Aubrey Williams opened to 250,000 with A♠K♥ from cutoff and Emily Spencer ont he button with K♣J♥ called. Lisa Teebagy in the big blind with A♣10♣ joined to see the flop.
The flop came K♠2♥6♣. After action was checked to her, Williams continued with 360,000 and Spencer called. Teebagy had seen enough and folded.
On the turn Q♦, Williams kept the pressure and fired 550,00. Spencer hung on to see the last card.
Williams, relentless, shot out 835,000 sending Spencer to the tank. After some time of thought, Spencer threw her hand in the muck.
This year's nominees for the Poker Hall of Fame have been announced, with the eight individuals now heading to the living members of the Hall for voting.
Each member can vote for up to four nominees, and anyone receiving votes from 22 or more members earns an automatic induction. This change, from a previous "winner-takes-all" format allowing for only one induction per year, was announced earlier this month.
Five of the eight nominees are first-time nominees, having met the minimum age requirement of 40. Eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Shaun Deeb headlines these players; he is joined by Jason Koon, Isaac Haxton, Chris Moorman, and Justin Bonomo.
The WSOP has moved the final table to the streamed featured tables area, which means our live reporting will have to be delayed by around 2.5 hours to match the live stream, per the WSOP media guidelines.
After three full days of play, the final table of Event #68: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship is officially set. From a field of 1,475 entries, only six players remain in contention for the $194,630 top prize and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. All returning players have locked up $37,192, but action will continue until a new champion is crowned today at Horseshoe and Paris, Las Vegas.
Ladies Championship Final Table
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Emily Spencer
United States
10,290,000
86
2
Skye Chen
United States
5,450,000
45
3
Lisa Teebagy
United States
5,360,000
45
4
Victoria Ailloud
France
3,895,000
32
5
Aubrey Williams
United States
2,660,000
22
6
Caitlin Comeskey
United States
1,780,000
15
Leading the way is Emily Spencer, who bagged a massive 10,290,000, nearly one third of the chips in play. Spencer’s surge to the top of the counts came through a series of pivotal hands, including her elimination of Cherish Andrews, and a knockout of 2022 champion Jessica Teusl in ninth place for $16,666 with ace king against ace queen. Her biggest moment arrived late in the night when she caught Tan Lin bluffing in a huge pot, seizing the chip lead heading into the final day.
Emily Spencer
This is a big spot for Spencer as she’s already surpassed her best live cash of $11,529 and is in a good position to be able to ladder up in the payouts. If she cashes in fourth place or higher, she’ll have doubled her reported lifetime earnings. She already cashed one event this summer, the $500 No-Limit Hold’em Salute to Warriors (Bracelet Event #59), and looks to be relatively new to the live tournament scene, only having cashes dating back to last year. (Stats courtesy of The Hendon Mob.)
Close behind is Skye Chen, who returns with 5,450,000 after climbing to the top of the leaderboard during the final two tables. Chen has no reported live tournament record, and this looks to be her first WSOP cash, making this an exciting day for her. Chen had a strong run yesterday, and scored a double elimination to vault her to over 5,000,000. She dipped slightly in the following levels but ultimately recovered by winning a flip to eliminateLexy Gavin Mather to put her in a comfortable place, returning second in the counts.
Lisa Teebagy
Just a shade behind is Lisa Teebagy, who bagged 5,360,000. Teebagy enters the finale with plenty of room to maneuver, giving her a chance to add to her already impressive record. She returns as one of the most seasoned players remaining in the field, having over half a million in poker earnings. This will be her first cash of the 2026 WSOP series, but it’s not her first rodeo. She has been playing in Las Vegas for the past 15 years and took 14th place in the Ladies Event back in 2010.
France’s Victoria Ailloud also returns with a strong stack of 3,895,000. With this being her first time cashing an event outside Europe, she remarked how this had always been a dream event for her after she reached the final table yesterday.
Aubrey Williams, who began Day 3 as the chip leader, took a big loss during the day yesterday, and wasn’t able to fully recover. She returns with 2,660,000 and will be looking to add to her already impressive résumé of cashes, accumulating lifetime earnings of over $350,000. A fourth-place finish will also see her smash her own tournament cash record.
Caitlin Comeskey
Rounding out the final six is Caitlin Comeskey, who bagged 1,780,000. Comeskey survived multiple all-ins throughout the day, spiking several lucky rivers to secure her seat at the final table. She will need to spin up early as she returns as the shortest stack and comes back with just 15 big blinds, and close to the next blind level increase. Her summer has already been fruitful as she has four WSOP cashes, with this being her fifth, having already locked up at least $37,192.
Remaining payouts
Place
Prize
1
$194,630
2
$129,692
3
$93,149
4
$67,735
5
$49,874
6
$37,192
Play is set to resume at 3:30 p.m. local time, with four minutes remaining at blinds of 60,000/120,000 and a 120,000 big blind ante. Players will take a 15-minute break after every two levels, and a dinner break will be determined based on the rate of play. Action will be reported on delay in sync with the stream with an approximate two and a half hour delay.
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