WPT Ladies Night Tournament Summary
Written by Raj on January 29th, 2006
The WPT (World Poker Tour) held their Ladies Night Poker Tournament yesterday at the Bicycle Casino in California. There were lots of strong, aggressive players including several veterans.
Newcomer Lavinna Zhang, who’s only been playing professionally for 6 months must have had much coaching from her poker pro husband, William. Her laid back attitude won her several hands early on. At least enough coaching that she took 2nd place, beat out only by Canadian - and former lawyer - Isabelle Mercier’s aggressive, clever play. Mercier wasn’t at all distracted by the good-humored trash talking during the tourney - participating in it herself once in a while. But two things bugged me about the tourney.
One was the occasional stupid comments from commentators Sexton and Van Patten. “Oh the lipstick’s really coming off.” Umm. Did you guys forget which century we live in? I don’t remember you saying things like “The jockstraps are really coming off” when the guys play. (But then, I’d rather not know that if it happened.)
The other was when supporters of Mercier got up on their feet and hooted and hollered when she went all in on a hand, potentially distracting her opponent Zhang. But Lavinna took it all in stride, ignoring the very obvious fact that Isabelle’s supporters kind of gave her hand away. Very bad manners, I’d think. I don’t know what the rules are on this sort of behavior.
In reverse order, here are the 6 players and how they fared:
Clonie Gowen - 6th place
Cyndy Violette - 5th place
Wendeen Eolis - 4th place
Sharon Goldman - 3rd place
Lavinna Zhang - 2nd place
Isabelle Mercier - 1st place
The only other comment I have is that Isabelle Mercier either doesn’t know her emotions are showing during most of her hands, or she’s doing it on purpose. Strange, that, considering how well she did in 2005.
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