Event #22: Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Dia 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

2021-10-12 00:14 UTC-7

Lily Killeto Bags Big as Angelina Rich Leads Day 1 of Event #23 $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em

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Nível 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

After 10 levels of play, Day 1 of Event #22 $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em has concluded. There were a total of 644 entrants creating a total prize pool of $573,160. A total of 97 players are guaranteed at least a $1,633 min-cash with all of the remaining players to battle it out for the $115,694 and WSOP gold bracelet to first place.

A total of 170 remaining entrants made it through the day with Angelina Rich ending the day as the chip leader with 301,000 in chips with Lily Kiletto (290,000), Christina Gollins (260,000), and Cherish Andrews (240,000) also bagging big stacks. Some other stacks that made it through the day include Jamie Kerstetter (160,000), Ebony Kenney (91,000), Daniela Rodriguez (76,000) and Vanessa Kade (13,500).

Ladies Event Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Angelina Rich	Australia	301,000	151
2	Lily Kiletto	United States	265,000	133
3	Michelle Ferrante	United States	215,100	108
4	Christina Gollins	United States	202,100	101
5	Dusti Smith	United States	197,400	99
6	Cherish Andrews	United States	185,000	93
7	Courtney Webb	United States	178,100	89
8	JJ Liu	Taiwan	168,000	84
9	Britt Williams	United States	155,600	78
10	Brittne Zobrist	United States	155,600	78

Other players who were not as fortunate in this tournament included Kitty Kuo, Melanie Weisner, Kathy Liebert, and Maria Ho, who made it to nearly the end of the day but busted in the last level.

Players will return Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12 p.m. with blind levels at 1,000/2,000 and a 2,000 big blind ante. The current schedule has another 10 levels of play on Day 2 as well as Day 3 on Oct. 13 with a winner to be crowned on Oct. 14.

Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for updates on this tournament as well as all other tournaments during the 52nd World Series Of Poker.

Tags: Cherish Andrews Christina Gollins Daniela Rodriguez Ebony Kenney Jamie Kerstetter Kathy Liebert Kitty Kuo Lily Kiletto Maria Ho Melanie Weisner Vanessa Kade

2021-10-11 22:58 UTC-7

Ono Applies Pressure

Nível 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

The action was picked up on the flop which read .

Saya Ono was first to act with one other player in the hand. She lead out for a bet of 3,500. Her opponent quickly three-bet to 10,000. Ono glanced at her opponent's chip stack and then moved all-in putting her opponent's tournament life at risk. Her opponent tanked, shuffled her chips, looked at her cards a few times, and then mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Saya Ono	80,000	55,000

2021-10-11 22:26 UTC-7

Sleeth And Kotoviezy Heads-Up

Nível 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Day Kotoviezy opened in middle position to 4,000. The action folded to Ashley Sleeth in the small blind and she three-bet to 12,000. Kotoviezy called when the action got back to her.

The flop came . Sleeth took a few seconds before continuing for a bet of 15,000. Kotoviezy made the call.

The turn card was the . Sleeth slid a stack of orange chips amounting to 45,000 into the pot. Kotoviey had slightly less than 45,000 and was not ready to call off the rest of her stack. She mucked her hand and knuckled the table to acknowledge that Sleeth played the hand well.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ashley Sleeth	100,000	4,000
Day Kotoviezy	35,000	18,000

Tags: Ashley Sleeth Day Kotoviezy

2021-10-11 21:46 UTC-7

Cheers For Hammers

Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tom Hammers entered the Ladies Championship for $10,000 with intentions of donating all his winnings specifically to charities that support women.

Unfortunately, he was recently eliminated by the chip leader Christina Gollins. She told PokerNews that she raised from under the gun with pocket aces and Hammers moved all-in with pocket sevens. Gollin's aces held and she got the knockout.

As Hammers stood up from his table the entire Brasilia room erupted cheers and whistles, a tradition whenever a man who enters the ladies event busts from the tournament.

Meanwhile, Tom's wife, Sherry Hammers, and his daughter, Jordan Watson are still alive in the ladies' championship.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christina Gollins	280,000	-30,000
Tom Hammers	Eliminado

2021-10-11 21:36 UTC-7

Shahade's Queens Win

Nível 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

An early position player called and Jen Shahade raised to 4,000, which folded the action around to the early position player who put her entire stack of 42,500 in the middle. Shahade thought for a short while then called.

Early Position Player:
Jen Shahade:

The board ran out and Shahade was awarded the knockout, having her opponent covered by one chip.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jen Shahade	86,000	71,000

Tags: Jen Shahade

2021-10-11 20:44 UTC-7

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Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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2021-10-11 20:04 UTC-7

Weisner Gets Unlucky vs. Gollins

Nível 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Action was picked up with Melanie Weisner all in for her tournament life versus Christina Gollins.

Melanie Weisner:
Christina Gollins:

The flop came out giving Gollins a flush draw and the turn completed Gollins' flush leaving Weisner drawing dead. Weisner left the tournament area while Gollins became the tournament chip leader

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christina Gollins	280,000	280,000
Melanie Weisner	Eliminado

2021-10-11 19:34 UTC-7

Kenney Loses A Flip; Liu Also Gone

Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Ebony Kenney was seen leaving the tournament area and her tablemates briefly recapped what had happened. Kenney had gotten her entire stack in preflop with and an opponent made the call with .

The flop ran out giving a flush draw to Kenney, but the turn brought no help and the river was another , filling up her opponent.

On the other side of the room Xuan Liu was also eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ebony Kenney	Eliminado
Xuan Liu	Eliminado

2021-10-11 19:21 UTC-7

Kerstetter Loses In Brutal Fashion

Nível 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jamie Kerstetter called the all in of Juliet Hegedus for 14,500 and the cards were on their backs.

Juliet Hegedus:
Jamie Kerstetter:

The flop came out giving Hegedus a full house, but the turn of gave Kerstetter the better full house. Hegedus was drawing to one out which came on the river as the . The whole table laughed, took pictures and Hegedus took the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jamie Kerstetter	45,000	-14,000
Juliet Hegedus	32,000

2021-10-11 17:40 UTC-7

Maximum Value For Rodriguez

Nível 6 : 300/600, 600 ante

Daniela Rodriguez opened the action to 1,200 from under the gun. The player directly to her left called and they went heads-up to the flop.

The flop came and the action went check, check.

The turn card brought . Rodriguez made a delayed continuation bet of 1,700 and her opponent called.

The river was the . Rodriguez checked and her opponent threw out 3,000. Rodriguez then check-raised to 10,000 and her opponent snap-called.

Opponent:
Daniela Rodriguez:

Rodriguez turned a set of jacks and she got max value when her opponent rivered a pair of aces.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daniela Rodriguez	55,000	31,000

Tags: Daniela Rodriguez