by Heather Alcorn in the big blind. Both players saw a flop of 5♠9♦4♣.

Alcorn led out with 200,000 and received an all-in shove from Liu for 610,000, sending her to the tank. Alcorn was mulling over the situation, saying that she didn't believe Liu because this was not her flop. She didn't believe Liu would have hit the board knowing her range.

Friendly table talk ensued, which resulted in Alcorn making the call.

Tsz Liu: K♦K♠ All in
Heather Alcorn: 6♦6♣

Liu was in the lead with her kings. The turn 7♦ didn't help Alcorn and the river K♣ which gave Liu a set secured her with a nice double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Heather Alcorn	1,520,000 930,000	930,000
Tsz Liu	1,345,000 595,000	595,000

Tags: Heather Alcorn Tsz Liu

06-28-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Hyunh Chips At Okamoto's Stack

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Julie Huynh limped and Shiina Okamoto checked her option.

The dealer flopped 3♠K♣6♥. Huynh led out with 100,000 and Okamoto called. Both players checked through the runout of 3♦J♠

Huynh tabled K♠2♠ which prompted Okamoto to muck her hand and concede the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiina Okamoto	5,810,000 1,010,000	1,010,000

Julie Huynh	2,850,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Julie Huynh Shiina Okamoto

06-28-2025 17:01 UTC-8

Okamoto Forces a Fold from Liu

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Shiina Okamoto raised in the small blind to 130,000 and Tsz Liu called in the big blind.

The flop 3♦A♦Q♣ appeared and Okamoto continued for 150,000. Liu quickly called. The same action happened on the 4♣ turn, this time for 450,000.

On the J♥ river, Okamoto shoved, putting Liu at risk. The latter tanked for some time and released her cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiina Okamoto	5,950,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tsz Liu	675,000 670,000	670,000

Tags: Shiina Okamoto Tsz Liu

06-28-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Alcorn Makes the Call on Sanechika

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

In a three-way pot, the flop read 3♠2♣7♠ when Heather Alcorn bet 150,000 and Shiina Okamoto folded. Nana Sanechika stayed interested and called on the button.

The turn brought the 6♦ and Sanechika called again Alcorn, thistime for 250,000. On the 3♥ river, Alcorn checked and Sanechika made a bet of 300,000. Alcorn called, showing Q♣7♦ for two pair with the sevens and Sanechika mucked A♠10♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiina Okamoto	5,900,000 50,000	50,000

Heather Alcorn	2,180,000 660,000	660,000
Nana Sanechika	800,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Heather Alcorn Nana Sanechika Shiina Okamoto

06-28-2025 17:11 UTC-8

Nana Sanechika Eliminated in 12th Place ($9,691)

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Nana Sanechika open-shoved for a total stack worth 790,000 and it folded to Shiina Okamoto who snap-called in the big blind for the following showdown:

Nana Sanechika: Q♦Q♠ All in
Shiina Okamoto: 9♦9♣

Sanechika had good hopes for a double-up, but the board revealed 4♣9♥8♦2♦10♥ to give a set of nines to Okamoto and send Sanechika to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shiina Okamoto	6,750,000 850,000	850,000

Nana Sanechika	Busted

Tags: Nana Sanechika Shiina Okamoto

06-28-2025 17:23 UTC-8

Do You Recall This Even More Egregious Chip Dumping Scandal?

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Jon Sofen

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The alleged chip dumping scandal that occurred earlier this week in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Millionaire Maker event may have seemed egregious to many poker pros. But the players involved, if they did indeed collude, didn't make it nearly as obvious as the heads-up foes in a 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) event.

Jesse Yaginuma won the $1,500 Milly Maker on Wednesday for over $1.2 million and an extra $1 million via a promotion from ClubWPT Gold. The bracelet is on hold as the WSOP investigates possible collusion during heads-up play against James Carroll, the runner-up who is to earn $1,012,320.

Read the Full Story Here

Tags: Ryan Yu Mike Leah

06-28-2025 17:27 UTC-8

Players Near the Final Table

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Laura Fryer

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Action has slowed as the player are one away from the final table.

Tanith Rothman has been chipping away at the table by opening and stealing the blinds.

Sumire Uenomachi also got caught in a battle with Juliet Hegedus in the blinds when Uenomachi limped the small blind and and Hegedus checked the big blind.

The players saw a Q♣A♦2♣ flop and Uenomachi checked. Hegedus bet 100,000 and Uenomachi raised to 300,000. Hegedus mucked showing one ace, Uenomachi also turned over a single ace.

A few hands later Tanith Rothman opened the hijack to 125,000 and Stephani Hagberg raised to 350,000 on the button. Rothman called and the players went to the 8♠8♥A♦ flop.

Rothman checked, Hagberg bet 225,000 which was enough for Rothman to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juliet Hegedus	4,150,000 280,000	280,000
Stephani Hagberg	2,900,000 320,000	320,000
Sonia Shashikhina	2,550,000 1,170,000	1,170,000
Tanith Rothman	1,000,000 290,000	290,000
Sumire Uenomachi	710,000 670,000	670,000
Christine Brewer	600,000 430,000	430,000

06-28-2025 17:30 UTC-8

Mano a Mano for Nakagawa and Liu

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Gabrielle Barredo

Level 26 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tsz Liu shoved all-in for 645,000 in cutoff and got called by Elisa Nakagawa on the button putting her tournament life at risk.

Tsz Liu: 10♦9♦ All in
Elisa Nakagawa: 8♣8♥

The board ran J♦Q♠9♠3♠K♦ doubling Liu up with a straight on the river.

The very next hand, the two players found themselves toe-to-toe once again.

After Liu opened with a 125,000 raise, Nakagawa shoved all-in for 335,000—her remaining chips from the previous hand. Liu called taking them to showdown once again.

Elisa Nakagawa: A♠Q♣ All in
Tsz Liu: A♦J♣

Liu was calling for a jack to fall but the board ran 7♠5♦7♥7♦2♣ giving Nakagawa the double-up this time.