Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Dia 1 | 2017 World Series of Poker

2017-07-07 15:23 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Amber Chatwin	17,000 13,200	13,200
Ellen Lambeth	15,500 9,500	9,500
Mandy Baker	15,000
Katie Swift	11,600 8,400	8,400
Anna Antimony	11,000
Alexis Gavin	8,600 3,600	3,600
Annette Obrestad	8,300 3,000	3,000

Louise Francoeur	7,200 -4,000	-4,000
Melanie Weisner	7,000 -7,500	-7,500
Loni Harwood	7,000 2,000	2,000

Kim McClymont	6,700 800	800
Jessica Welman	6,700 1,100	1,100
Shino Fujiwara	6,700 -1,800	-1,800
Melissa Gillett	5,100 2,100	2,100

After an early-position raise to 450 and a call, the cutoff called and Heidi May raised to 2,700 in the small blind. The big blind folded, the initial raiser folded, and the first caller folded. The cutoff thought for about a minute and moved all in for around 9,000. May called and had her opponent slightly covered.

May:
All-in player:

The flop gave May a pair of aces to take the lead, and the turn and the river were safe for her. She eliminated her opponent and collected the pot. May is now up to four times the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Heidi May	20,000 20,000	20,000

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2017-07-07 15:01 UTC-7

Some Chip Counts

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Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Safiya Umerova	23,000

Oanh Bui	17,400 1,400	1,400
Melanie Weisner	14,500
Kitty Kuo	10,000 -7,000	-7,000
Kristen Bicknell	8,200 8,190	8,190

Lacey Jones	8,000 -500	-500
Sofia Lovgren	6,500 1,800	1,800

Loni Harwood	5,000 -1,500	-1,500

Charlie Godwin	4,700 -300	-300
Natalie Hof	4,200 -800	-800

2017-07-07 14:57 UTC-7

Daiva Byrne Wins the Hand

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Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

The flop on the board read , Daiva Byrne, in the big blind, check-called the 1,100 bet of her opponent in mid-position.

They both checked through the on the turn.

The river completed the board with the , Byrne bet 2,100 and her opponent called. Byrne showed for a set of sixes and her opponent paid her bet.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Daiva Byrne	15,200 7,200	7,200

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2017-07-07 14:44 UTC-7

Chen Wen Lee Doubles Through Selbst

Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Chen Wen Lee open-shoved for 1,050 in middle position and Vanessa Selbst called in the big blind to put Lee at risk.

Lee:
Selbst:

The board came , giving Lee aces up to double through.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vanessa Selbst	18,000 12,900	12,900

Chen Wen Lee	2,425

Tags: Chen Wen Lee Vanessa Selbst

2017-07-07 14:29 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

The defending champion, Courtney Kennedy, wasn't at her table anymore and the table confirmed that she has been eliminated. Who will take over the title this year?

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jackie Glazier	21,000 13,100	13,100

Katie Lindsay	17,000 10,500	10,500
Vanessa Kade	16,000 11,000	11,000
Linglin Zeng	12,200 7,200	7,200
Gina Bacon	9,200 1,200	1,200
Karina Jett	7,900 4,200	4,200
Jennifer Shahade	7,000 7,000	7,000

Pok Kim	6,000 -300	-300
Annette Obrestad	5,300 -2,900	-2,900

Sofia Lovgren	4,700 -1,300	-1,300

Xuan Liu	4,500 4,500	4,500
Ana Marquez	4,100 4,100	4,100
Maria Konnikova	4,000 -1,400	-1,400

Courtney Kennedy	Eliminado

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Nível: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

2017-07-07 14:23 UTC-7

Kristen Bicknell Doubles Up

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Nível 3 : 75/150, 25 ante

It will be interesting to see how this last-longer bet between Kristen Bicknell and Kitty Kuo unfolds today. Bicknell registered a bit later and will be trying to overtake Kuo in the chip-count leaderboard. And we learned via Twitter that she doubled up. We asked her for the details.

The player in the under-the-gun position raised, the player in the cutoff called. Bicknell called from the small blind.

The flop came (rainbow), Bicknell checked, the under-the-gun player bet 700, the cutoff player called, Bicknell raised to 2,100. The under-the-gun player folded and the player in the cutoff called.

The turn was the , Bicknell shoved all in for about 2,900, her opponent called.

Cutoff:
Kristen Bicknell:

The river completed the board with a and Bicknell doubled up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kristen Bicknell	10 10	10

Tags: Kitty Kuo Kristen Bicknell

2017-07-07 14:20 UTC-7

Amber Chatwin Doubles Through Kitty Kuo

Nível 3 : 75/150, 25 ante

Kitty Kuo raised to 500 in middle position and Amber Chatwin went all in for 1,675 on the button.

Kuo's immediate reaction to the shove was "Shit."

Players at the table laughed. The player in the small blind thought for a little while and folded, and so did the big blind. Kuo called and Chatwin was at risk.

Chatwin:
Kuo: