Welcome to Day 2 of Event #71: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 2 of Event #71: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship kicks off today at 12 p.m. PDT at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. From a starting field of 1,245 entrants, only 312 players remain, all striving to reach the money as the bubble approaches, with 187 players set to cash.
The min-cash is $2,006 from a total prize pool of $1,095,600, while the winner will take home $171,732 and a coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet. Leading the pack is Irene Carey with a massive stack of 413,500 chips, followed by fellow Americans Anastasia Knapp (360,500) and Ismaray Reigosa (317,000).
| Rank | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irene Carey | United States | 413,500 | 207 |
| 2 | Anastasia Knapp | United States | 360,500 | 180 |
| 3 | Ismaray Reigosa | United States | 317,000 | 159 |
| 4 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | 225,000 | 113 |
| 5 | Shenna Staana | United States | 218,500 | 109 |
| 6 | Jiexi Guo | Canada | 217,500 | 109 |
| 7 | Carolyn Gardiner | New Zealand | 216,500 | 108 |
| 8 | Haruna Fujita | Japan | 209,500 | 105 |
| 9 | Janet Kanstrup | United States | 208,000 | 104 |
| 10 | Samantha Gonzalez | United States | 206,500 | 103 |
Notable players still in the field include reigning champion Tamar Abraham (68,500), 2022 champion Jessica Teusl (154,000), 2021 champion Lara Eisenberg (146,000), Katie Lindsay (147,000), Jessica Vierling (134,000), Loni Hui (91,500), confidence coach Ebony Kenney (52,000), poker streamer Monika Zukowicz (34,500), and three-time WSOP bracelet winner Barbara Enright (174,500).
Play resumes on Saturday, June 29th, at 12 p.m. local time at the Horseshoe Event Center in the Bronze section. Levels will be 60 minutes long, with a 15-minute break every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 16 (around 6:30 p.m.). Blinds will start at 1,000/2,000 with a 2,000 big blind ante, and ten levels will be played today.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all the action as the day unfolds.