Jennifer Tilly crowned 2005 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Champion

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The World Series of Poker held the final four table for the Championship of Ladies’ No-limit Hold’em, event #26. The record field of 601 ladies sat down to play some hold’em poker in the $1,000 buy-in event. The large size of the field forced the scheduled one-day event into two days of play. The entrants had been cut down to four players when a halt was called at a little after 4:00 this morning and a weary group of players, crew, media and fans headed for the gate. The final four returned to play for the championship at three this afternoon. Event #26 was offering a total prize pool of $546,910 with $158,335 going to the winner. Jennifer Tilly emerged the Ladies’ champion and goes home with the money and the coveted 2005 gold World Series of Poker bracelet.

The seat assignments and chip counts at the 3:00 pm start time:

Carolyn Anseta with $31,500
Cecilia Mortensen with $36,300
Ann Le with $88,600
And the chip leader with $449,600, Jennifer Tilly.

More photographs were taken over the past couple of days than any other time since the start of the 2005 WSOP. Images from today’s action will be available in our ever expanding 2005 WSOP photo Gallery. A sample of today’s final table action are offered here with a few additional photos available by clicking the continue reading link below. Additional photos of event #26, Ladies’ Championship.