We missed the hand that did Liv Boeree in, but the player who did the deed, Esther Bonding, was kind enough to recap what happened to us. Liv Boeree got the last of her 1,500 in preflop with , and Bonding called her down with . The board only paired one of their cards, as Bonding paired her ten on the flop, and that was all that she would need. Bonding won the hand, and collected her second big bounty of the day, as she also did Jennifer Tilly in earlier in the day.
It didn't take long for the first bust-out to occur, with another male player being sent to the rail at the hands of Michelle "Sassy" Richey.
As Richey recalled to us, the man pushed all-in with before the flop, but Richey snap-called with and the board bricked out. Richey was delighted when our reporter advised her that the hand was going up on PokerNews.
"I finally get to be on PokerNews now? That's awesome!" she exclaimed. It's also the second male scalp she's claimed today - watch out, boys!
Maria Mayrinck was under the gun and shipped her short stack of 3,000 holding . She received a call from an opponent holding , meaning she needed to improve. Needless to say, the flop helped her out a bit as she flopped a straight flush!
On the last break, PokerStars Team Pro (UK) Liv Boeree told us that things were in a holding pattern for her here in the Ladies Championship. We decided to go check on the EPT San Remo Champion to find her involved in a hand with a board reading .
The woman in the big blind had just bet 1,600 into the 2,200 pot and action was on Boeree. She tanked for a solid minute before splashing in a call, prompting the cutoff to fold behind. "Straight," the big blind announced as she tabled . Boeree just shook her head and tossed her cards to the muck. She is down to 3,700.
If you're reading this, then it is probably a safe assumption that you're not playing the Ladies Championship with Boeree. Fear not, as you can play with her online over on PokerStars. You might also be able to catch her on a European Poker Tour stop . . . after the WSOP of course.
Vanessa Sene raised to 500 from the UTG +1 position and the action folded around to Alexandra Petitjean who re-raised from the big blind; it was more enough to put Sene all-in.
Sene:
Petitejean:
Petitejean picked up the gut-shot Broadway draw on the flop of , but Sene set herself up with the on the turn. The river completed the board and now both ladies are around 10,000 in chips each.
Traci Brown was one of only two women to qualify for this year's WSOP-Circuit National Championshiip that was held at Caesars Palace back in May, thanks to a second-place finish in the WSOP-C Choctaw $1,600 Main Event for $143,462.
Brown is in the field today and looking to improve on her 11th-place finish in last year's Ladies Championship, which earned her $10,833. In a recent hand, Brown called an opponent's all-in bet of 1,750 on a flop of .
Brown:
Opponent:
Both the turn and river blanked for Brown, dropping her to 6,900.
, and Bonding called her down with 
. The board only paired one of their cards, as Bonding paired her ten on the flop, and that was all that she would need. Bonding won the hand, and collected her second big bounty of the day, as she also did Jennifer Tilly in earlier in the day.![[user135779]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. She received a call from an opponent holding 
flop helped her out a bit as she flopped a straight flush!
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. Boeree just shook her head and tossed her cards to the muck. She is down to 3,700.
completed the board and now both ladies are around 10,000 in chips each.
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turn and 
river blanked for Brown, dropping her to 6,900.