Shiina Okamoto accomplished outstanding back-to-back Girls Championship wins final evening in Vegas. The Japanese participant banked $184,094 and a second WSOP gold.
When Okamoto bagged the Girls title final 12 months it was a outstanding feat in itself, having completed runner-up the earlier 12 months. Final evening she managed to increase her outstanding run with yet one more victory and gold bracelet.
The 1368 entries was a wholesome improve on final 12 months’s numbers, producing a prizepool of $1,203,840 and promising two 6-figure payouts up prime.
Day 1 noticed the likes of Maria Konnikova, Kristen Foxen and Loni (Harwood) Hui fall however Poker Corridor of Famer Barbara Enright made it by means of, as did Ladies in Poker Corridor of Famer, Kathy Liebert.
When the bubble burst on day 2, it was Geraldine Spears who missed out…
Geraldine Spears: A♦ Okay♥Alisa Baumann: 8♥ 8♠
All-in and in danger pre, Spears wanted assist to outlive…
Flop: 4♥ 5♣ J♣
Flip: 5♦
River: 5♥
No luck for Spears and the remaining 206 gamers had locked up a double-your-money $2101 money.
By the point day 3 ended, we have been all the way down to seven contenders having misplaced:
Kathy Liebert (131st for $2,101)Kitty Kuo (84th for $2,477)Barbara Enright (thirty fourth for $5,356)Robbi Jade Lew (thirtieth for $5,356)
The ultimate seven opened with some Japan-on-Japan bloodshed, Okamoto ousting her compatriot Sumire Uenomachi…
Uenomachi: A♥ 10♦
Okamoto: A♣ Q♣
Flop: Okay♠ Q♠ 3♥
Flip: A♠
River: 2♠
Okamoto began to tug away, successful a race with A♥ 6♥ towards 4♦ 4♣ to KO Hegedus in sixth place, and when Shashikhina fell to Huynh’s pocket aces we have been down to simply 4 contenders.
Nonetheless, these aces would return to hang-out Huyn, leaving her all however fumes when she ran jacks into Alcorn’s bullets and one hand later she was gone, 4th place price $63,517.
It seemed as if short-stacked Alcorn could be out in third, however someway she hung in and as an alternative it was Stephani Hagberg who took ‘bronze’.
Hagberg: 10♦ 9♥
Okamoto: 6♣ 5♣
Okamoto defended towards a elevate pre…
Flop: 7♣ J♥ 10♣
…after which guess out on the flop.
Flip: 9♣
The flip gave Hagberg two pair however Okamoto had accomplished her flush and it was no shock that each one the chips went in. Hagberg wanted assist…
River: 7♠
…nevertheless it wasn’t to be, out in third place for $87,695.
Heads-up had Okamoto in a commanding 11:1 chip lead and though Alcorn doubled as soon as it proved an excessive amount of of a mountain to climb. A number of arms in, Okamoto picked up nines and Alcorn a small ace, however with no assist it was Okamoto’s title but once more! Her victory tweet was brief and candy…
I defended.#WSOP
— Shiina Okamoto / 岡本詩菜 (@shiina_pkr) June 30, 2025
Closing desk outcomes
1
Shiina Okamoto
Japan
$184,094
2
Heather Alcorn
USA
$122,654
3
Stephani Hagberg
USA
$87,695
4
Julie Huynh
USA
$63,517
5
Sonia Shashikhina
Russia
$46,614
6
Juliet Hegedus
USA
$34,667
7
Sumire Uenomachi
Japan
$26,131
8
Tanith Rothman
South Africa
$19,969
9
Elisa Nakagawa
USA
$15,472
