The 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is in full swing at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas with several bracelet events underway and plenty of players looking to pick up a bracelet. With these events underway, it’s time to look some of the featured female players in the field this week.
High-stakes pro Kristen Foxen is on the hunt for a fourth bracelet as she advanced to Day 2 of Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha, while famed writer Maria Konnikova is looking for her first bracelet and the chance to be a millionaire after bagging a big stack in Day 1b of Event #3: $1,000 Mystery Millions.
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Konnikova, Liebert & Galfond Headline Mystery Millions
The much-anticipated Mystery Millions event has drawn thousands of players looking for a shot at pulling a million-dollar bounty, and there have been plenty of notable female players in the action.
WNBA star Kelsey Plum was in the Day 1 field but sadly her run was short-lived as she ran into a full house in one of her first hands.
Konnikova, meanwhile, bagged one of the biggest stacks of the 304 players left standing. The Biggest Bluff author will enter Day 2 with a stack of 1,055,000 as she looks to make a bracelet run.
Other big names in the Day 1a field included Sunday Millions winner Vanessa Kade, Global Poker Award award finalist Lexy Gavin-Mather and soap opera star Farah Galfond, while Women in Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert and vlogger Ashley “Pokerface Ash” Frank played Day 1b.
Foxen Bags Top Stack in $5,000 Mixed NLH/PLO
As a two-time Female GPI Player of the Year award recipient and three-time bracelet winner, Foxen has already cemented her status as one of the greatest female poker players of all time.
Just a few days into the World Series, Foxen is already off to a great series that could further cement that status. She made Day 2 of Event #2: $25,000 High Roller (6-Handed) before ultimately falling short of the money and going on to play Event #6: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha, where she ended Day 1 ninth in chips with a stack of 895,000.
If “krissyb” manages to make a bracelet run, she will pick up her fourth piece of WSOP hardware after winning bracelets in 2013, 2016 and 2020.
Katelin Koper Among Chip Leaders in Day 2 of Tournament of Champions
Someone else having a great start to the summer is New York’s Katelin Koper, who ended Day 1 of the exclusive Event #4: Tournament of Champions fifth in chips with 50 big blinds.
Koper, who won this year’s WSOPC Turning Stone Ladies Event for $9,951 and her first Circuit ring, picked off a big bluff on Day 1 that was captured by the PokerNews live reporting team.
Shouyi Gao raised 18,000 from the button into Katelin Koper’s big blind. Koper defended and both players went to a flop of the Q♣9♦5♥.
Koper checked to Gao prompting him to lead out for 12,000. Koper called and both players went to the turn.
Koper checked over to Gao on the A♦ turn. Gao continued for 39,000, but this time Koper decided to raise to 85,000. Gao called.
Slowing down on the 10♥, Koper checked to Gao who shoved all in for a massive bet nearing 200,000. This proved no problem for Koper as she picked off this bet and tabled A♣K♣ for top pair. Gao showed 8♦4♦ for a missed flush draw and was eliminated.
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