Eight Return For One Final Day of Play
Day 3 of Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship has come to an end after an action-packed day that started with 42 players returning and now only eight remaining. Play will resume tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. PT on the main stage at the 2022 WSOP at Bally’s and Paris Las Vegas.
Lynh Nguyen currently holds the title of Day 3 chip leader bagging 3,870,000 at the end of play today. She is closely followed by Christina Gollins with 3,845,000 in chips and joined by Julie Le with 3,100,000 on the podium today.
Joining them on the final table with the spotlights on them are Meikat Siu, Felisa Westermann, Sandy Tran, Jessica Teusl, and Natalie Hof.
Event #61: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship Final Table Seat Draw
| SEAT | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIPCOUNT | BIG BLINDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalie Hof | Germany | 965,000 | 9 |
| 2 | Felisa Westermann | Germany | 2,910,000 | 29 |
| 3 | Sandy Tran | United States | 2,555,000 | 25 |
| 4 | Meikat Siu | United States | 3,020,000 | 30 |
| 5 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | 985,000 | 9 |
| 6 | Lynh Nguyen | United States | 3,870,000 | 38 |
| 7 | Christina Gollins | United States | 3,845,000 | 38 |
| 8 | Julie Le | United States | 3,100,000 | 31 |
Day 3 Action
Today was a fast and furious start and after about two hours of play, they were already down to three tables with the Day 2 chip leader Cherish Andrews still in the lead.
The Day 1 chip leader, Sharma Gargee was the first one eliminated in a bad beat that saw her full house of nines full of kings get beat by Westermann’s better full house - nines full of aces.
After losing a chunk to Hof in the previous hand, Tiffany Michelle was short-stacked and went all-in but didn’t get lucky and was sent out of the tournament in Level 23. Maria Konnikova followed her a few hands later, getting knocked out in twentieth place.
The ladies made their way over to two tables and by this time Andrews’ chip lead dominated the others with almost a quarter of the total chips in play.
Exiting the tournament in fourteenth place was Ranae Warren who barely scraped her way into the money bubble with one 5,000 chip in Day 2. Warren worked that back up to end up to finish Day 2 sixth in chips and had a good run before her kings were taken out by Jennifer Loman’s aces.
Lexy Gavin was close to making it to the final table but found herself short-stacked and took a chance with an underpair. Unluckily for her, Nguyen had an overpair and the board offered no help and she was eliminated in thirteenth place.
The unofficial final table started with ten players and they were informed that rather than playing down to five as the schedule stated, they would go until only eight remained. Loman was the first to go, getting taken out by Hof’s kings.
Siu got a second chance with a big double-up that saw her cracking Hof’s aces when she hit a gutshot straight draw to turn her pocket kings into a straight, denting Hof’s stack. Siu is here representing New York City and also to spread the word about the not-for-profit charities she founded including pokerforgood.org and muralsforgood.org.
The last one eliminated before play ended for the night was Andrews who ended up with kings in the big blind but a four-card flush on board was her demise and she exited the tournament in ninth place.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for Day 4 coverage on July 2 at 2:00 p.m. in person at the Bally’s main stage or on the YouTube stream to watch the remaining ladies battle it out for the top prize of $166,975 and the WSOP bracelet. Blinds will pick back up in Level 28 at 50,000/100,000.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $166,975 |
| 2 | $103,196 |
| 3 | $73,604 |
| 4 | $53,213 |
| 5 | $39,004 |
| 6 | $29,989 |
| 7 | $21,852 |
| 8 | $16,710 |
and Andrews' kings were crushed with the jack of spades giving Nguyen the flush on the turn. Andrews left the tournament in ninth place, taking home $12,965.
and Hof was still ahead. The 
and with only a pair of tens for Loman, Hof's kings were good to knock her out of the tournament in tenth place.
flop but the 
on the river to knock out Liu in eleventh place.
and while Nancy Nguyen hit a six for bottom pair, Nguyen's pocket nines were still good to take down the pot and knock her opponent out of the tournament.
when Cherish Andrews checked in the hijack and Ruth Graham tanked a minute before firing 250,000 from the cutoff. Andrews reraised it to 600,000 and Graham thought about it for a few minutes before calling. 