This may be old news, but Michelle Chin’s historic bracelet win deserves more attention.
Women still represent only a small fraction of the tournament field. While it’s already uncommon to see a woman win a WSOP bracelet in an open event (with Kristen Foxen being a notable recent exception), it’s even rarer to see one take down a non-NLHE variant, especially Triple Draw.
Late last month, Michelle Chin won the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw. According to PokerNews, she became the first woman in 11 years to win a mixed-games bracelet. She earned just over $160,000 from the $872,167 prize pool and became only the second woman this year to win an open-event bracelet.
Ironically, this comes during a year that has seen record participation from women at the WSOP. Pokerfuse exclusively reported that 431 women entered this year’s Main Event, the highest number on record, following a record-breaking Ladies Championship earlier in the series.
Despite those encouraging milestones, Chin’s achievement received surprisingly little attention, even though it marked the first time in more than a decade that a woman won an open mixed-games bracelet.
Well done, Michelle Chin.
