Back-to-Back Ladies Wins for Lea Nehme
The 2009 Winnin' O' the Green series held its second Ladies event in the series. This a $500+$50 No Limit Hold'em event drew 22 women. A small field due to the larger buy-in compared to last week's Ladies event which had 102 entries. This event was paying the top three spots with 1st place earning $5,340.
With 40 minute rounds and 111,000 chips in play the final table was not set until 4pm. Although the 9-handed final table started play, each player knew the money didn't show up until there were only 3 remaining.
During the first several hands, the first elimination occurred in an action packed hand. Helen had pocket Jacks and was all-in. One opponent had Q-Q and another had A-K. The flop was A-X-X giving the A-K a good lead. The turn Queen shifted the lead to the Q-Q and the river was a brick. Helen finished in 9th place.
On hand #14 Denise was all-in with J-8 against Roni's K-Q. The board came K-10-9-A-10 and Roni's pair of Kings took the pot. Denise missed her open-ended straight draw and finished in 8th place.
Hand #19 had Lea Nehme covering Julie's all-in preflop. Julie showed a K-5 and Lea had 6-6. The board fell J-7-3-10-J and Lea's pair held up. Julie finished in 7th place.
Hand #36 had Jana all-in with pocket 3s against Roni Taylor's pocket 9s. The board came 10-8-2-9-9 and Roni's Quad 9s eliminates Jana in 6th place.
On hand #49 Roni Taylor was all-in on the river with a suited Qs-8s against Lea Nehme's As-5. The board was Js-9s-7s-J-6s. Roni had the flopped flush and the river spade gave Lea the nut flush with her As. Roni was eliminated in 4th place.
It took another hour plus to eliminate the next player. On hand #90 Jamie was all-in with an A-10 against Lea's A-Q. The board came A-Q-10-8-6 and Lea's bigger two pair took down the pot. Jamie Vela of Silmar, CA finished in 3rd place earning $2,130.
Heads-up play commenced and lasted a total of three hands. On hand #93 all the money went in preflop. Lea Nehme had pocket 4s and Beth Gains had a suited Kc-5c. The flop was 9-3-3. Beth had 6 outs and then the turn 4 appeared. Lea had a set of 4s and had Beth drawing dead. The river 8 ended the hand and the match. Beth Gains of Los Angeles finished in 2nd place and collected $3,200. Lea Nehme claimed her second consecutive victory in the Ladies events and earned $5,340.
- Jay 'Bugsy' Siegel
BIOGRAPHY
Lea Nehme is a law clerk from Winnetka, CA. She has been playing poker for about 2 years and was taught how to play from her brother. This is her 2nd win in a week and her brother did not sweat her during this final table like he did last week. He would stop by to cheer her on and return to his cash game. Lea took her turn being the short stack at the final table but used her aggression to rise back to the top. Congrats to Lea 'Back-to-Back' Nehme.
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