Parm Mehmi Bags Day 1 Chip Lead in Event #70: Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship
Event #70: $10,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship (with a $9,000 discount for women), drew a total of 718 entries. Only 85 ladies are still in the running for the top prize of $135,098 and the WSOP gold after 10 levels of play.
Several players were vying for the chip lead in the last couple levels of the night, but Parm Mehmi finished the day at the top. Mehmi stayed on an upward slope for most of the day and ended with 120,000 chips. Mehmi, who finished in fifth place in the 2015 Ladies Event, is in good position to make another deep run here two years later.
Deborah Worley-Roberts bagged the second-biggest stack of 114,900 after turning a set of fives and eliminating Lavonne Joyce in a big pot in the final level of play. Katie Ansorge finished third in chips, just behind Worley-Roberts with 114,800. Amanda Sizemore took third place in the 2015 Ladies Event the same year that Mehmi finished in fifth. These two were at the same table for much of the day, and both steadily accumulated chips. Sizemore bagged the fourth-biggest stack with 107,500. Kristen Deardorff rounded out the top five with 104,300.
Three-time bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst stayed at the top of the counts for most of the day and bagged a healthy stack of 94,800. Some other notables to bag were Oanh Bui (92,700), Heidi May (74,400), Lynn Gilmartin (71,500), Julie Cornelius (63,900), Mandy Baker (56,000), and Na Young Kim (47,000).
With 108 players making the money, hand-for-hand play with 109 left began during the final level of the night and lasted for just one hand. Last year's Ladies Event runner-up, Mandy Baker, eliminated a player on the bubble to get the field into the money. Baker and her opponent both turned trip sevens and got the chips in, but Baker had the best kicker to send the unfortunate bubble girl to the rail.
In the final level of play, the bustouts went quickly, and 23 players finished in the money before play concluded. Mina Greco, Estelle Denis, Natalie Hof, and Anna Antimony were all eliminated in the money today.
Several familiar female players who were spotted in the field did not survive to the money. Among them were Barbara Enright, Kathy Liebert, Celina Lin, Sofia Lovgren, Kitty Kuo, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Liv Boeree, Kelly Minkin, Leo Margets, Pok Kim, JJ Liu, Loni Harwood, and Jamie Kerstetter.
The lone male participant in the event, retired NHL player Simon Després, was eliminated shortly after the dinner break and exited to cheers and claps around the room. Former winners of this event including Courtney Kennedy, Jacqueline Scott, and Haixia Zhang. All played today but also fell short of the money.
The 85 remaining players will restart Saturday at noon local time to play ten more levels. All returning players are guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,605.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be providing coverage from the tournament floor until a winner is crowned on Sunday, so keep it here for updates.
| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miranda | 618 | 1 | Wendy Weissman | United States | 67,300 | 56 |
| Miranda | 618 | 2 | Amanda Sizemore | United States | 107,500 | 90 |
| Miranda | 618 | 3 | Amanda Baker | United States | 56,000 | 47 |
| Miranda | 618 | 4 | Lisa Santy | United States | 35,500 | 30 |
| Miranda | 618 | 5 | Heidi May | Australia | 74,400 | 62 |
| Miranda | 618 | 6 | Janet Berry | United States | 5,700 | 5 |
| Miranda | 618 | 7 | Michelle Reidy | United States | 64,700 | 54 |
| Miranda | 618 | 8 | Lindsay Kido | United States | 21,200 | 18 |
| Miranda | 619 | 1 | Parm Mehmi | United States | 120,000 | 100 |
| Miranda | 619 | 2 | Laura Hoppe | United States | 14,000 | 12 |
| Miranda | 619 | 3 | Allison Schultz | United States | 71,400 | 60 |
| Miranda | 619 | 4 | Dayane Kotoviezy | United States | 23,000 | 19 |
| Miranda | 619 | 5 | Patricia Sabo | United States | 29,000 | 24 |
| Miranda | 619 | 6 | Lauren Kling | United States | 14,000 | 12 |
| Miranda | 619 | 7 | Margaret Zampino | United States | 68,800 | 57 |
| Miranda | 619 | 8 | Nicole Malekova | Slovakia | 44,900 | 37 |
| Miranda | 619 | 9 | Gina Rossi | United Kingdom | 15,400 | 13 |
| Miranda | 620 | 1 | Carolyn Karettis | United States | 21,800 | 18 |
| Miranda | 620 | 2 | Rong Tang | China | 30,300 | 25 |
| Miranda | 620 | 3 | Thi Nguyen | Australia | 15,000 | 13 |
| Miranda | 620 | 5 | Tiffany Lee | United States | 13,200 | 11 |
| Miranda | 620 | 6 | Vesna Kizmanic | Croatia | 26,200 | 22 |
| Miranda | 620 | 7 | Wing Chan | Canada | 18,300 | 15 |
| Miranda | 620 | 8 | Alexis Gavin | United States | 15,600 | 13 |
| Miranda | 620 | 9 | Lynn Gilmartin | Australia | 71,500 | 60 |
| Miranda | 621 | 2 | Julie Le | United States | 20,600 | 17 |
| Miranda | 621 | 3 | Teresa Savage | United States | 54,600 | 46 |
| Miranda | 621 | 4 | Lisa Kito | Japan | 7,400 | 6 |
| Miranda | 621 | 5 | Nathalie Schaeffer | France | 13,200 | 11 |
| Miranda | 621 | 6 | Anne Busch | United States | 33,700 | 28 |
| Miranda | 621 | 7 | Nika Futterman | United States | 57,900 | 48 |
| Miranda | 621 | 8 | Jana Delacerra | United States | 92,000 | 77 |
| Miranda | 621 | 9 | Carolyn Wilson | United States | 23,300 | 19 |
| Miranda | 627 | 1 | Tonia Williams | United States | 13,000 | 11 |
| Miranda | 627 | 2 | Ranae Warren | United States | 8,700 | 7 |
| Miranda | 627 | 3 | Angela Del Re | Italy | 28,600 | 24 |
| Miranda | 627 | 4 | Renn Pfeiffer | United States | 42,300 | 35 |
| Miranda | 627 | 5 | Jenny Marczynski | United States | 25,300 | 21 |
| Miranda | 627 | 6 | Nicole Schwartz | United States | 25,500 | 21 |
| Miranda | 627 | 8 | Yolanda Navarrete | United States | 17,100 | 14 |
| Miranda | 627 | 9 | Larissa Metrannascente | Brazil | 25,900 | 22 |
| Miranda | 628 | 1 | Lucia Martinez | Spain | 36,200 | 30 |
| Miranda | 628 | 2 | Katherine Ansorge | United States | 114,800 | 96 |
| Miranda | 628 | 3 | Amber Chatwin | United States | 57,500 | 48 |
| Miranda | 628 | 5 | Chii Sun | United States | 20,200 | 17 |
| Miranda | 628 | 6 | Oanh Bui | Netherlands | 92,700 | 77 |
| Miranda | 628 | 7 | Angela Prada-Moed | United States | 9,400 | 8 |
| Miranda | 628 | 8 | Alexis Sterner | United States | 70,800 | 59 |
| Miranda | 628 | 9 | Marcelina Iaquinto | United States | 12,600 | 11 |
| Miranda | 629 | 1 | Lisa Towns | United States | 57,200 | 48 |
| Miranda | 629 | 2 | Nathalie Saether | Norway | 18,900 | 16 |
| Miranda | 629 | 3 | Jenny Kang | United States | 12,000 | 10 |
| Miranda | 629 | 4 | Kelly Treat | United States | 45,000 | 38 |
| Miranda | 629 | 5 | Nesli Ohare | United States | 30,400 | 25 |
| Miranda | 629 | 6 | Chellie Campbell | United States | 26,600 | 22 |
| Miranda | 629 | 7 | Julie Dang | United States | 58,900 | 49 |
| Miranda | 629 | 8 | Diana Svensk | Stockholm, SE | 77,800 | 65 |
| Miranda | 629 | 9 | Vanessa Selbst | United States | 94,800 | 79 |
| Miranda | 636 | 1 | Vanessa Ames | United States | 60,500 | 50 |
| Miranda | 636 | 2 | Laurie Tournier | Joinville, , BR | 51,000 | 43 |
| Miranda | 636 | 3 | Joanna Leban | United States | 32,600 | 27 |
| Miranda | 636 | 4 | Manami Hayamizu | Japan | 18,900 | 16 |
| Miranda | 636 | 5 | Xiangrui Meng | China | 16,100 | 13 |
| Miranda | 636 | 6 | Carol Harmon | United States | 24,700 | 21 |
| Miranda | 636 | 7 | Debbie Rolland | United States | 48,500 | 40 |
| Miranda | 636 | 8 | Karen Sortin | United States | 73,800 | 62 |
| Miranda | 636 | 9 | Judith Ezagouri | France | 11,900 | 10 |
| Miranda | 637 | 1 | Anna Marcie | United States | 16,800 | 14 |
| Miranda | 637 | 2 | Duplynn Rhodes-Brown | United States | 66,200 | 55 |
| Miranda | 637 | 3 | Jodie Fincaryk | Canada | 15,200 | 13 |
| Miranda | 637 | 4 | Sonia Padovani | United Kingdom | 51,700 | 43 |
| Miranda | 637 | 5 | Fatima Nanji | Canada | 49,000 | 41 |
| Miranda | 637 | 6 | Deborah Worleyroberts | United States | 114,900 | 96 |
| Miranda | 637 | 7 | Etsuko Yoshino | United States | 24,400 | 20 |
| Miranda | 637 | 8 | Tiang Lay | Austria | 18,900 | 16 |
| Miranda | 637 | 9 | Kimberly Mcclymont | Canada | 30,800 | 26 |
| Miranda | 638 | 1 | Shino Fujiwara | United States | 31,900 | 27 |
| Miranda | 638 | 2 | Julie Cornelius | United States | 63,900 | 53 |
| Miranda | 638 | 3 | Kindra Goodman | United States | 7,600 | 6 |
| Miranda | 638 | 4 | Karen Hodge | United States | 69,000 | 58 |
| Miranda | 638 | 5 | Nayoung Kim | Japan | 47,000 | 39 |
| Miranda | 638 | 6 | Ping Wang | United States | 39,000 | 33 |
| Miranda | 638 | 7 | Susan Armstrong | United States | 43,900 | 37 |
| Miranda | 638 | 8 | Nancy Davilla | United States | 29,700 | 25 |
| Miranda | 638 | 9 | Kristen Deardorff | United States | 104,300 | 87 |