When ESPN airs Day 6 of the 2009 WSOP Main Event, one thing you probably won’t see is super-cute Spaniard Leo Margets winning the inaugural Last Woman Standing CupTM.
While we have no doubt that Matt Maranz (ah-hem, ah-hem) and 441 crew will broadcast it’s presentation next year, this year it didn’t make the cut.
So in honor of inaugural winner Leo Margets, above is her discussing winning the cup. Go here for her thoughts before winning the cup. Below is a gallery of her being presented the cup.
Also Day 6 was one of our most fun days of the Main Event. Some recap posts:
We caught up one last time with Barcelona’s super cute, super cool Leo Margets soon after her exit from the 2009 WSOP Main Event. While she’s definitely disappointed to see her run come to an end, Leo tells us that it’s starting to sink in how big her achievement is, especially back home in Spain where, as our friend Francisco from Poqeur Red puts it, “poker is still in diapers.”
Leo also shares with us that she’s been sleeping with the Last Woman Standing CupTM we gave her the other night and that she’s planning on playing the WSOP Europe this September.
Watch the full interview above, and if you know more than “taco,” “hola” and “Corona” in Spanish, check out Spain-based poker sites Poquer Red and PokerPoquer for more on Leo.
Our Last Woman StandingTM at the 2009 WSOP Main Event Leonor “Leo” Margets, a woman, is the first to go today. Shortstacked at the start of play, she pushed pre-flop with A-7 and got called by Warren Zackey with A-10. The board missed and she’s out in 27th place, earning $352,832*.
From what we’ve seen, Leo Margets has already garnered a lot of mainstream media coverage in Spain, and just for playing the WSOP Ladies Event earlier in the series. Her deep run in the 2009 WSOP Main Event should bring tons more, which is definitely Good for PokerTM in Spain and good for us if it has a Moneymaker-like EffectTM of getting more cute Spanish girls into poker.
* Just realized that Leo Marget’s $352,832 is the biggest cash in a WSOP Main Event by a woman ever (or at least since Tiffany “Crazy Bitch” Williamson, a woman, won $400,000 for finishing 15th in the 2005 WSOP Main Event). Last year’s Last Woman StandingTMTiffany Michelle, a woman, took home $334,534 for 17th place.
We first caught up with Margets a few days ago as she was holding on with a below average stack. She was able to make a big run yesterday (up to 3.6M) and outlast Nichoel Peppe (who, after being eliminated, went over and hugged Leo…good sport).
As we told her, we expect a deeper run into the November NineTM, as that would be Good for PokerTM. Plus, who doesn’t want to hear more of that accent?
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