The money bubble has burst on the second hand of hand-for-hand play. Two ladies were eliminated on the second hand and will get to split the first payout as a consolation.
Janice Nguyen was all in on a flop of and put at risk by Mikiyo Aoki.
Nguyen:
Mikiyo:
The board ran out and Nguyen had to await her fate for an all in at another table.
Two tables over, Cassandra Johnson was put at risk on a flop of by Joan Goyette.
Johnson:
Goyette:
The dealer delivered the last two cards on the board; and Johnson was eliminated. She was not alone busting on the bubble so will get to split a bit of cash.
Kami Hudson pushed her short stack all in from under the gun and Oksana Jancevic came over the top with a shove in middle position. Hudson was holding to Jancevic's superior . Hudson couldn't catch up on the board of and was eliminated very close to the bubble in this event.
Facing a raise from the player on the button preflop, Jenna Diaz three-bet all in for 5,300. The original raiser folded, but Chanel Crawford made the call in the small blind, and Diaz was at risk.
Diaz:
Crawford:
The flop was great for Diaz, as she made a set on . The turn and river were a harmless and and Diaz got the double up.
Within the first couple of hands of play, Dawn Holland-Williams pushed all in from early position and was called by Kirstie Levine from the button. Levine was the player at risk and was behind.
Holland-Williams:
Levin:
The board ran out clean for the jacks with the dealer flipping over , and Levine was eliminated from this event.
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.