Day 2 in the Books; A Thorn Sits Among the Roses
Day 2 of Event #53: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship is officially over with just 14 players left in contention. The day began with 140 ladies - and one man - returning to chase the money bubble. The action was fast and furious as players were eliminated until Wendy Cordiner claimed the title of "Bubble Girl" within the first hour of play. Even so, a large majority of the ladies left in the event were gracious enough to donate $10 to Cordiner as a consolation prize - something surely only seen in a Ladies Event.
Among those who busted during Day 2 include Jennifer Cox, Melanie Banfield, Alexandra Petitjean, Celine Bastian, Erica Schoenberg, Gretchen "Dragon Lady" Brummer and our Day 1 chip leader Ruby Du.
Valerie McColligan is our chip leader going into our third and final day with 482,000. She is closely followed by Katherine Stahl (352,000), Amanda Baker (326,000) and Peg Ledman (326,000). All eyes will also be on Jonathan Epstein (216,000), who is the last of the men who entered left standing.
Here is the seating draw for our final two tables going into Day 3:
| Table | Seat | Name | Chip Count |
| 286 | 1 | Laura Desantis | 80,000 |
| 286 | 2 | Valerie McColligan | 482,000 |
| 286 | 3 | Amanda Sizemore | 194,000 |
| 286 | 4 | Jonathan Epstein | 216,000 |
| 286 | 5 | --empty— | N/A |
| 286 | 6 | Karina Jett | 140,000 |
| 286 | 7 | Peg Ledman | 326,000 |
| 286 | 8 | Genevieve Gloutnez | 201,000 |
| 286 | 9 | --empty— | N/A |
| 292 | 1 | Amanda Baker | 326,000 |
| 292 | 2 | Karen Fisher | 63,000 |
| 292 | 3 | --empty— | N/A |
| 292 | 4 | Mafalda Lopes | 75,000 |
| 292 | 5 | --empty— | N/A |
| 292 | 6 | Jennifer Cowan | 231,000 |
| 292 | 7 | Katherine Stahl | 352,000 |
| 292 | 8 | Carol Tomlinson | 313,000 |
| 292 | 9 | Marsha Wolak | 154,000 |
The action is scheduled to resume tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. PDT. Be sure to join us here at PokerNews as we make the final trudge toward claiming a new WSOP Ladies Champion and the $192,344 first-place prize (and gold bracelet) that goes along with it!