End of the Day
Jun 10, '07
Play has ended for the night in the Ladies World Championship No-Limit Hold'em. After the bubble broke at 12:40 a.m., 99 players remained. Only an hour and twenty minutes later, only 66 players remain. Among them is Vanessa Selbst , who final tabled in an open event last year, and Susie Isaacs who placed tenth in the 1998 main event. Day 2 begins at 2 p.m. tomorrow, so make sure to check back for more coverage here at
Cardplayer.com.
Player Tags: Susie Isaacs, Vanessa Selbst
An Emotional Level
Jun 10, '07
The ladies event started with some big names in the field including pros Vanessa Rousso, Isabelle Mercier, Maureen Feduniak, Evelyn Ng, Kathy Liebert, Mary Jones, Karina Jett, Jennifer Tilly, J. J. Liu, Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, Clonie Gowen, Patty G., Marsha Waggoner, Erica Schoenberg and Susie Isaacs. Hollywood was well represented with celebrities Shannon Elizabeth and Cheryl Hines. Also playing in today's event is Shirley Williams, the mother of professional David Williams, final table participant Vanessa Selbst, 2006 ladies event final table participant Devi Ortega, Nikki LeTran and Marlis Sawicki. Even some of the media has joined in to participate including Amanda Leatherman, Lisa Wheeler and Heather Borowski.
So far the ladies have been playing cautious. In some cases, absurdly tight. Over in the corner of the room, an interesting hand took place between three unknowns. With the blinds at $25-$50, the UTG player open shoved all-in for $1,500. The button thought for a few seconds before re-shoving all-in for $3,400. The big blind instantly and proudly mucked K
K
face up for all to see. The UTG player showed down Q
J
and the Button showed K
Q
. Embarassed, the big blind stated that one of them must of had Aces and spent the remainder of the hand shaking her head in disbelief. I did too. The board came K
J
J
4
2
and the UTG player caught trip Jacks to double up. The silence at the table was incredibly uncomfortable and a once chatty table took a few minutes before coming back to life.
The ladies event has certainly brought out the nicer side of the players. Some of the bustouts have even been followed by hugs and emotional goodbyes.
Evelyn Ng was the only notable bustout in the first hour.
As the field shrinks and chip leaders develop, we'll get you all the action from the floor right here on
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Player Tags: Kathy Liebert, Evelyn Ng, Marsha Waggoner, Clonie Gowen, Maureen Feduniak, Karina Jett, Susie Isaacs, Isabelle Mercier, Joanne Liu, Jennifer Tilly, Mary Jones, Vanessa Rousso, Shirley Williams, Jennifer Leigh, Erica Schoenberg, Nikki Letran, Vanessa Selbst, Devi Ortega, Shannon Elizabeth
21 Players Remain
Jun 11, '07
There are only 21 players remaining in day two of the $1,000 No Limit Hold 'Em Ladies event. Every player from here on will make at least $7,526.
Vanessa Selbst is doing her best to move the night along on her quest for a World Series bracelet, using her stack to push players at her table around. In a recent elimination, the player in seat six limped into the pot and Selbst raised. Seat six called and the flop came A
Q
Q
. The player in seat six pushed all in and Selbst quickly made the call. The player in seat six had A-7 and Selbst called with Q-4. The turn brought the 7
and the river was the 5
. Selbst added some more chips to her stack and now has over $350,000.
Susie Isaacs, 10th place finisher in the 1998
World Series of Poker Main Event, has been eliminated.
Player Tags: Susie Isaacs, Vanessa Selbst
Ladies, Take Your Seats
Jun 11, '07
Day two of the 2007 World Series of Poker Ladies event is about to be underway. There are 66 players remaining in the field, whittled down from the 1,286 that started. Susie Isaacs and Vanessa Selbst are still in the hunt for a bracelet and both played strong through day one. Play will continue today until the final table has been reached. Watch for the action to go fast and the established rapid pace of this tournament to continue on in day two. Stay with
CardPlayer.com to keep track of everything that goes down.
Player Tags: Susie Isaacs, Vanessa Selbst