Lily Lotfy Wins WPT Ladies Championship for $82,636

Lily Lotfy conquered a troublesome last desk that included crusher Esther Taylor to say the WPT Girls Championship title for $82,636.

The latest World Poker Tour champion outlasted a area of 445 entries at Wynn Las Vegas within the no-limit maintain’em event, a part of the WPT World Championship competition. She did so in uncommon vogue, by going from Day 1 chip chief to the participant left standing.

Lotfy Comes Out Victorious

Lotfy, who entered the event with simply over $300,000 in The Hendon Mob cashes, returned to motion on Sunday atop the leaderboard with 53 gamers remaining. Her lead was fairly large over Ying Zhu, who busted in twentieth placce for $3,470.

Taylor was additionally among the many chip leaders when Day 2 started. She’d proceed to battle all through the ultimate session, and had elevated her stack a bit when the ultimate desk of 9 started. However she was all the way down to 29 large blinds. Lotfy, then again, regularly grew her stack on Day 2, and remained in a commanding lead.

With six gamers left, Taylor had fallen to the smallest stack, however she’d earn a double-up in opposition to the chip chief with a pocket pair in opposition to queen-high.

Closing Desk Outcomes

Kultida Berman, who misplaced a race moments earlier, was eradicated in sixth place for $19,525 when her small ace could not outflop the marginally superior small ace held by Ayaka Muraishi.

Taylor, recent off her twenty sixth place end for $32,000 within the WPT Prime Championship, then bought her chips in with Ok♣Q♠ on a flop of Ok♠10♦6♥ and was effectively out in entrance of Muraishi’s J♥10♥. However the latter would hit runner-runner quads and despatched “E-Tay” dwelling in fifth place for $25,652.

Muraishi’s heater paid off because it introduced her shut in chips to Lotfy, the primary time the start-of-day chip chief had actually been challenged. However that each one modified when Seina Asagiri doubled to take a giant chunk of Muraishi’s stack. All of the whereas, Mandy Baker was constructing her stack and had turn out to be Lotfy’s new challenger.

Muraishi then misplaced a race to Baker and was eradicated in fourth place for $33,150. Baker had barely taken over the lead, proper up till Lotfy hit a full home to double by her again into a large chip lead. Baker, a few half hour later, misplaced a race to Lotfy, which despatched her to the payout desk with a $42,319 money for third place.

When heads-up play started between Lotfy and Asagiri, the previous held a 3:1 chip benefit. One hand later, on a board of 4♠3♦2♦3♠, Asagiri was all in for her event life with 7♦6♦, chasing a straight or a flush draw. Her opponent held A♠2♣, a hand that must dodge 18 outs. The 9♥ on the river was a brick, which meant Asagiri must accept second place and $55,284.

Lotfy is the third annual WPT Girls Championship winner, becoming a member of Tirza Sanders (2024), Lisa Costello (2023), and Lina Niu (2022).

*Photos courtesy of the World Poker Tour.