Event 15, World Championship Ladies Event No-Limit Hold'em - Live Updates

Svetlana Gromenkova has won the $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em World Championship. The dour New Yorker, clearly the class of the tournament, has defeated Anh Lee in heads-up play to claim the title and $224,702 in spending money.

Here's how Gromenkova won the title:

Lee Doubles!

Gromenkova entered heads-up play with the chip lead and got Lee to commit her stack with the worst hand, holding A♥ K♣ to Lee's A♦ 5♦. The flop came 7♥ 5♣ 2♣ and Gromenkova looked visibly upset as her rival flopped a pair of fives. The board finished out 2♦ 9♠ and Lee doubled through Gromenkova.

Gromenkova Regains The Lead

Gromenkova then retook the chip lead with a number of timely all-in reraises and steals to take chips from her opponent without showing down a hand.

Gromenkova Wins!

Eventually, though, something had to give and after Gromenkova put Lee all-in once again preflop, Lee called off her stack with A♦ 6♥ to find herself up against a pocket pair of kings from Gromenkova.

The flop came T♥ 8♠ 7♣ and Lee flopped a gutshot straight draw to go with her overcard, but the K♦ on the turn gave Gromenkova the set and removed all of Lee's outs but the four eights in the deck.

The river card was the A♠ and Lee missed her draw, giving the pot and the match to Gromenkova, who takes down her first WSOP bracelet with the victory. Lee takes $144,567 for her second runner-up finish in a WSOP Ladies event (her first was to Jennifer Tilly in 2005).

Stay tuned for an exclusive interview and recap from the floor of the Amazon Room!

We are down to just six lovely ladies at the final table and play has tightened up considerably since our last elimination. Here's how that played out inside the Amazon Room just a short time ago:

Roz Ripped (7th)

Roz Quarto was eliminated in 7th place and will cash $36,277 after running into some big trouble with Chris Priday. Roz limped before Marla Crumpler raised it up to $100,000.

Quarto Quits!

Priday promptly shoved and Quarto called all in for her last $157,000. Crumpler folded her hand and Quarto needed queens to hold versus A-K.

The flop was enough to leave her drawing to just two outs as the A♣ 3♥ 2♠ fell. The J♠ turn and K♣ river only made things worse and we went down to six.

Counting Crowes

Here's how the last six stack up according to WorldSeriesOfPoker.com:

Welcome to Ladies night at the Rio, otherwise known asd the World Championship Ladies Event Final Table.

Things got going just a short while ago but we've already had a bit of action and lost our first player. We got going with Patty Till, who finished 2nd in Ladies Event at Caesars Indiana this year, in seat one holding on to $312k. Seat two is occupied by Roslyn, a New Jersey attorney with just $73k.

Floridian financial planner Marla Crumpler is in the third seat with $163,000 while Russia’s Svetlana Gromenkova, who made seventh in the guys and gals U.S. Poker Championship this year is in seat four with $553,000 and the chip lead.

Houston’s Sue Porter is in seat five sitting on $211,000 and Debbie Mitchell from Miramar, Florida has $224k in seat six. Denver accountant Chris Priday has $448,000 in seat seven while 26-year-old Yesenia Garcia, a full time student from Modesto, California has $210,000 in seat eight.

Finally, it’s Anh Le, who finished runner-up to Jennifer Tilly in this very event back in 2005 sitting in the nine seat with $191,000.

Here's the first few big hands:

Getting Crump

After Chris Priday made a $45,000 raise, both Patty Till and Marla Crumpler call. Crumpler then shoves on the K♦ 4♠ 3♦ flop. Priday made the call while Till folded. Crumpler had Priday crushed with A♠ K♣ against herm pocket jacks and top pair held when the turn and river bricked.

Porter Pounces

Marla Crumpler raised it up $35k and Sue Porter called from the big blind. On the Q♥ 8♠ 5♣ flop Porter shoved all all in and Crumpler called. This time it was Porter with the A♣ K♣ ahead of Crumpler's A♥ 4♣ and when the turn and river blanked she doubled up.

Porter Plucked (9th)

Roz Quarto raised it up to $42,000 and both Marla Crumpler and Sue Porter called.

Everyone checked the A♥ K♠ 5♥ flop, but Quarto moved in on the 7♠ turn. Porter was the only caller with A♣ 7♣, but for the third time in three big hands at the final table someone held big slick. Quarto turned over A♦ K♣ and when the 8♥ river fell, so did Porter. She'll take $20,034 down with her.