The first event to reach its conclusion yesterday at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) was #22: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship, in which Vanessa Hellebuyck banked $192,132 for her victory.
The ladies tournament attracted a number of men, which had the Rio buzzing with various opinions. None of the frowned-upon gendered players made the final table, meaning it came down to nine women battling for the bracelet, just as intended.
On the final hand of play, Sidsel Boesen moved all-in with her last 358,000 with Td-9d, only to be called by the 5s-5d of Hellebuyck. When the flop came Qc-Ks-3s, Boesen picked up for more outs, but the turn and river bricked, which sent Hellebuyck’s supporters into a euphoric frenzy. Boesen, who entered the final table as the chip leader, took home $118,897 for her second place finish. Here’s a look at the final results:
1. Vanessa Hellebuyck – $192,132
2. Sidsel Boesen – $118,897
3. Timmi Derosa – $74,389
4. Allison Whalen – $53,994
5. Kami Chisholm – $39,860
6. Holly Hodge – $29,880
7. La Sengphet – $22,728
8. Bonnie Overfield – $17,520
9. Loren Watterworth – $13,688
A few hours later, Dutch Boyd took care of business in Event #23: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Six-Handed, taking home $234,065 and his second WSOP bracelet. On the last hand of play, Brian Meinders had just one big blind left and got his chips in the middle with Ac-8s. Boyd called with Jh-Td, and when the board ran out Jc-2s-9d-7c-8d, the tournament was over. The rest of the final table went down like this:
1. Dutch Boyd – $234,065
2. Brian Meinders – $144,650
3. Albert Minnullin – $93,892
4. Art Parmann – $62,769
5. Domenico Denotaristefani – $43,117
6. Al Barbieri – $30,399
Meanwhile, in Event #24: $1,000 No Limit Hold’em, Day 1B came to an end late Sunday night with a number of notable players still alive. 1,358 entrants showed up and Eric Froehlich, Tony Dunst, Chad Batista, Liv Boeree, and Isaac Haxton are all in the hunt for a bracelet. After eight and a half levels, which mimicked Day 1A’s play, the 512 remaining runners will combine and return to play 10 levels later today. A total of 342 players will make the money, with a whopping $503,000 set aside for the winner. Take a peek at the top chip counts heading into Day 2:
John Tolbert – 73,900
David Wilkinson – 66,400
Adam Reynolds – 66,350
Jeffrey Tebben – 60,225
Ping Yung – 58,625
Leonid Yanovski – 58,275
Christopher Adams – 56,325
Kevin Kelly – 55,775
Anthony Hice – 53,650
Laura Cantero – 52,850
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better played down to 23 players yesterday, with Michael Chow and his 600,000 stack leading the way. The tournament is just inside the money and all players have their eyes on the top prize of $488,241. Some notable names remain in the field, including Sammy Farha, Mike Sexton, Jean-Robert Bellande, Steve Zolotow, Chino Rheem, and UB.com pro Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin. Play will resume at 2:30pm PT this afternoon. Here are the biggest stacks going into Day 3:
Michael Chow – 600,000
Abe Mosseri – 531,000
Sammy Farha – 512,000
Eugene Katchalov – 463,000
Sergey Altbregin – 444,000
Mike Sexton – 386,000
Steve Wong – 363,000
Tai Nguyen – 325,000
Jean-Robert Bellande – 314,000
Tony Merksick – 312,000
Two tournaments kick off today: Event #26 $2,500 No Limit Hold’em Six Handed and Event #27 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better. Stay tuned to Poker News Daily for all the updates.
