Play will resume at 4pm PST July 10, 2006

Chip count and Money Finishers:

Pay out structure:

The following player win $6,672.

27. Patricia Beadles

We are now down to 27 players

The following players win $5,132

31. Ann Escobedo
30. Casandra Nix
29. Maria Sanabria
28. Janice Goodman

Anne Escobedo is all in with $13,000 and is called by Stacy Berinsky. Escobedo turns over 88 and Berinsky shows K J. The board shows a Q J 2 and Berinsky is in the lead with a pair of Jacks. The turn is an A and finally the river 10. Escobedo was elimnated in 30th place earning $5,132.

36. Denise Goldstein
35. Ruth Graham
34. Lyndsey Hartley
33. Mimi Rogers
32. Natallie Christianson

The following players win $4,106.

39. Mellissa Flavin
38. Jane Par
37. Manday Kay

Mimi Rogers

Sue Luckbaugh (pocket Jacks) has just eliminated Lyndsey Hartley (set of 9's ) . Lyndsey Hartley goes home with $5,132 for her 34th place finish

The following players win $4,106.
45. Tracey Galla
44. Jessica Ngan
43. Kalee Tan
42. Carmela Werth
41. Oylakay Whitlow
40. Lora Grannett

The following players win $3,079.
48. Susanna Marks
47. Vickie Morley
46. Monica Champa

Level 12; Blinds are:1200 / 1400 with a 300 ante.

The following players win $3,079

54.  Heather Escuin

53. Joanne Bene

52. Sarah Gardner

51. Shirl Quinn

50. Emelyne Bernard

49. Ellen Candon

Laurie Scott isnt to be outdone. She has pulled off some winners and has 100K as well. She once had the lead and is showing she intends to take it back and keep it....at least while she sleeps tonight.

NEWS FLASH...We have a new chip leader...Sue Luckenbaugh sits at 100K.

They are dropping now.

The following players receive $2, 566.

63. Susan Ear

62. Kimberly Henderson

61. Ann Wagmon

60. Yueqi Wang

59. Kelli Griggs

58. Patricia Uribe

57. Kristi Smith

56. Chantell McNulty

55. Jody Cook

Reka Hellgato maintains her lead by reaching 91K. Anjela Brunson is her closest contender at 62K.

Level 1.Blinds are 800 / 1600 with a 200 ante.

The following players win $2,053.

81. Suzanne Thompson

80. Janine O'Neil

79. Maria Feterman

78. Su Chen

77. Tana Washington

76. Regette Bechara

75. Lacey Jones

74. Criselda Turner

73. Esther Taylor

72. Victoria Pratt

71. Stardust Wunch

70. Julie Dang

69. Lisa Barnes

68. Sun Young Yoon

67. Shannon Easton

66. Christine Miller

65. Kazue Kubo

64. Karen Moore

Pocket aces prevail over the pocket fours held by Ester Taylor.

The following players take home $1,540.

96. Jean Harlan

95. Laura Lynne Mahoney

94. Barbara Hausman

93. Malissa Zapata

92. Suzanna Elenor

91. Genella Benjamin

90. Rebekah Johnston

89. Ngoc Hoang

88. Randi Calabro

87. Kelli Mix

86. Aveylin Navarro

85. Linda Ott

84. Kimixo Takeya

83. Sherri Simpson

82. Connie Kelsey

81 players left. Certainly they are not thinking we will get down to the final table tonight. Oh..be still my aching fingers.

On a tear Reka Hellgato takes her pocket kings the distance and picks up a 22K pot.

In heads up play, Reka Hellgato takes back the chip lead. She pitted her pocket jacks against pocket nines held by her opponent. Nothing arrived for the nines on the board and Reka scoops a monstere 45K pot.

Devi Ortega made the call when a player in early position raised only 600. Devi was in the big blind and was already in for half the bet. The flop brought the 9 5 X. Ortega put her opponent all in and was called. Devi showed a 9 5 and her opponent, a pair of aces. Slow play kills. The aces are cracked by two silly pair and she is out of the game. Devi Ortega grew her stack to 53K.

Monica Champa answered an all in raised happily as she held pocket aces. Her opponent showed the As Js. The flop brought the Ks 9h 4s. Not good for Monica. She is in the lead but has to get past the potential flush. The turn was good for her as it came the 4h but the river brought bad news when the 7s slipped in the back door.

Level 10 begins. 200 antes with 600 / 1200 blinds.

The following players make $924.

101. Korina Archuleta

100. Sharon Hron

99. Qin Li

98. Kimberly Rusa

97. Louise Quintana

Players left are all in the money.

With the board showing the 5h Ad Tc, Laurie Scott bet 15K which put her opponent all in. Laurie showed the Ac 2c and the contender the Ah Kh. The turn brought the 4d followed by the 3d. Laurie caught perfect perfect for a running straight. She ousts another and builds her stack to 50K.

From early position, Anjela Brunson raised to 3K. A competitor in middle position pushed all in for 7500 and Brunson immediately called and flipped over pocket ladies. The all in player showed the Ks Jh. The flop came the Ah Qd 5c giving Brunson a set but the contender a draw for broadway. The turn brought the Jc and the river the Kc. Lots of help, but not quite enough. Anjela Brunson takes the pot and has almost 60,000 in chippage. She is now our current chippie.

Wowie...ONLY 128 left....and they made this a two day event......Who wasnt thinking on that one?

Under 140 players now. Count Kathy Liebert out of the ladies event.

We move to Level 9. Ante is 100 with 400 / 800 blinds.

Players take a 20 minute break.

Vanessa Selbst wont be making another final table this event. She goes home.

	Vanessa Selbst

Anjela Brunson pulls into second behind Laurie Scott. La Sengphet slipped to 4rh behind Reka Hellgato .

We are down to fewer than 175 players.

Big slick is taken down by a made hand, a pair of sixes. Sun Yoon grows her stack to 27K

Laurie Scott with 38,500 is sitting right next to La Sengphet who has 29,000. Currently, they hold the top two positions in this event.

With the board showing the 9s Qd Th 4c, Heather Spain pushed all in and had a caller. Heather had pocket kings and her opponent pocket nines. Heather had some making up to do. Any jack or king would do it. Yep, just as suspected, the Kh hit the river and with set over set Heather Spain scoops a big pot. She is up to 25K.

Last years champion is gone. Jennifer Tilly moved all in preflop on the button and Heather Embry in the small blind jumped in with her. Tilly showed a pair of threes and Embry the As Qh. The board brought the Js 9d 7s 4s and Tilly was looking safe, sorta, as any spade, A or Q would take her threes down. Sure enough, the Ac hit the board and Jennifer Tilly relinquishes her crown.

	Jennifer Tilly

More name players who have passed out. Erica Schoenberg, Maureen Feduniak, Ricki Lake, Alexandria Vuong, Cyndy Violette and Jennifer Leigh.

La Sengphet has taken the lead. Another unknown player, La has reached 32K. She is followed by Reka Hellgato who maintains 23K and Katie Porello who is sitting safe with 18K.

Players take a dinner break and will return at 7:15pm.

There was a raise from middle position to 800. Folded around to the button, she pushed all in for 4250. La Sengphet came over the top of both raisers and pushed all in for 21K. The middle position raiser had 3K and called showing the Th Ts. The button showed the Ks Ah and La the Js Jc. The flop came the Jd 3d 2 giving La Sengphet a set. Both the all in players were way behind. They were virtually drawing dead, but, we have all seen stranger things happen. Not this time. The 6h hit the turn and it was all over. Two more players go home. The Kd on the river was just for show.

Reka Hellgato maintains her lead with over 23K.

In an allin raise preflop, Suzanne Mead tossed 2K in the middle and got a call from Kathy Liebert. Mead flipped over the Ac Jc and Liebert the Tc 5d. The flop brought the Kd Qd 3d. The A J was ahead and looking for a one of the two tens left in the deck to fill in the straight and The Tc 5d is begging for a 5 or a diamond. The Th hit the river, a two outer and Mead filled her straight. Liebert has 9 outs to catch a diamond, but, no such luck. The Js fell on the river and Mead doubled through Lieber.

We are now starting Level 6. The ante is still 25 but the blinds go to 150 / 300.

Kelli Griggs raised to 1200 from early position and got a rerasie from Joann Cordero to 1600 all in. Griggs called and showed the Ah Ks. Cordero th As Js. The board brought the Ad 6d 3c 8s 2s and the king kicker made the hand. Griggs knocks out Cordero and grows her stack to 9K.

The winner from last year, Jennifer Tilly took down a nice pot when her K K won against an A T suited. She is up to almost 10K.

Level 5 begins after the break. The blinds remain at 100 / 200 but they add a 25 ante.

Mimi Rogers answered an early position raise by moving all in for 1150 chips. The raiser called and showed Mimi pocket sevens. Mimi flipped over the As Js and spiked her ace on the flop. She is back up to 2600 chips.

Some other well known ladies who have left the building include Jean Gluck, J J Liu, Linda Johnson, Aidilly Elviro and Shannon Elizabeth.

Reka Hellgato has taken the lead as she has almost hit hte 20K mark. She is followed by Alina Farinas who sits at about 10K. Now, in 3rd position is Kathy Liebert, and that is funny as she is busy shifting from one tourney to another as she attempts to play the ladies event as well as the Omaha 10K event. Good luck to you Kathy!

We move to Level 4. Blinds have increased to 100 / 200.

Barbara Enright moved all in preflop and got a call from Lequita Taylor. Barbara showed big slick and Lequita the 7s 7d. The sevens held up against two overs and Barbara Enright goes home.

An unknown player, Alina Farinas is leading the pack with over 11K.

A player we don’t see much anymore has finished for today. Susie Isaacs moved all in from early position and got a call from Angela Louis who had her covered by one black chip. Angela showed the Ac Kd and Susie the Ah Tc. She is way behind. The board brought the Js 8s 2h 2c 4s to take Susie to the rail.

Jennifer Leigh woke up with a hand she could bet the ranch on and moved all in preflop. She got a caller. Jennifer showed the Tc Td and had her opponent over powered as she held the 7s 7c. The board brought the Js 3h 2c Qh 4c and the tens were golden. Jennifer doubled up and is back to her starting amount, 1000 chips.

Players take a break. They will return at 120 pm to Level 3. 50 / 100 blinds.

Heads up between Marsha Hassler and Cecilia Mortensen, we saw a flop of the Td 5d 2c. Marsha, UTG bet 300 and Cecilia called. The turn brought the 9d. Marsha made it 300 again. Cecilia raised to 825 which put her all in. Marsha felt fine to call and showed the Ad Tc. Cecilia showed the 2d 2s for a set of deuces. The river brought the dreaded Jd which gave her the nut flush. Cecilia Mortensen is out of the ladies event this year.

	Cecilia Mortensen

Some other players who are finished today are Sabina Gadecki, Jeanine Deeb and Sarah Bilney. I dont have a firm figure, but it appears that this ladies tournament has exceeded last years entries by over a half. With 601 last year, there are over 900 this year.

Allen Cunningham’s counterpart, Melissa Hayden moved all in preflop for her last 375. Apparently she has run into a few bad hands. The cutoff and button call. It is two against one. The flop came the 9c 7d 2s. The cutoff made it 400 to go and the button called for the sidepot. The turn came the 2c. The cutoff merely checked and the button became the aggressor and bet 800. The cutoff got out of the hand and the button took the side pot. The button showed pocket queens and Hayden pocket fours. The river came the 6s. Melissa, being the sweetheart she is, wished everyone at the table good luck and went back to her outstanding photographic skills.

	Melissa Hayden

Mimi Rogers continues her attack. In a battle of the blinds and with the flop of the 9c 5h 5d, Mimi Rogers checked from the small blind and the big blind bet 125 at the 50 chip pot. The turn brought the 2h. Mimi checked and the big blind fired 300 at the pot. Over the top came Mimi taking it to 800. The big blind, concerned, took a long look at the board. She finally folded, I guess deciding she could easily be beaten. Mimi is nice enough to show her the 5c for trips.

After a flop of the Js 8c 2c, Ricki Lake placed all her chips, 1075 of them in front of her for an all in bet. There was 5-way action preflop. The other four skedaddle with that move and Ricki picks up the 225 in the pot.

Level two has begun. The blinds are 25 / 50.

With another "star" in the game, is it respect or just no cards? Ricki Lake raised to 200 in early position and was answered with everyone folding.

One player limped in and Kathy Liebert tossed 125 into the pot for a raise. The small blind didn’t notice the raise. She broadcasted raise to 125. Now, does she have to raise another 100 to make good on that verbal? The floor said no. So, it was treated as a call. The flop came the 9h 6h 6c. Both the middle position and Kathy Liebert checked and the small blind fired 400 at the pot. Liebert came over the top to all in status for 1100 more. No callers. Kathy is up to 2300.

Mimi Rogers almost triples up early. She is up to 2800 already.

	Mimi Rogers

Oh no...one of my very favorties has been eliminated from the tournament early today. Vanessa Roussa, one of the young "up and comers" will get plenty of rest for her next event. Hahaha.....WRONG...she is playing in day 2 of the no limit game as well....hard to be two places at once I imagine.

	Vanessa Rousso

Level one will begin with 25 / 25 blinds. Each player has been given 1000 starting chips. Last year there were 601 entries. It will be exciting to get the count for this year and see how much we beat last years record.

Event 15, $ 1000 Ladies No Limit Hold Em will start shortly.

The women of poker are filing into the room and finding their seats. There's anticipation in the air as this tournament prepares to start.
Women are holding their own in poker games these days, but it's nice for them to have a chance to play only against each other, without thier male counterparts.

	Jennifer Tilly 2005 Ladies Event Winner