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#ForMom: Loni Harwood Wins Second WSOP Bracelet

Not a lot of women have won bracelets in open events at the World Series of Poker. In fact Vanessa Selbst tops the standings with 3 gold bracelets in open events to her name. Until today Jennifer Harman was the only woman (apart from Selbst) to win two bracelets in …

Loni Harwood Makes the Final Table of the Shootout

2013 was the year Loni Harwood broke into the mainstream poker scene after capturing a WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 NLH Event and topping a field of 2,541 players. She final tabled 3 events and cashed in 6 events overall. Last year the popular pro was not able to complete the WSOP …

Loni Harwood Leads the GPI Player of the Year Ladies

On February 27th Vanessa Selbst was awarded Female Player of the Year at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.  Since the Global Poker Index started ranking players in 2013, Selbst has won the title in both 2013 and 2014. In 2013 Kitty Kuo finished as the second best …

Esther Taylor-Brady: From 10 Big Blinds to the Final Table of WPT Borgata

No woman has ever won an open international WPT title. I February last year Mette-Louise Christiansen won the WPT National Vejle in Denmark, defeating another female player, Tina Christensen, heads-up, and back in 2011 Russian poker player Natalia Nikitina took down the WPT National Paris at the Aviation Club. But …

WPT Borgata: Esther Taylor-Brady and Loni Harwood Among the Final 27

Day 3 of WPT Borgata saw 136 players return to take their seats, including Jamie Kerstetter, Rachel Kranz, Loni Harwood and Esther Taylor-Brady. With a lot of tough players still left in the field, it would be a long day and a long night before the final 27 players were …

WPT Borgata: Darlene Lee Chip Leader on Day 1B

Day 1A of the World Poker Tour Borgata was an amazing day from a female perspective with two great players in top 10: Lily Kiletto and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman. But when Day 1B was in the books it proved to be even better as it ended with Canada’s Darlene Lee …

Massacre on Day 2 of WPT Seminole Hard Rock: Only a Couple of Women on to Day 3

When day 2 of WPT $5 Million Guarantee Seminole Hard Rock Showdown $3,500 buy-in Main Event concluded only 114 players remained out of a total of nearly 1,800 entries. Day 2 was a true massacre as one player after the other busted. Among them Lily Kiletto, Kathy Liebert, Eboney Kenney, …

WPT Seminole Hard Rock: Tilly, Chamani and Harwood in Good Shapes Before Day 2

Day 1a and 1b of the World Poker Tour $5 Million Guarantee Seminole Hard Rock Showdown $3,500 buy-in Main Event are in the book, while day 1c is yet to be completed. Sunday all the remaining players from day 1a, 1b and 1c will return for day 2 at the …