Out of a field of 968 players, only six players will return today to the felt at 12 noon local time to continue to battle it until a champion is crowned in Event #47: $1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship. They are all guaranteed $27,643 but they will all be looking to claim their first six-figure score of $167,308, as well as the title and the shiny WSOP bracelet.
Returning as the chip leader will be Tu Dao with 5,420,000. She is followed by Jiyoung Kim (5,100,000) and Nancy Matson rounds up the top three with a stack of 4,530,000.
Lyly Vo (1,700,000), Lexy Gavin (1,430,000) and French player Sandrine Phan (1,185,000) will be taking their seats at the main stage as well. Gavin is a familiar face in the poker world and will try to claim her first WSOP title.
The final six players will line up as follows when play resumes in just under two hours time on the Main Stage here at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas:
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Lexy Gavin
United States
1,430,000
24
2
Tu Dao
Canada
5,420,000
90
3
Sandrine Phan
France
1,185,000
20
4
Jiyoung Kim
Korea
5,100,000
85
5
Lyly Vo
United States
1,700,000
28
6
Nancy Matson
United States
4,530,000
76
Play will resume with 15 minutes remaining at Level 27 with blinds of 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 ante.
The final day of this event will be airing on CBS All Access and PokerGO as this event is simulcast on both platforms with equal access for the subscribers of those platforms at 1.00 p.m. local time.
As usual, The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will provide you with all the action from start to finish.
Hand #56: Jiyoung Kim put Lyly Vo all-in from the small blind and Vo called for her last 600,000.
Lyly Vo:
Jiyoung Kim:
The flop came to give Kim top pair immediately but Vo picked up a gutshot to a straight.
The turn was the which gave Vo a pair and some extra outs to stay alive but she bricked the river as the completed the board. Vo was eliminated in fifth place for $37,654.
Hand #92: Tu Dao raised to 250,000 from the button and Jiyoung Kim three-bet to 600,000 from the big blind for Dao to fold.
Hand #93: Sandrine Phan shoved from the button for 1,160,000 and Kim asked for a count in the small blind. Kim counted out calling chips and made the call while Nancy Matson folded her big blind.
Sandrine Phan:
Jiyoung Kim:
The flop came to keep Kim ahead,
The turn was the for Phan to pair up and make two pair.
The river completed the board with the for Phan to improve to a better two pair to double up and stay alive.
Hand #94: Kim raised to 250,000 from the button and Matson called in the small blind. Dao three-bet to 700,000 in the big blind and the rest folded.
Hand #95: Matson raised to 250,000 from the button, Dao three-bet to 700,000 in the small blind, and that was enough to pick up the pot.
Hand #111: Nancy Matson raised to 260,000 from the button and Tu Dao shoved from the small blind for 2,020,000. Sandrine Phan also shoved for 3,010,000 from the big blind and Matson quickly folded her hand to let them battle it out.
Tu Dao:
Sandrine Phan:
The flop came for Phan to stay ahead.
The turn was the for Dao to have two outs left as the would give Phan a flush.
The river completed the board with the for Phan to hold on and eliminate the Day 2 and Day 3 chip leader in fourth place for $52,007.
Hand #139: Sandrine Phan shoved from the small blind for 1,920,000 and Jiyoung Kim asked for a count in the big blind before she called.
Sandrine Phan:
Jiyoung Kim:
The flop came for Kim to flop top pair immediately.
The on the turn meant Phan also paired up to have some hope to stay alive but the on the river meant Phan was done for today as she finished in third place for $78,821.
The two remaining players have been sent for a short break while the final table is being set up for heads-up play and the bracelet will be displayed on the table.
Hand #183: Nancy Matson limped from the small blind and Jiyoung Kim raised to 600,000 from the big blind. Matson responded by moving all in for 2,910,000 and Kim made the call.
Nancy Matson:
Jiyoung Kim:
The board ran and Kim stayed ahead to win the tournament, eliminating Matson in 2nd place for $103,350.
After 157 hands on the final day of the 2019 World Series of Poker Event #47: $1,000/$10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship, South Korea’s Jiyoung Kim won her first WSOP gold bracelet and a first-place prize of $167,308 by defeating Nancy Matson heads-up. The event attracted 968 entries due to a new format with an increased starting stack of 20,000 chips and the fact that players could reenter during the first eight levels of play.
It marked Kim’s second time ever cashing a WSOP event but the latest result easily surpassed the $580 cash she had during a WSOP Circuit event in 2016 according to The Hendon Mob. Kim had recorded 17 different cashes before the win with her previous highest cash ever being $21,939 during an event in the Philippines in 2016.
The cash that comes with the bracelet is a big thing but Kim plans to give it all away: “I’m giving it to my mom. All of it. She is always worried about me going overseas to play poker tournaments. I feel for her that’s why I will give it to her.”
The 2019 WSOP Ladies Championship Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize (USD)
1
Jiyoung Kim
South Korea
$167,308
2
Nancy Matson
United States
$103,350
3
Sandrine Phan
France
$78,821
4
Tu Dao
Canada
$52,007
5
Lyly Vo
United States
$37,654
6
Lexy Gavin
United States
$27,643
7
Raylene Celaya
United States
$20,582
8
Stephanie Hubbard
United States
$15,544
9
Barbara Blechinger
United States
$11,911
When the players returned at noon local time on Sunday all six players were guaranteed at least $27,643 but they were all aiming to make their career-best cashes. Unfortunately, that wasn’t meant to be for everyone. The well-liked and friendly Lexy Gavin was arguably the most recognizable name in the line-up. She got her last chips in from the small blind with pocket sixes after a raise by Matson, who held ace-queen. Matson flopped top two pair and Gavin couldn’t find a six on the turn nor the river to stay alive.
Lyly Vo was next to go in fifth place for $37,564 when her last six big blinds went in with seven-six. She was up against Kim’s ace-seven. The ace-four-trey flop gave Kim top pair but there was a glimmer of hope for Vo as she picked up a gutshot to a straight draw. The six on the turn gave Vo some more outs to stay alive but she bricked the river to be sent to the payout desk. France’s Sandrine Phan was the next one to be named the short stack after Vo’s elimination but she managed to double up with seven-five when she turned two pair.
The Day 2 and 3 chip leader, Tu Dao was bleeding chips throughout the day as none of the ladies held back with their aggressive plays. Dao ended up jamming with ace-jack suited for 18 big blinds after Matson had raised. Phan over-shoved with the bigger stack and Matson quickly got out of their way. Phan’s pocket jacks held up for Dao to be sent away in fourth place for $52,007.
Three-handed play would take an hour before the curtains finally fell on Phan. Her king-nine couldn’t beat the ace-deuce of Kim. Phan’s first visit to the 50th Annual WSOP can immediately be called a success as she collected $72,821 for her efforts which means she’s got a new personal best in regards to live tournament cashes. Heads-up play started with Kim holding a commanding lead which she never relinquished.
Matson managed to find a double-up once with ace-five against Kim’s king-queen but in the final hand of the day, she pushed all her chips in with king-eight and was called by Kim who held ace-nine. They both walked to their own rails to watch the runout of the seven-seven-queen-ten-trey board. Kim’s own rail kept chanting for a deuce but the trey was just as good as Kim celebrated with them when the final cards were dealt.
They hugged and congratulated each other on their results. Kim laid claim to the second-ever bracelet for South Korea after Sean Yu won the first back in 2017.
“I feel like I’m dreaming. It’s a dream come true for me,” Kim said after her victory. “It’s my third year here at the WSOP. I’ve never cashed before (in Las Vegas). I own a small coffee shop in South Korea and I’m also a poker player. I’ve been playing live tournaments for about four years. I’m a semi-pro. I play part-time.”
Kim added: “I said I would take it slow going into the final table even though there were female players. This is the home of poker so I didn’t want to underestimate the players. I’ve played the Asian Circuit and the players here were way better. I think I got luckier than them. That’s why I’m here right now.”
Kim played the BIG 50 and the Millionaire Maker earlier this summer and made her third event her lucky one. She isn’t sure if she’ll play the Main Event yet: “I might try the satellites first and go from there."
PokerNews will be here throughout the rest of the summer to bring you all the latest WSOP updates, so if she’s back in any of the other events, the live reporting team will make sure to let you know.