| Level: | 22 (15000/30000/30000) |
| Entries: | 1/103 |
| Prizes: | $33,990 |
Jenelle Exner certainly knows how to make her way through a Ladies field. She took down her 3rd ring tonight after winning this event last May, winning it against Last August. In January of this year, she wasn’t quite able to make it three rings after falling in 3rd place, but now she’s won #3 here in the October Ladies game.
It wasn’t exactly a cakewalk either. The money play included Ngoc Nguyen, who was fourth in the Monster Stack this series, Leizel Castro, Ivanna Yatsiuk, Jen Peters, who has a bag for Day 2 of the Main Event, and Nu Teliani, who has been having a stellar year with 6 wins and 11 final tables so far in 2025.
She wasn’t on the big stack all night, however. When play was still 11-handed, she was second from last in chips, with runner-up Eun Park on top. Once she got to the final table, however, she found her stride, chipping up to a big lead by the time they got to 4 left.
After Teliani sent Peters out in fourth, Exner shoved her small blind against Teliani and raced it down with ace-ten over pocket sevens. When the board was down, it showed jacks and eights, counterfeiting Teliani’s pair and getting her heads up with Park.
It was all Exner in the final stages, with Park unable to get more than about 600k of the 2 million in play. Exner kept hammering with aggression and finding the hands she needed to when it mattered. In the final hand, Park shoved pocket sevens and Exner called off with ace-deuce. She found her ace on the flop, and that was all she needed to take it down.
Many players at WSOP-C are still looking for their first ring, and winning a single one is a feat. Winning three in the same event, with a 3rd place in a 4th version of the same game, is a run for the ages.
