{"id":3491,"date":"2019-01-21T15:59:16","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=3491"},"modified":"2019-01-21T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T15:59:16","slug":"ladies-make-good-start-to-wsop-circuits-2018-19-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/ladies-make-good-start-to-wsop-circuits-2018-19-season","title":{"rendered":"Ladies Make Good Start To WSOP Circuit\u2019s 2018-19 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the last few years, tournament organizers have stepped up efforts to increase female participation in poker events<\/a> throughout the world. <\/p>\n One of the popular poker tours that has succeeded in drawing women players from all over the world is the World Series of Poker Circuit<\/strong>. <\/p>\n The first half of the Circuit\u2019s 2018-2019 season has seen a nice push from female poker pros who have been on top of their game with great runs, final table finishes and ring victories in various open events. <\/p>\n One of the ladies who have made a mark on the Circuit is Loni Harwood<\/strong>. She has the most number of WSOPC rings with a total of 5. She has also won two bracelets, one of which she earned in the 2014\/2015 National Championship<\/em> which was later renamed as the Global Casino Championship<\/em>. Harwood topped 122 other players and took home $341,500 for a buy-in of $10,000. <\/p>\n There have been remarkable ladies performances during the first half of the Circuit season. A total of 11 female players won a ring. Four women managed to secure a spot in the Circuit leaderboard\u2019s top 50 players<\/a>, while one female poker pro took down a main event.<\/p>\n 2018 was a historic year for female poker pro Farhintaj Bonyadi<\/strong> who won a bracelet in Event #36: $1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold\u2019em<\/em>. Her son Farzad \u201cFreddy\u201d Bonyadi<\/strong> is a bracelet winner himself which means they are the first mother-son duo to ever have that achievement. <\/p>\n Following in the footsteps of the Bonyadis, Nikhil Gera<\/strong> and his mother Manju Gera<\/a><\/strong> also claimed a Circuit ring each, with Manju earning her ring after besting a field of 74 players in the $400, H.O.R.SE. event<\/em> which took place during the Thunder Valley Circuit in September 2018. <\/p>\n The middle-aged lady won $8,303 for being the first place winner. She also secured a Casino Champ win after three cashes at Thunder Valley, making her the first ever player to claim such honours by scoring points exclusively in non-Hold\u2019em contests.<\/p>\nCasino Champ Honor & Circuit Ring for Manju Gera<\/h2>\n
Heather Alcorn Wins Main Event<\/h2>\n