Beth Shak and Katja Thater combined for about $500,000 in the 2 final tables shown last night. You may recognize Beth as Dan Shak's wife (Dan Shak finished 4th in the 2006 U.S. Poker Championship). Anyway, she finished in 2nd to Shankar Pillar (BOO.....first-time amateur winning = not fun). Beth did take home a ladies' record-high for a non-main event winning over $330,000 for finishing 2nd in the No Limit Hold Em event (the same one Hellmuth finished 6th). Katja sorta one-upped her winning only $140K+ or so, BUT she won a bracelet becoming the first woman to win a bracelet since Annie Duke's Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event win in 2004. FTR, Hellmuth has tied TJ Cloutier for most career WSOP final tables.
But since most of you really have no care for poker and only for cheesy hip-hop for say....T-Pain, I guess I'll say this.
27 Grand Pianos