Samantha Abernathy Gets First WSOP Cash
Carl knows that I was desperate to get Samantha Abernathy into my all-female team. The problem was that no female has won the Main, so I ended up having to leave her out and threw in Hellmuth instead, but my real team is her plus the other seven women I picked.
This is someone who has never cashed in the WSOP. She only has three lifetime cashes of more than $2,500, one last year and two this year. However, she has an incredible knack for not just cashing, but finishing 1st in tournaments, including seven-in-a-row and 11/13 from her first ever win last March, all in Vegas. Of course, these fields are much more stacked that those she has come up against before, but she knows how to win.
She is taking part in #14, a $1,500 Hold'em Shootout. She was very low several times in the first round, but won her table in the end. 1,000 entries; 100 come back tomorrow, all already in the money, which is already her second-highest cash ever. I"m expecting her to do really well in this Series, hopefully with several cashes. The shootout format should suit her and I wouldn"t be at all shocked if she took the bracelet.
Also through in #14 are Bonomo, Chidwick and Keith from The Office.
