Shiina Okamoto Leads the Way With Seven Remaining in the Ladies Event
The stage is set for the seven remaining women in Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. The day started with 47 players and Shiina Okamoto, the architect from Japan, ended up with a large chip lead at the end of the day with 11,670,000.
Shiina Okamoto (11,670,000): The Japanese architect knows how to hold a poker face and has had many deep runs in major tournaments including a third-place finish in the Japan Open Poker Tour. Holding twice as many chips as second place and the only player with 100 big blinds, she will be tough to beat.
Tara Cain (4,750,000): In 2018 she sat at this same final table and finished in sixth place for $20,499. With nearly 50 big blinds, she'll be looking to better her previous result with a bracelet victory.
Mary Dvorkin (2,650,000): Newly engaged and an award-winning fencer from Israel, Dvorkin dominated Day 2 with a leading chip stack throughout the day and enters tomorrow third in chips.
Tamar Abraham (2,370,000): Abraham, a cartoon fanatic, is a member of Poker Queens and the Women’s Poker Association. Her friends call her an aggressive force at the table, but off the table she is a great friend.
Suzanne Malavet (2,100,000): Malavet started playing poker 15 years ago at Planet Hollywood and has been a determined player ever since. As a practicing accountant, numbers are no mystery to her.
Chrysi Phiniotis (1,180,000): This force from Cyprus is traveling the world with her Dad playing poker.
Nam Nguyen: (630,000) The stylish nail technician loves to play poker and is playing in her first major tournament.
Seat Draw for the Final Day in Event #67: $1,000 Ladies Championship
| Seat | Name | Country | Stack | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chrysi Phiniotis | Cyprus | 1,180,000 | 11 |
| 2 | Nam Nguyen | United States | 630,000 | 6 |
| 3 | Suzanne Malavet | United States | 2,100,000 | 21 |
| 4 | Tara Cain | United States | 4,750,000 | 48 |
| 5 | Tamar Abraham | United States | 2,370,000 | 24 |
| 6 | Mary Dvorkin | Israel | 2,650,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Shiina Okamoto | Japan | 11,670,000 | 117 |
Some notables who had a deep run today but didn’t make it to the finale were Maria Lampropulos (36th- $4,528), member of the WSOP Thrill Team Samantha Abernathy (31th- $5,385), poker influencer Pamela Balzano-(25th-$6,492), Aroha Ngata (22nd -$6,692) and Felisa Westermann (13th-$9,824).
Last year’s champion Jessica Teusl was knocked out shortly before the three table redraw (33th- $5,385) when Phiniotis cracked Teusl’s kings with pocket queens.
Jennifer Wu couldn’t capture her first WSOP gold bracelet but she made the final table and came up short of Day 4 finishing in eight place for $20,160.
Day 4 will resume at 2 p.m. local time at the Horseshoe Feature Table and will be streaming on PokerGo with a 30-minute delay. Play will resume with 47:49 left in Level 28 with blinds of 50,000/100,000/100,000.
A 15-minute break will occur after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break will be determined.
Final Table Results and Remaining Payouts
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $192,167 | ||
| 2 | $118,768 | ||
| 3 | $85,756 | ||
| 4 | $62,658 | ||
| 5 | $46,333 | ||
| 6 | $34,679 | ||
| 7 | $26,277 | ||
| 8 | Jennifer Wu | United States | $20,160 |
| 9 | Kristie Ogilvie | United States | $15,662 |
| 10 | Laura Westfall | United States | $12,324 |
The PokerNews team will continue to follow all the action until the newest WSOP bracelet winner is crowned.