Lina Niu Leads the Final Six Players in the WPT Ladies Championship

With 9:19 left on the clock in Level 24: 20,000/40,000 with a 40,000 big blind ante, play paused with just six players remaining in the WPT Ladies Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

Day 2 began with 72 ladies and after almost 10 hours the Day 3 TV Final Table is set.

Leading the way is Canada’s Lina Niu with a massive 5,565,000 chips to end the day.. Close behind is Olga Iermolcheva with 5,065,000, sitting in second.

Photo:  Lina Niu

Here is a look at the final six players:

Seat 1:  Lina Niu  –  5,565,000  (139 bb)
Seat 2:  Jamie Kerstetter  –  1,405,000  (35 bb)
Seat 3:  Olga Iermolcheva  –  5,065,000  (127 bb)
Seat 4:  Dusti Smith  –  680,000  (17 bb)
Seat 5:  Kathy Liebert  –  2,340,000  (59 bb)
Seat 6:  Cindy Spier  –  2,230,000  (56 bb)

Final Table Payouts
1st: $105,136
2nd: $70,008
3rd: $51,538
4th: $38,350
5th: $28,847
6th: $21,934

Women in Poker Hall of Fame member Kathy Liebert is still in the mix with 59 big blinds and adds yet another big final table to her illustrious career.

Jamie Kerstetter is also still in with 35 big blinds and has played a huge hand in bringing more women into the game. She hosted the WPT Ladies meet-up game early this morning in the Wynn poker room and spent the rest of the day battling on the felt to make this final table.

The final six ladies will begin play on Sunday, December 18th at 4:00 p.m. on a 30-minute delay featured on the WPT YouTube channel.

Spectators can begin to take their seats at 3:00 p.m. in the LaTour Ballroom at the Wynn.

The live reporting team will remain on the ground reporting all of the action on the way to crowning a WPT Ladies Championship winner.