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June 2014

Haixia Zhang: From Three Big Blinds to Bracelet Winner

Yesterday the final table of the $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship played down to a winner. And when the dust had settled, it was business-owner, mom and recreational poker player Haixia Zhang, that prevailed. The  final table was quite a short, but a very entertaining one. It did not take …

WSOP #45: Angela Prada-Moed Runner Up in No-Limit Hold’em Event

When the 12 remaining players in event 45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em played down to a winner yesterday, it was with Angela Prada-Moed in the lead. The pastry-chef and part time poker player entered the final day with 961,000 in chips, average was 450,250. Hot on her heels were Loren Klein …

WSOP #45: Angela Prada-Moed Chip Leader With 12 Players Left

After four weeks of tournament poker at WSOP, only one woman, Vanessa Selbst, has been able to capture a bracelet. There’s been a lot of deep runs by female players like Shirley Rosario, Melissa Burr, Jennifer Harman, Pok Kim, Sam Cohen, Allyn Jaffrey Shulman, Amanda Musumeci, Maria Ho, Jackie Glazier, …

Melissa Burr: “I’m Going to Eventually Win One”

What a summer it has been for mixed-games pro Melissa Burr at the World Series of Poker. First she reached the final table in Event #10: $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo, where she finished 8th for $51,768. Then she took 5th in Event #30: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo for $39,181 and …

Vanessa Selbst on Top of the World

What a record-breaking year it has been for Vanessa Selbst! First she captured her third gold bracelet at the World Series of Poker. It happened in Event #2: $25,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold’em, which made her the first woman to win three bracelets in open events. Barbara Enright also holds three …

Sam Cohen and Melissa Burr Made Final Tables But Could Not Seal The Deal

Yesterday at the World Series of Poker, Event #29 and #30 crowned their winners, and it was with two well-known female players at the final tables. Melissa Burr In Event #30: $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Melissa Burr had a chance of hitting another final table and capturing her first gold …

Bracelet Hunting: Melissa Burr and Sam Cohen Are Cruising Towards Final Tables

With nearly half of the events at the World Series of Poker in the book and one woman, the amazing Vanessa Selbst, winning a bracelet, we might see another woman capturing a bracelet later today. I Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Samantha Cohen, AKA Sam Cohen, is in a very …

Rankings June: Vanessa Selbst Overtakes Ronit Chamani for #1 in GPI Player of the Year Ladies

As World Series of Poker has embarked on its third week a lot of big changes can be seen on the GPI Player of the Year Ladies. First and foremost Vanessa Selbst has retaken the top spot that Ronit Chamani had for the last couple of months. This is of …

WSOP #23: Amanda Baker With a Deep Run in $1,000 Turbo Event

Day 1 of the $1,000 Turbo No-Limit Hold’em event has concluded and a field of 1,474 entrants has been cut down to only nine players. Unfortunately we lost Amanda Baker on the final table bubble, when her aces got cracked, and she shortly after moved all in with a pair …