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Poker Dealer From Detroit is the New Ladies World Champion

The final table of the $10,000 Ladies Championship proved to be a tough one. No less than three WSOP Circuit ring winners – Amanda ”Mandy” Baker, Wendy Freedman and Amanda Musumeci – had made it to the final, next to Chinese PokerStars pro Yaxi Zhu, who became the first winner …

Safiya Umerova Wins Shootout Event and First Bracelet

Kristen Bicknell was the first woman to win a gold bracelet at the WSOP this summer, and now just two days later Safiya Umerova has followed in her footsteps to win the most coveted bracelet in poker. The result came in Event #50: $1,500 Shootout, which drew 1050 players. To …

Kristen Bicknell Wins Second Career Bracelet

In 2013 Kristen Bicknell won her first gold bracelet when she took down the Ladies World Championship for $173,922, beating Leanne Haas heads up. Now three years later the experienced online grinder has done it again, and this time in an open event with more than 2000 entries. The $1,500 …

Carol Fuchs Wins Bracelet in Dealers Choice Event

It took 52 events before we got our first female bracelet winner at this year’s World Series of Poker. With only 16 events left on the schedule it began to look as though we wouldn’t crown a female champion this summer. But then Carol Fuchs emerged and took down one …

April Facey and Yuri Ishida Among Final 26 in Popular New Event

The World Series of Poker launched 11 new events this summer. One of the more popular has been Event #42: $1,500 Extended Play No-Limit Hold’em with 90-minute long levels and a 7,500 starting stack. A lot of players – 1,914 overall – liked the structure and signed up to play, …

Jennifer Tilly in Contention for Second Bracelet

In 2005 actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly won her first bracelet at the World Series of Poker. Now 10 years later, she is in contention for her second gold bracelet in Event #32: $5,000 6-Max No-Limit Hold’em. Day 2 of the event saw 190 players return to the Amazon …

Kitty Kuo and Elizabeth Montizanti Make Shootout Final Table

The first final table at the World Series of Poker with two female players is a reality. Yesterday both Elizabeth Montizanti and Kitty Kuo won their second tables in Event #14: $1,500 Shootout. After winning their first tables on Thursday and advancing to Day 2 with 100 other players, Montizanti and …

Loni Harwood Makes the Final Table of the Shootout

2013 was the year Loni Harwood broke into the mainstream poker scene after capturing a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 NLH Event and topping a field of 2,541 players. She final tabled 3 events and cashed in 6 events overall. Last year the popular pro was not able to complete the WSOP …