Day 2 Begins With Bubble in View
At 1 p.m., 101 ladies will reconvene for Day 2 of Event #53: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. 81 of these players will be making the money, so the bubble will burst early in the day, as this event is only 20 spots away from awarding cashouts.
This highly-anticipated no-dudes-allowed event saw 793 players buy in at the discounted price of $1,000. This set the prize pool at $713,700 with the top spot promised $153,470 to go along with a special WSOP bracelet.
At the end of play on Day 1, Patty Landis had the privilege of boasting the position of chip leader. A local from Las Vegas, Nevada, Landis is obviously picking up tips from one of the game's best, as she is Daniel Negreanu's personal assistant.
Landis comes into Day 2 with 71,200 chips and is followed by Gwendoline Laurent with 59,300 and Janis Numan with 58,500. Some of the other notable players to watch are Xuan Liu (55,500), Heidi Rhodes (49,000), Lyra Vance (45,500), Melanie Weisner (41,300), Dee Dozier (18,000), Christina Lindley (10,000), and Kristalina Steininger (7,800).
Stay tuned to the PokerNews live update blog to follow the progression of action throughout the day. We will keep you informed on all the excitement right up until the event reaches a final table or plays through 10 levels, at which point play will halt for the day.