Mary Dvorkin Bags the Chip Lead on Day 2 of the Ladies Event
Mary Dvorkin has emerged as the Day 2 chip leader, bagging 1,420,000 in chips in Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. A total of 331 players started the day out of the original 1,286 entrants from Day 1. At the end of the day, 47 players bagged and will be competing tomorrow on Day 3.
One important hand for Dvorkin was when she flopped a full house against Daris Justice. Following close behind Dvorkin were Eunji Park (1,400,000), Shiina Okamoto (1,225,000) and Talia Fligelman (1,190,000). Last night’s chip leader Bernice McLennan is still in contention with 980,000 and last year's winner Jessica Teusl is holding her own with 785,000.
Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary Dvorkin | United Kingdom | 1,420,000 | 71 |
| 2 | Eunji Park | Canada | 1,400,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | 1,225,000 | 61 |
| 4 | Talia Fligelman | United States | 1,190,000 | 60 |
| 5 | Bernice Mclennan | Canada | 980,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Chrysi Phiniotis | Cyprus | 950,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Tara Cain | United States | 915,000 | 46 |
| 8 | Felisa Westermann | Germany | 915,000 | 46 |
| 9 | Nam Nguyen | United States | 900,000 | 45 |
| 10 | Marguerite Spagnuolo | United States | 820,000 | 41 |
The players returning will be guaranteed $3,860 out of the $1,152,550 total prize pool but all of them will by vying for the $192,167 first-place prize and the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
The bubble burst at the end of level 13 and the numbers fell fast and furious after that. Many notables did not make the money, including Kristen Foxen, Vanessa Kade , Julie Marriott, Katie Kopp, Vivian Saliba, Ji Young Kim, Lara Eisenberg and Allyn Shulman.
Some notables that did cash were Jiyoung Kim and Vivian Saliba.
Day 3 of Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship kicks off tomorrow July 1st at 10 a.m. local time here at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. Blinds will start at 10,000/20,000/20,000. A 15-minute break will occur after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break will happen after Level 26 at approximately 4:30 p.m. local time. Play will continue until five players remain.
The PokerNews team will continue to follow all of the action until the newest WSOP bracelet winner is crowned.