Ladies Event Day 2 Awaits With Many Notables Still in the Field
The final 104 ladies return to battle at 12 p.m. today for Day 2 of Event #57: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship (with a $9,000 discount for women). The 696 entries generated a prize pool of $626,400 and the champion this year will receive $130,230 to go with the WSOP gold bracelet.
Mesha James is the biggest stack to start the day with 130,200 chips and hopes to make her first deep run in the Ladies Event. Rounding out the tops stacks are Vesna Kuzmanic (102,700), Jill Pike (94,300), Hana Cho (90,400), and Alexis Sterner (85,700).
With the fall of Heidi May and Svetlana Gromenkova yesterday before the money was reached, a new Ladies Event champion will be crowned this year. Some other notables still looking to be that champion include Natasha Mercier (63,700), Danielle Andersen (56,500), Jessica Dawley (51,000), Lacey Jones (50,700), Melanie Weisner (47,000), Kristy Arnett (38,500), Gaelle Baumann (37,000), and Cyndy Violette (14,300) who is the only bracelet winner left in the field.
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Day 2 will feature 10 more one-hour levels of play with 15-minute breaks every two levels and a one-hour dinner break after the sixth level, or around 6:30 p.m. All of the returning players are already in the money, with each guaranteed at least $1,605.
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when Traci Brown first checked, then raised to 5,000 after a bet from Anderson worth 2,000. Andersen made the call and both players checked on the turn 
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fell on the river and after a long tank, Brown bet 7,000. Andersen thought about it for over a minute herself, then raised to 15,000. Brown folded and Andersen grabbed the pot. She has now a big stack around 129,000.
and after some thought, Karina Delima made the call from the big blind with 
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gave her opponent the nut flush. The only bracelet winner left of the tournament made her way to the cashier to collect her $2,219 prize for her 44th WSOP cash.
. Ronning check-called Jones's continuation bet for 8,000. 
, Ronning bet 11,800 and Jones called. The river fell a 
and Ronning made another bet for 17,000. After some thought, Jones chose to call but mucked her hand when Ronning tabled 
for the flush.
when Jill Pike first checked in the big blind and Kristy Arnett bet 5,000 from the button. Pike thought about her next move for a minute and raised it to 14,000. Arnett announced all in for a total of 32,000, putting Pike into a big decision. 
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turn and 
river and Arnett doubled up.
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board. Baumann, who lost a massive hand against Cain a few minutes before, made her way to the cashier while Cain keeps climbing into the chip lead.
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