LIPS Nevada State Ladies Championship Returning to South Point April 19-23



The Nevada State Ladies Championship sponsored by Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) is returning to Las Vegas this spring and will take place April 19-23 at South Point Casino. The LIPS festival, consisting of several No-Limit Hold-em, Omaha and bounty events, will culminate with the two-stay $360 buy-in NV State Ladies Championship from April 21-23.

In addition to poker action, those who attend the 2023 Nevada State Ladies Championship will have the opportunity to meet poker legends Linda Johnson and Jan Fisher, both of whom are LIPS ambassadors and will be holding a complimentary Q&A on April 20.

Check out this PokerNews review of the South Point Poker Room!

Ladies Championship Action

The 2023 LIPS Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship will kick off on April 19 with $200 Mini Main NLH, a two-day event that that will play down to a winner on April 20.

April 20 will be a packed day as it will also mark the start of the $200 US Ladies Team Championship in Partnership w/ Team Poker, where players will have a chance to earn a victory as a duo. After the Q&A with Johnson and Fisher, respectively members of the Poker Hall of Fame and Women in Poker Hall of Fame, there will be a Purple Party sponsored by the Women’s Poker Association.

2021 Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship
2021 Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship

Other highlights of the series include a $180 buy-in Pajama Jam where players are invited to wear their best sleeping attire, as well as the $240 Omaha 8 or Better Championship and $180 Bounty Survivor with $50 bounties that will close out the series on April 23.

But the primary draw of the series is the $360 NV State Ladies Championship, which will kick off on April 21 with the first of two starting flights before playing down to a winner on Day 2 on April 23.

Will Ruth Hall Go Back-to-Back?

One question heading into the annual Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship is whether Ruth “Ruthless” Hall will be able to win the Championship event again. Hall, a Texan with $416,485 in live earnings, topped a field of 157 runners in the 2021 $550 buy-in event for $18,537.

Ruth Hall
Ruth Hall

In 2019, Hall took down the $300 buy-in tournament in the same venue for $14,614. In 2021, meanwhile, Hall finished seventh for $2,980. Additionally, Hall took down the 2009 Grand Poker Series $230 Ladies Event for $3,330.

Other players who ran deep in last year’s championship include Julieta Bearden (2nd – $12,556), Deborah Blair (4th – $6,476) and Ashley Frank (7th – $3,140).

2022 Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship Final Table Results

Place Player Prize
1 Ruth Hall $18,537
2 Julieta Bearden $12,556
3 Tonya Baltazar $8,389
4 Deborah Blair $6,476
5 Cheryl Baugus $4,828
6 Dana Badar $3,925
7 Ashley Frank $3,140
8 Ana Freitas $2,473
9 Theresa Hatcher $1,963

Some of the other winners during last year’s festivities were $225 Omaha 8 of Better Championship winner Espy Enriquez ($1,450), $225 H.O.E. Championship victor Darlene Springman ($2,400) and $185 NLH Mini Main Event champion Lisa Taylor ($5,500).

Last year’s $155 NLH Green Chip Bounty Survivor that closed out the series ended with a nine-way chop that had each player taking home $570.

2022 Nevada State Ladies Poker Championship Winners

Date Tournament Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize
Tuesday, April 19 $225 Omaha 8 of Better Championship 54 $10,260 Espy Enriquez $1,450
Tuesday, April 19 $155 NLH Host Hunt Bounty 54 $6,480 Ana Jones $1,588
Wednesday, April 20 $225 H.O.E. Championship 51 $9,690 Darlene Springman $2,400
April 20-22 $185 NLH Mini Main Event 135 $22,930 Lisa Taylor $5,500
Thursday, April 21 $155 NLH Purple Tie Guy Salute 45 $5,400 Greg Bruce $1,728
Friday, April 22 $185 Crazy Pineapple 76 $11,400 Kathy Fleck $1,840
April 23-24 $550 Nevada State Ladies Championship 157 $78,500 Ruth Hall $18,537
Saturday, April 23 $185 NLH Pajama Jam 45 $10,000 Nooria Miskell $3,200
Sunday, April 24 $155 NLH Green Chip Bounty Survivor 54 $5,130 9 winners $570 each

The eventual grand champion will join a prestigious list of players that includes Sandy Kasinowitz (2018), Persia Bonella (2015), Tammy Cruz (2012) and Angie Gelinas (2011).

LIPS Grand Champions

Year Location Entries Winner
2022 South Point 157 Ruth Hall
2021 South Point 317 Mikella Pedretti
2020 Cancelled due to pandemic    
2019 Orleans Casino 294 Ruth Hall
2018 Orleans Casino 502 Sandy Kasinowitz
2017 Orleans Casino 256 Nancy Nguyen
2016 Planet Hollywood 341 Diana Radford
2015 Planet Hollywood 431 Persia Bonella
2014 Golden Nugget 428 Maria Parlatore
2013 Golden Nugget 382 Dianna Norman
2012 Golden Nugget 388 Tammy Cruz
2011 Golden Nugget 303 Angie Gelinas
2010 Golden Nugget 250 Stacey Nutini
2009 Golden Nugget 232 Ruth Hall
2009 Golden Nugget 196 Jessalyn Sims
2008 Orleans Casino 198 Yvette Lambprecht
2008 Golden Nugget 219 Wan Suk
2007 Orleans Casino 289 Debbie Burkhead
2006 Caesar’s Palace 319 Jeannie West
2005 Ocean’s 11 197 Kim Fontes

The full schedule for the 2023 Nevada State Ladies Championship in Las Vegas is available in the table below.

2023 Nevada State Ladies Championship Schedule

  Date Event Buy-in
  Apr 19, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – Mini Main – Day 1A $200
  Apr 19 – 20, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – Mini Main – Day 1B $200
  Apr 20, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – Mini Main – Day 2 N/A
  Apr 20, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – Single Table Satellites $60
  Apr 20, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – US Ladies Team Championship in Partnership w/ Team Poker $200
  Apr 20, 2023 Complimentary Q & A with Ambassadors Linda Johnson and Jan Fisher N/A
  Apr 20, 2023 WPA Purple Party N/A
  Apr 21, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – Pajama Jam – Wear Your Jammies! $180
  Apr 21 – 23, 2023 LIPS No Limit Hold’em – NV State Ladies Championship – Day 1A $360
  Apr 22, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – NV State Ladies Championship – Day 1B $360
  Apr 23, 2023 No Limit Hold’em – NV State Ladies Championship – Day 2 N/A
  Apr 23, 2023 Omaha 8 or Better Championship $240
  Apr 23, 2023 $50 No Limit Hold’em – Bounty Survivor $180





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