Lisa Hamilton wins WSOP 2009 Ladies event

Posted by pokerguru on June 10, 2009

Lisa Hamilton was crowned the Ladies Champion in a tournament that for some reason has been under much scrutiny. Poker purists think that the tournament should not be a bracelet event as it is a restricted tournament. There is not men’s only bracelet event so why do the women get one? I cannot recall a year where this was such a hot topic, but whatever the beef from the rest of the players, Lisa gets the new jewelry for her big night on the town and $195,334 to pay the check.

While the bracelet has still not been awarded, the story of the day is the Omaha Hi/Low 8 or Better World Championship. Daniel Negreanu made his second final table and while he did not win, he was in the middle of a little bit of controversy and a lot of entertainment.

Daniel was literally down to one chip and somehow managed to win what seemed like a million hands in a row and actually got back up to over 500,000 in chips. Prior to his run, there was a discrepancy as Monnette was about to throw in his last chip when Clements showed his hand. He quickly pulled the chip back, but Negreanu was rightfully upset as he could now end up getting knocked out and lose about $30,000 in prize money.

After that controversy was put to bet, yet another small one was stirred up as one of the players at the table objected to Daniel celebrating so much with each win. Please keep in mind that he pretty much knew he was the next one out and was just having fun with the crowd. This was not anything that was directed at any one player nor was it reminiscent of the ridiculous celebrations by Khan that warranted a new rule being issued in the WSOP.

Negreanu is on quite a roll already this year and you can be pretty confident that this will not be the last final table of the year for him. It would be very surprising if he did not make at least one more final table and possibly snag a bracelet at some point. One thing is for sure, Kid Poker is great for the game and is easily one of the best if not the best player in the game right now.

As of this posting, there were still 3 players alive with most of the chips sitting in front of Danny Alaei. It is going to take a huge swing for him to lose this event, but the Limit Tournament from the other night is proof that anything can happen.