Kristy Gazes wins WPT Ladies Night V! It was quite a show as one can imagine, the following 6 ladies played and finished in this order:
Kristy Gazes
Linda Johnson
Pam Brunson
Miami Tran
Melissa Hayeden
Joanne "JJ" Liu
All of the ladies are fantastic poker players, although I was personally cheering for Linda Johnson! Not only is Linda a dear friend of mine but she is an incredible poker player and unfortunately she just didn't get the cards at this table, although she came in second.
Linda had the largest cheering section of all of the players, including her mom, although she is the "Queen of Poker" and she happens to be the announcer for the World Poker Tour for the past 6 years, so she had the entire staff and crew, including Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten and Layla rooting for her!
Here is the play that transpired for the last 3 ladies:
Hand #137 - Linda Johnson has the button in seat 6, Brunson moves all in from the small blind, and Gazes asks for a count before she calls with A9. Brunson shows K5, and she'll need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes 663, and Gazes retains the lead with ace high. The turn card is the Q, and Brunson needs a king or a five to survive.
The river card is the 2, and Gazes wins the pot with ace high. Pam Brunson is eliminated in third place.
Seven hands later of heads up poker:
Hand #143 - Linda Johnson has the button, she raises to 82,000, Gazes moves all in, and Johnson immediately calls with JJ. Gazes shows KK, and she's in a dominating position to win the tournament right here. Linda Johnson will need to improve to stay alive.
The flop comes A43, and Gazes retaisns the lead. Johnson needs a jack to win, or a runner-runner straight to chop the pot.
The turn card is the 5, and now a deuce will chop the pot between them. A jack will give the pot to Johnson, doubling her into the chip lead.
The river card pairs the board with the 4, and Kristy Gazes wins the hand -- and Ladies Night V -- with two pair, kings and fours.
Linda Johnson made an excellent showing in second place!!!!
Kristy Gazes is the new WPT Ladies Night V Champion, joining past winners Clonie Gowen, Isabelle Mercier, Jennifer Tilly, and J.J. Liu. With the victory, Gazes receives a $25,000 entry into the Season VI WPT World Championship next April, where she'll try to parlay this into some serious money.
Congratulations to all of the women for making such a great show!
We'll see what I fetch tomorrow!
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