Event No. 15 Winner Svetlana Gromenkova

Event No. 15 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,000 Ladies World Poker Championship event that started on June 8th and ended on June 10th.  The event saw 1,190 women of poker enter in which made this event the second largest women's only event in the history of poker.  With so many entering in to the ladies only event it made a prize pool of $1,082,900 dollars.

This event is the only second event ever to have a million dollar prize pool for a ladies event.  In Event No. 15 only the top 99 finishers would walk away with a chunk of the prize pool.  The Ladies World Poker Championship has been played every year at the WSOP since 1977.  But during the first 20 years women competed in a Seven Card Stud event and it was only in 2001 when they started playing Hold'em.

Early on from 1977 to 2003 the event was traditionally played on Mothers Day because at that time the World Series of Poker took place during the months of April and May so of course Mothers Day was the perfect day for the women only competition to tale place.  The day was moved in 2004 as many wanted to play but had other family events taking place on Mothers Day so it was moved to another day then.

So far only two women Barbara Enright and Susie Isaacs have won two of the Ladies Poker World Championships.  Isaacs also holds another record in the event that still hasn't been beaten as she has cashed five out of the six years in the competition between 1991 and 1997.

The final table of the event was played out on the ESPN stage for airing later on and at the start of the tournament the  WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack announced to the players that the ladies only tournament will continue to be a world championship event as long as they continue to support the tradition with large turnouts.

Svetlana Gromenkova from New York, NY won the event and took home $224,702 dollars, her first WSOP gold bracelet and a custom-designed gold and diamond ladies watch, that was exclusively designed by Corum USA for her first place finish.  Other former Ladies World Champions entered entered the event, including; Susie Isaacs, Mary Jones, Barbara Enright and Sally Ann Boyer but none of the former winners cashed this time.

Event No. 15 final results are below.

1    Svetlana Gromenkova    $224,702    New York     New York
2    Anh Le    $144,567    San Jose    California
3    Patty Till    $73,637    Avon    Indiana
4    Christine Priday    $87,715    Denver    Colorado
5    Marla Crumpler    $60,101    Fort Lauderdale    Florida
6    Debbie Mitchell    $47,106    Miramar    Florida
7    Roslyn Quarto    $36,277    Edison    New Jersey
8    Yesenia Garcia    $28,155    Modesto    California
9    Sue Porter    $20,034    Houston    Texas
10    Tina Dubowy    $12,887    Edmonds    Washington
11    Ngoc Hoang    $12,887    Las Vegas    Nevada
12    Courtney Farrell    $12,887    Norman    Oklahoma
13    Jena Delk    $10,179    Merrit Island    Florida
14    Van Nguyen    $10,179    Bell Gardens    California
15    Christine Fanelli    $10,179    Roebling    New Jersey
16    Hoa Nguyen    $7,472    Aurora    Colorado
17    Dawn Murray    $7,472    Hamburg    New York
18    Mangala Martin    $7,472    Las Vegas    Nevada
19    Elaine Watkins    $5,848    Billings    Montana
20    Juli Campos    $5,848    Vancouver    Washington
21    Nancy Ricks    $5,848    Jacksonville    Florida
22    Shavonne Mitchell    $5,848    Alexandria    Virginia
23    Linda Johnson    $5,848    Las Vegas    Nevada
24    Enkhjargal Ochirbat    $5,848    Diamond Bar    California
25    Sheralee Brindell    $5,848    Louisville    Colorado
26    Marlene Holomon    $5,848    Northrige    California
27    Donna Delfin    $5,848    Folson    California
28    Alice Talbot    $4,765    Arcadia    California
29    Meliza Huynh    $4,765    Chino Hills    California
30    Tsai Mattox    $4,765    Las Vegas    Nevada
31    Pamela Caravan    $4,765    Calgary    Alberta, Canada
32    Julia Rea    $4,765    Felton    California
33    Jennifer Shahade    $4,765    Philadelphia    Pennsylvania
34    Jody Phillippo    $4,765    Phoenix    Arizona
35    Maria Mayrinck    $4,765    Rio De Janeiro    Brazil
36    Lisa Ahumada    $4,765    Gahanna    Ohio
37    Olga Varkonyi    $3,682    Great Neck    New York
38    Xiu Song    $3,682    Vancouver    British Columbia, Canada
39    Benay Karp    $3,682    Woodland Hills    California
40    Sylvia Shilyuk    $3,682    London    Ontario, Canada
41    Karen Black    $3,682    Whittier    Calfornia
42    Aimee Schwegel    $3,682    Pomona    New Jersey
43    Liina Vark    $3,682    San Francisco    California
44    Candida Mumford    $3,682    Twin Falls    Idaho
45    Amanda Leatherman    $3,682    Los Angeles    California
46    Deborah Barrett    $3,357    Barrett    Wyoming
47    Kathy Liebert    $3,357    Las Vegas    Nevada
48    Evelind Ng    $3,357    Las Vegas    Nevada
49    Elizabeth Montizanti    $3,357    Hastings    Nebraska
50    Noemi Kershner    $3,357    Littleton    Colorado
51    Mindy Ritchie    $3,357    Irvine    California
52    Stella Su    $3,357    Sunnyvale    California
53    Bonnie Overfield    $3,357    East Wenatchee    Washington
54    Kelly Mcglothlin    $3,357    Palmdale    California
55    Fukumi Hamasaki    $3,032    Kaneohe    Hawaii
56    Sunshine Gardner    $3,032    West Wendover    Nevada
57    Penny Musk    $3,032    Danville    Illinois
58    Joanne Owsley    $3,032    Arlington    Washington
59    Julie Willis    $3,032    Colorado Springs    Colorado
60    Michelle Law    $3,032    San Marino    Calfornia
61    Michelle Lam    $3,032    Hamburg    Germany
62    Nancy Todd Tyner    $3,032    Las Vegas    Nevada
63    Lauren Failla    $3,032    Hollywood    Florida
64    Adrienne Victory    $2,707    Gibraltar    British Territory
65    Lauren Meador    $2,707    Corsicana    Texas
66    Patricia Perkovich    $2,707    Central City    Colorado
67    Lona Rubenstein    $2,707    E Hampton    New York
68    Kate Doyle    $2,707    Vancouver    British Columbia, Canada
69    Day Bickell    $2,707    Covina    California
70    Dana Reutter    $2,707    Lewis Center    Ohio
71    Eileen Somerday    $2,707    Auburn    California
72    Giselle Dalka    $2,707    Etobicoke    Ontario, Canada
73    Loretta Larson    $2,382    Bothell    Washington
74    Donna Lee    $2,382    Lewisville    Texas
75    Valerie Palermo    $2,382    Bullhead City    Arizona
76    Doris Breese    $2,382    Tucson    Arizona
77    Wattana Cruz    $2,382    Las Vegas    Nevada
78    Charlotte Johnson    $2,382    Akron    Ohio
79    Helena Mancini    $2,382    Kanata    Ontario, Canada
80    Janet Howard    $2,382    Garland    Texas
81    Joanna Long    $2,382    Kelowna    British Columbia, Canada
82    Sheila Lipkowitz    $2,166    Montreal    Quebec, Canada
83    Bonnie Castillo    $2,166    Ellicott City    Maryland
84    Cheryl Kolstad    $2,166    Huntington Beach    California
85    Rosemarie Rodas    $2,166    Fountain Valley    California
86    Christina Tisdale    $2,166    Las Vegas    Nevada
87    Deborah Kindt    $2,166    Landsdale    Pennsylvania
88    Amy Rennert    $2,166    Tiburon    California
89    Hillarie Tuman    $2,166    San Francisco    California
90    Veronica Dabul    $2,166    Buenos Aires    Argentina
91    Shannon Romero    $1,949    Los Lunas    New Mexico
92    Deborah Hickok    $1,949    Warren    Oregon
93    Heather Escuin    $1,949    Las Vegas    Nevada
94    April Matthews    $1,949    Austin    Texas
95    Cynthia Patterson    $1,949    Chatsworth    Georgia
96    Clio Soleil    $1,949    Las Vegas    Nevada
97    Mo Han    $1,949    Las Vegas    Nevada
98    Iranys Rodriquez    $1,949    Orlando    Florida
99    Annie Lepage    $1,949    Las Vegas    Nevada