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May 5, 2008


Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship is won by Liv Boeree


The Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship enjoyed its biggest field ever this weekend with 52 runners.  The women's only tournament was a veritable list of who's who in European ladies poker.  Runners included a number of top European female players including Annette Obrestad, Bev Pace, Michelle Orpe, Katherine Hartree, Liv Boeree and poker journalist Shelley Rubenstein to name but a few.  All were playing for a first prize of $30,000 and a WSOP main event package, having either qualified online at Ladbrokes for $5 or'buying-in' to the event for $2,000.

As fifty-two was whittled down to ten, Ladbrokes increased the prize pool payout to ten rather than eight, as the field increased at the last minute exceeding the 50 seats originally allocated.   Ladbrokes is now seriously considering increasing the number of places for the 2009 event to fulfil the surge in demand and hopes to see many new faces playing in next year's live tournament.

After two days of poker play, the tournament, was won by Liv Boeree of Absolute Poker.  In a matter of what seemed like minutes, she put paid to Dane Lena Martyak's efforts to secure first place.

Liv said: "I'm over the moon with my win. We've all been treated really well by Ladbrokes Poker and the final table was fantastic.  Coincidentally, I was recently in a debate about female only tournaments and although I did say I thought they were unnecessary this tourney has exceeded my expectations.  The standard of play, the sense of camaraderie, community over the last couple of days has made this an event to remember!"

Lucy Sergides, Ladbrokes Poker Events Manager said: "The ELC is now firmly established as one of the most prestigious women only tournaments in Europe and we couldn't have wished for a better field.  At the last count there were three top sponsored players from rival sites in the field and they all agree that the standard of play was excellent.  It only goes to show that there is space on the poker circuit for well run women only tournaments such as The Ladbrokes Poker ELC."

Lucy continued: "The original concept of the ELC was to introduce women to live play.  The tourney was created to act as a stepping-stone for ladies going on to play in mixed tournaments.  I think we've succeeded in creating an environment where women can try on live play for size to see if it fits.  The majority of the women have said that they enjoyed the experience so much they'll be back next year and all feel ready to play in live tournaments in general"   



Results of the Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies 2008

First:  Liv Boeree $30,000
Second: Lena Martyak $20,000
Third: Shelley Rubenstein $16,000
Fourth: Lise Moller $12,000
Fifth: Jacqui Terry $10,000
Sixth: Karen Muir $6,000
Seventh: Bev Pace $4,0000
Eighth:  Karen Holland $2,000
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Ninth: Cheryl Holden $2,000
Tenth:  Michelle Orpe $2,000



The Ladbrokes Poker ELC will be broadcast on Sky Sports 2 in a series of six, one-hour episodes in July and August.  Women could qualify to play in the ELC for as little as $5 and qualifiers will run on Ladbrokespoker.com from November 2008 for next years Championship event

Well done Liv!

Absolute should be pleased with some decent publicity ;D

Absolute-ly.

The girl did good, fair play to her.

We did a Sky Poker "Chat Show" Pilot last week with Liv - Eddie Hearn's gonna love this result!

Well Done Liv  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Great results for Shelley, too, who ran deep in the Virgin Fessie Final at Newcastle, & Bev & Michelle.

Well done Liv!!

FAncy that.... the top 10 were all women. And they say women cant play poker. pffft ;)

No one here says that Vinny..... ;nemesis; ;snoopy'sguns; Not if they still want to be walking that is. Get my drift??

i emphasised the 'they', well ok i never but i meant to. err go to go xx

people say that women cant play football but did you catch the womens cup final between arsenal and leeds this weekend? catch my drift huh?  ::)

I've come across many women that have great ball skills ::)

unsure if the 1st part of the gag is intentional, if it is this is A+

women cant play poker

i dont want to be walking or i will break my nose

Who won a last longer bet with you in Newcastle...although she was sweating it for a bit.   rotflmfao  Fine words coming from our manager and coach.  Sigh.

 rotflmfao ;tightend;

Class
 ;applause;

Geo

LOL

+1

Thanks for posting these results Tikay. I looked everywhere for them at close of play at the weekend. I was in the event last year and it was a great experience. Congrats to Liv and all the other final tableists. Great to see Bev Pace in the top 10 again. Well done  ;applause;  

Is buying-in in inverted commas for a particular reason?

"buy-in"  ;) ::)

luckily for women they are better at poker than they are at football. This post is not intended to be a compliment.

u r gonna fet a power ranger style huh punch for that comment cos!!!!!

fran you know i didnt mean you, i wouldnt mess with you at the table or away from it! lol

And keep digging.... :D

I must admit it was a good game.  I had a good table to start with Annette to my immediate left and the winner was also on this table, which made it good table, started off playing my A game but then it just wasn't my day in the end, made a mistake trying to push a young girl off her j's with AK, not to be. Could really have done with the game being at a different time as it was all a mad rush of a weekend. All for $30 so can't complain, will certainly go for it next year not because it is Ladies Only but for the value. It runs rings around the Bet Fred Ladies games that ( unless they have changed the structure this year ) just turn into a total crap shoot.

apparently the first event of the Betfred tour this year only pulled 41 runners.  With a £20,000 sponsorship package still up for grabs for the eventual tour champion there could be some good value in it this year.