Here Come the Ladies for their $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship!
At 10 a.m. local time Event #67: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship begins at the 2023 World Series of Poker at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. With another coveted bracelet in the spotlight this event is expected to break records like the rest of the series. These talented women come from all over the world to compete in this prestigious event.
Austria's Jessica Teusl locked up her first bracelet last year in this event and won $166,975. Teusl has been spotted running deep in other World Series events this year and will likely come to defend her title. A force to be reckoned with, Teusl defeated Julie Le heads-up for the gold.
2022 Final Table Results WSOP Ladies Championship
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Teusl | Austria | $166,975 |
| 2 | Julie Le | United States | $103,196 |
| 3 | Christina Gollins | United States | $73,604 |
| 4 | Felisa Westermann | Germany | $53,213 |
| 5 | Meikat Siu | United States | $39,004 |
| 6 | Lynh Nguyen | United States | $28,989 |
| 7 | Sandy Tran | United States | $21,852 |
| 8 | Natalie Hof | Germany | $16,710 |
| 9 | Cherish Andrews | United States | $12,965 |
Players will start the day with a stack of 20,000 in chips and blinds will be 100/100/100 in Level 1. Sixty-minute levels will be played, with a 20-min break every two levels. There will be a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6, at approximately 4:40 p.m. and they will complete ten levels before they call it a night and bag their chips for Friday's Day 2. Late registration will be open until the end of the break after Level 8 (~8:15 p.m.) and one re-entry is permitted.
In 2013, Caesar’s Entertainment announced that men would be allowed to play in the tournament to ensure that the Ladies Championship could continue while complying with the all-gender discrimination laws in the state of Nevada. To keep the playing field predominantly women, male participants are required to pay a $10,000 entry fee, as opposed to the female entry fee of $1,000.
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