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Foxwoods Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 6

Ladies - No Limit Hold'em WPT

March 29, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Foxwoods Resort Casino
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Buy-In	$530 + $70
Prize Pool	$103,286
Entries	204
Report Available

Karen Goncalves

Place	Name	Prize
1	Karen Goncalves (Abington, MA, USA)	$32,018
2	Kathy Liebert (Las Vegas, NV, USA)	$17,869
3	Mary Dale (Valhalla, NY, USA)	$8,968
4	Suzanne Dines (Quincy, MA, USA)	$6,403
5	Justine Schiavo-Hunt (Abington, MA, USA)	$4,855
6	Jennifer Cason AKA "Black Widow" (Rocky Hill, CT, USA)	$3,305
7	Heather Turcotte (Lewiston, ME, USA)	$2,272
8	Jennifer Marchant (Manchester, NH, USA)	$1,859
9	Keiko Tawarazako-Lim AKA "K-1" (Bronx, NY, USA)	$1,559
10	Cheryl Sloane (Braintree, MA, USA)	$1,342
11	Laurie Cote (Woonsocket, RI, USA)	$1,342
12	Jennifer Sostak (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY, USA)	$1,342
13	Andrea Lynn Dastoli AKA "lyndrea" (Swansea, MA, USA)	$1,239
14	Olga Varkonyi (Great Neck, NV, USA)	$1,239
15	Melissa Bandilli (Dighton, MA, USA)	$1,239
16	Trisha Barrett (Easthampton, MA, USA)	$1,136
17	Tara Kolakowski (Ansonia, CT, USA)	$1,136
18	Stephanie Kilbride (Hyde Park, MA, USA)	$1,136
19	Kristine Delutrie (West Hartford, CT, USA)	$1,084
20	Sharon Dicentes (Leicester, MA, USA)	$1,084
21	Laurie T Walker (Townsend, MA, USA)	$1,084
22	Alcinda Wangnoon (Brockton, MA, USA)	$1,084
23	Leann M Anderson (Haverhill, MA, USA)	$1,084
24	Pauline A Cortellino (Lewiston, ME, USA)	$1,084
25	Paula Gerry (Medway, MA, USA)	$1,084
26	Lona Rubenstein (East Hampton, NY, USA)	$1,084
27	Cynthia Albert (Germantown, MD, USA)	$1,084
28	Jennifer Galagher (Bristol, CT, USA)	$1,084
29	Suzanne Manchester (Bayport, NY, USA)	$1,084
30	Antoinette LeBlanc (Wakefield, MA, USA)	$1,084

Tournament Report

Karen Goncalves Claims the Championship and $32,018!

The 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic WPT Ladies No-Limit Championship was a hotly contested affair with 204 entrants generating a prize pool of $103,286! In addition to the prize pool, the first place winner would receive a $1590 entry into the WPT Ladies Championship in Las Vegas in April. At the final table it was a comeback victory for Karen Goncalves of Abington, MA, who started the final table as one of the short stacks. Karen overcame pro Kathy Leibert, who finished 2nd, and the rest of the field to take home the WPT entry, the Championship Trophy, commemorative leather jacket and $32,018!!
The final table began shortly after Noon and it took two hands for Karen to double up. Her pocket 10's held against Heather Turcotte's AQ and Karen was on her way to the championship. Kathy Liebert was responsible for eliminating 4 players and the first was Cheryl Sloane of Braintree, MA. Cheryl was all-in for 113K with A10 but Kathy had AK which held and Cheryl was the 10th place winner of $1,342. Soon thereafter Keiko Tawarazako Lim pushed in her last 25K with KJ. Kathy called from the BB with Q3 and a Q on the turn left Keiko in 9th place with $1,559 to take home to the Bronx, NY. Manchester, NH, resident, Jennifer Marchant had just over 100K and called Justine Schiavo-Hunt's 75K all-in with AK. Justine had AJ and a J on the flop crippled Jennifer. Jennifer pushed her last 33K with pocket 10's but Karen had pocket Q's to place Jennifer in 8th with $1,859. Heather Turcotte was all-in with her last 30K with KQ. She could not catch up to Mary Beth Dale's AQ and Heather would return home to Lewiston, ME with 7th place money of $2,272.
With the blinds at 4K/8K, Karen solidified her position at the table when she called Jennifer Cason's all-in with AQ; Jennifer had A6 and, with no help from the board, she was left with 5K. The next hand her K2 could not catch up to Kathy's A7 and Jennifer, a resident of Rocky Hill, CT, was the 6th place winner of $3,305. Justine Schiavo-Hunt of Abington, MA, claimed fifth place. Justine had pocket 7's but Kathy turned over pocket K's and Justine took home $4,855.
Kathy was now the chip leader but just before the end of the level she gave up two hands to Karen worth over 200K which left the two ladies almost dead even. Suzanne Dines of Quincy, MA, who finished 59th in the $300 Shoot-out, was the 4th place winner today. She had 75K remaining and went all-in with A3; but Mary Beth had A7 and, with a 7 on the turn, Suzanne was the winner of $6,403. Mary Beth Dale of Valhalla, NY, could not improve on her 2nd place finish in the Ladies event at the 2007 World Poker Finals when she finished 3rd today. She was all-in with AK for 350K after Karen's 50K bet;
Karen turned over pocket 8's. An A on the flop gave hope to Mary Beth but an 8 on the turn gave Karen a set. Mary Beth had $8,986 for her efforts. Karen had earlier taken 125K from Kathy Liebert when she turned over Q's full. After the hand with Mary Beth, Karen now was the chip leader by 2 to 1. Kathy tried to battle back but she was down to her last 150K when she called Karen's all-in with pocket 3's. Karen turned over AJ and an A on the flop left Kathy with $17,869 to take home to Las Vegas, NV.
And Karen Goncalves, was now the WPT Ladies Champion of the 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic!
Reported by Jeffrey A Toth for Foxwoods Resort Casino