At 1 p.m., 101 ladies will reconvene for Day 2 of Event #53: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. 81 of these players will be making the money, so the bubble will burst early in the day, as this event is only 20 spots away from awarding cashouts.
This highly-anticipated no-dudes-allowed event saw 793 players buy in at the discounted price of $1,000. This set the prize pool at $713,700 with the top spot promised $153,470 to go along with a special WSOP bracelet.
At the end of play on Day 1, Patty Landis had the privilege of boasting the position of chip leader. A local from Las Vegas, Nevada, Landis is obviously picking up tips from one of the game's best, as she is Daniel Negreanu's personal assistant.
Landis comes into Day 2 with 71,200 chips and is followed by Gwendoline Laurent with 59,300 and Janis Numan with 58,500. Some of the other notable players to watch are Xuan Liu (55,500), Heidi Rhodes (49,000), Lyra Vance (45,500), Melanie Weisner (41,300), Dee Dozier (18,000), Christina Lindley (10,000), and Kristalina Steininger (7,800).
Stay tuned to the PokerNews live update blog to follow the progression of action throughout the day. We will keep you informed on all the excitement right up until the event reaches a final table or plays through 10 levels, at which point play will halt for the day.
Cherish Andrews was all in preflop and her tournament life was put on the line by chip leader Mikiyo Aoki.
Andrews:
Aoki:
Andrews needed help and she would get it as the dealer fanned out a board of . Andrews' flopped set of eights was best and she doubled up through Aoki.
We saw the dealer flipping over the losing cards, busting Melanie Weisner's opponent. Weisner scooped in the pot. She was holding on a board of and is piling up chips to add to her tower.
The board was reading and Heidi Rhodes was facing a bet of 8,500 and about 20,000 in the pot. After tanking for a couple of minutes, she slid some chips out to call. Her opponent immediately said "nice call" and Rhodes showed for a bottom pair to go with the nines on the board. Her opponent just showed a and mucked. "I knew it," Rhodes whooped and got up from the table in excitement. Then she offered some consolation: "I'm sorry; I shouldn't have even been in that hand."
With the flop reading and action checked to Patty Landis, she bet out 7,000. Her opponent raised to 14,000 and Landis made the call. The turn was the and Landis was checked to again. She pushed in a stack of yellows worth 20,000, enough to put her opponent all in. After a minute of thought, the other player made the call and turned over , but it was no match to Landis' , and Landis scored the knockout when the river card was revealed the .
Melanie Weisner got it in good with against Sherry Dixon's , but an ace in the window suggested what fate she had in store, and she wasn't able to catch up to the paired ace of Dixon. She was eliminted in 26th place and earned $4,817 for her deep run in this event.
Persia Bonella opened the action with a bet of 8,500 from middle position and Karen Novotny pushed all in from the button. Bonella quickly announced call, but the blinds still had to act. Mikiyo Aoki was sitting in the big blind and declared her intention to raise and the floor was called to determine what Bonella's options were now that the action was back on her. She was given the option to fold even though she had said she would call the initial all-in raise. Novotny and Aoki were left to see a board.
Novotny:
Aoki:
"A three, a three. Come on," Novotny called. The flop was the worst possible for her. The dealer turned over and Aoiki had flopped quads, leaving Novotny drawing dead. She was eliminated in 25th place and earned $4,817.
Elizabeth Montizanti opened from early position and Gwendoline Laurent Daw moved all in from the button. Action folded back around to Montizanti, who made the call putting Laurent-Daw at risk.
Laurent-Daw:
Montizanti:
The flop ran out . Laurent-Daw had been out-flopped and was now way behind needing a king to survive. The on the turn and on the river were no help and Laurent-Daw was sent to the rail.
Randi Rusnell got the action started when the raised to 8,000 from the cutoff. Heidi Rhodes wanted to play and raised to 16,000 on the button. Then Pamela Caravan pushed all in from the big blind. Rusnell let go of her hand, but Rhodes made the call.
Rhodes:
Caravan:
Rusnell lauded herself for folding pocket jacks and Caravan saw her tournament life at risk against the aces. She didn't get any help on the board of and was eliminated in 23rd place for a prize of $4,817.
Elizabeth Montizanti got the action started with a raise to 10,000 from middle position and both of the players in the blinds called — Patty Landis and Joan Goyette. The flop was and all three players checked. The turn card was the and Landis checked to Goyette who pushed her short stack all in. Montizanti quickly called and Landis let go of her cards.
Goyette:
Montizanti:
It was top pair against middle pair and Goyette was behind and remained behind through the river to be eliminated in 22nd place for a prize of $4,817.
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. Andrews' flopped set of eights was best and she doubled up through Aoki.
on a board of 
and Heidi Rhodes was facing a bet of 8,500 and about 20,000 in the pot. After tanking for a couple of minutes, she slid some chips out to call. Her opponent immediately said "nice call" and Rhodes showed 
for a bottom pair to go with the nines on the board. Her opponent just showed a 
and mucked. "I knew it," Rhodes whooped and got up from the table in excitement. Then she offered some consolation: "I'm sorry; I shouldn't have even been in that hand."
and Landis was checked to again. She pushed in a stack of yellows worth 20,000, enough to put her opponent all in. After a minute of thought, the other player made the call and turned over 
, but it was no match to Landis' 
, and Landis scored the knockout when the river card was revealed the 
.
and Aoiki had flopped quads, leaving Novotny drawing dead. She was eliminated in 25th place and earned $4,817.
. Laurent-Daw had been out-flopped and was now way behind needing a king to survive. The 
and Landis checked to Goyette who pushed her short stack all in. Montizanti quickly called and Landis let go of her cards.
