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Selbst on top in WPT Ladies Championship

2008-04-15 15:21:41

Vanessa Selbst will be the chip leader when she sits down at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ladies Championship final later today.

The WPT Ladies Commerce titlist has 182,200 chips, a 64,800 advantage over second place Nancy Todd Tyner.

Perhaps the biggest name to still be standing on the final day is Men Nguyen's wife Van, who became the first person from her family to win a WPT title when she took down the WPT Celebrity Invitational in March.

She lies in fourth place on 42,300, a total of 26,300 behind third-placed Donna Varlotto. Janice Kim (32,900) and Cindy Kerslake (16,400) round out the last six.

Despite being one of the biggest events on the women's poker calendar and attracting 150 competitors, a number of top female professionals elected not to take part.

These include Vanessa Rousso, who had been playing at the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo before being eliminated yesterday.

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