Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 1 Started
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 1
Welcome to Day 1 of Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Today, Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship is set to begin at 11 a.m. Last year there were 819 entries in total and Courtney Kennedy, a poker dealer from Detroit, took home the desirable gold WSOP bracelet and the first-place prize of $149,108. For Kennedy, it was her first ever WSOP cash ever and the biggest win of her career.
Amanda Baker finished in second place and she might be back to better her result this year. Michelle Deng came third and has been playing this summer. She has two cashes already in the 48th edition of this World Series of Poker. Natalia Breviglieri finished the tournament in fourth place in 2016 and she'll be here this year to take a shot at winning the bracelet and bettering her biggest career win ever. Amanda Musumeci is another name to keep an eye on, she finished in fifth place and might be back to chase victory in this event.
This will be a three-day event and female players who enter the event will receive a discount of $9,000 and only pay $1,000 to enter. Everyone will get 5,000 in tournament chips. Levels will be 60 minutes long with 20-minute breaks every two levels. There will be a 90-minute dinner break after Level 6 which should be around 5:40 p.m. Ten levels of play are scheduled for today with registration open until the start of Level 7 (approximately 7:10 p.m).
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Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
The tournament director has just explained the rules and asked the dealer to shuffle up and deal.
Familiar Faces in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Several recognizable ladies are in the field already here in Level 1. Barbara Enright is a trailblazer for women in poker. She has three WSOP bracelets and is here today. Loni Harwood has two bracelets to her credit.
Other notables in the field so far include Lynn Gilmartin, Annette Obrestad, Marsha Wolack, Julie Cornelius, Pok Kim, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Karina Jett, Jessica Welman, Melissa Gillett, Louis Francoeur, Shino Fujiwara, and Susie Isaacs. Marie Lizette-Acoba got 19th in this event last year and is back, looking for another deep run.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
Names in the Field
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Courtney Kennedy, the defending champion, is back again to defend her title. Other familiar names and faces can be found below:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
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5,000 | 5,000 |
Early Set for Gloria Jackson
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
With the board reading 
and more than 2,500 in the middle, Gloria Jackson bet 2,000 from middle position. Her opponent on the button called and Jackson showed 
for a flopped set, good for a nice big pot early in the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,900 |
Kitty Kuo Wins a Hand
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Kitty Kuo and Kristen Bicknell have gotten themselves involved in a last-longer. To win the bet they need to be in-the-money. Whoever loses will have to be the personal assistant of the winner. As Bicknell is not here yet, Kuo has taken a little bit of a lead.
The player in the under-the-gun position limped in, so did the player on the button. The player in the small blind completed but Kuo, in the big blind, raised to 300. The under-the-gun player called, the button folded. The player in the small blind was considering her options.
"Anybody would play this hand or raise it" she said. "Fold"
The flop came 
, Kuo bet 400 and her opponent called.
The turn brought them the 
on which they both checked.
The river completed the board with the 
, Kuo bet 1,200 and her opponent called again. Kuo showed 
for a king-high flush. Her opponent showed 
for a lower flush. Kuo took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,200 | 2,200 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Faces to the Names
