WSOP Update: Women Poker Players Are Good After All
Norwegian poker pro Annette Obrestad is taking heat for claiming in an ESPN interview that "girls suck at poker". But one girl almost grabbed a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this past weekend.
From WickedChopsPoker.com:
Event #21 ($1,500 7CS) - Big story here was that Christine Pietsch, a woman, almost helped make a case for it being the Year of the WomanTM by capturing a bracelet. At one point she had a significant chip lead, but unlike Wilson Phillips, she couldn't hold on. Pietsch finished second, banking $86,756. Still, women now have a couple of thirds and a second, so "one" would think a bracelet or two might still be in the mix. In related news, Richard Ashby won the bracelet, his first, taking home $140,467.
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Elsewhere, WCP reports that , in what was the largest field ever for a live PLO tourney (Event #20), it looked like Nenad Medic was going to cruise towards his second WSOP bracelet, but he ended up finishing second, losing heads-up to Tex Barch. This is Barch's first bracelet, and he banks $256,919 for the win.
Ace King, Gambling911.com
