Recapping the Saturday night action with two more bracelets awarded, and the Year of the Womanâ„¢ almost adding a WSOP open event bracelet winner:
Ashby chuffed to win Stud bracelet
Richard \”Chufty\” Ashby wins the third WSOP bracelet for the UK this year, taking down the $1,500 Seven Card title, denying Christine Pietsch in heads-up play. Ashby earns $140,467 for the win, with Pietsch pocketing $86,756. Full results and the Nolan Dalla tournament report are online at wsop.com.
Barch tops in Pot-Limit Omaha
John \”Tex\” Barch makes his third final table the charm, winning his first WSOP bracelet in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event, defeating Klinghammer Thibaut heads-up. Barch adds $256,919 to his tournament winnings, with Thibault earning $158,698. Results and Dalla\’s tournament report is online over at wsop.com.
Ladies Championship Final Table
The final table of the $1,000 No-Limit Holdem Ladies\’ Championship gets underway at 3pm with this lineup, featuring Team Pokerati\’s newest member, La Sengphet:
Seat 1: Vanessa Hellebuyck – 277,000
Seat 2: Holly Hodge – 279,000
Seat 3: Allison Whalen – 344,000
Seat 4: Kami Chisholm – 529,000
Seat 5: Sidsel Boesen – 789,000
Seat 6: Bonnie Overfield – 226,000
Seat 7: Loren Watterworth – 75,000
Seat 8: Timmi Derosa – 437,000
Seat 9: La Sengphet – 206,000
\”Sugar Bear\” looking sweet for day 3 of Limit Holdem
Also starting at 3pm is the final day of the $2,500 Limit Holdem 6-max event, with Al \”Sugar Bear\” Barbieri holding the chip lead with 12 remaining. Here\’s the full list of players and their chip counts:
Al Barbieri – 415,000
Albert Minnullin – 367,000
Christopher Vitch – 352,000
Russ \”Dutch\” Boyd – 349,000
Brian Meinders – 300,000
Anh Le – 289,000
Julian Parmann – 202,000
JJ Liu – 182,000
Dana Kellstrom – 151,000
Domenico Denotaristefani – 110,000
Jeff Norman – 102,000
Eduardo Miranda – 63,000
Tolbert leads Day 1a 1k NL field
The third $1,000 No-Limit Holdem event concluded about halfway through level 9 with 290 players remaining who return Monday afternoon. John Tolbert leads the day 1a field with 73,900 in chips. The full list of chip counts is now available over at PokerNews.
Katchalov catches cards to lead 10k Omaha 8
Day 2 of the $10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 or Better World Championship gets underway at 3pm with Eugene Katchalov leading the remaining 144 players with 123,200 in chips. Other notables also coming back this afternoon: David Benyamine (102,500), Sammy Farha (98,500), Vladimir Shchemelev (88,300), Phil Hellmuth (84,300), Barry Shulman (76,200), Barry Greenstein (49,800), and Team Pokerati\’s Tom Schneider (11,700).
Sunday\’s Tournament
Only one tournament this afternoon, day 1b of the $1,000 No-Limit Holdem starting at 12pm. Don\’t be surprised of today\’s field is a great deal smaller than Saturday\’s, as it has been in the first two $1,000 events. Follow all the action over at PokerNews and www.wsop.com.