From Taiwan to Vegas, women are crushing the live poker felts. Currently in the spotlight are Kathy Liebert and Meng Ling Lin. Poker Hall of Famer Liebert made waves for her victory in the Wynn Millions Seniors Event for $39,097, while Taiwan’s Lin crushed the Players Series Superstar Challenge, bagging a massive $84,905 and her second PS trophy.
Kathy Liebert Takes Down Wynn Millions Seniors Event in Las Vegas
The Wynn Millions series is running full steam and has crowned several winners in the past few days. Currently in the spotlight is none other than Women in Poker Hall of Famer Kathy Liebert who overcame a field of 158 players in the Wynn Millions Seniors event, claiming her first live poker title of 2025 and a $39,097 in top prize money.
This event had a buy-in of $1,100 and ran for two days in the luxurious Wynn Poker Room, drawing an impressive 158 entries to crush its advertised guarantee and collect an impressive $ 152,470 prize pool. The top 20 finishers took a share from the prize pool, with the lion’s share eventually belonging to the champion Kathy Liebert, who had previously won a Wynn Signature Series Ladies Event for $5,806 last year in August.
Wynn Millions Seniors event Final 9 Payouts (USD)
1. Kathy Liebert $39,097
2. Stuart Taylor $23,477
3. Daniel Auckland $16,761
4. Loyal Sprague $12,791
5. Homan Mohammadi $9,642
6. Chiori Gannon $7,185
7. Michael Block $5,626
8. Jay Jesse $4,603
9. Guy Cicconi $3,836
The Wynn Millions series has already awarded more than $1.6 million in prizes and crowned more than a dozen winners, with David Tepoorten (Won the Wynn Millions $200 NLH Turbo for $7,294), Joshua Norton (Won the Wynn Millions $1,600 PLO Bounty $100k Gtd for $25,672 + $4,000 in bounties), Matthew Vengrin (Won the Wynn Millions $1,100 HORSE event for $23,821) ,and Bradley Ritschel (Won the $500 NLH event for $18,116) being the most recent winners of the ongoing series.
Source: Wynn Poker Room & HendonMob
Meng Ling Lin Dominates Final Table to Claim $84,905 & PS Trophy #2
Another lady who recently made waves was Taiwan’s Meng Ling Lin. She etched her name as the second biggest winner at the recently-concluded Players Series Taiwan Championship 2025. She overcame a star-studded field of 87 entrants to clinch victory in Event #56 Superstar Challenge (120,000 NT$) for a hefty 2,781,000 NT$ ($84,905) and her career-second PS trophy. Her first trophy came last year when she won a High Roller KO event for NT$ 343,000 ($10,509) at Players Series Taipei 2024, Taipei City.
The final day of the Players Series Superstar Challenge saw 39 more entries, bringing the total count to 87 entries and surpassing its guarantee to create a NT$ 9,020,200 prize pool. The top thirteen players were paid out, following the elimination of Malaysia’s Isaac Phua on the bubble.
Meng Ling Lin started the final table as the short stack but played some top-notch poker to get back in the game. She dominated with aggressive play, building her stack mostly through Moonho Seo, whom she finally eliminated in 3rd place. Entering heads-up against Vincent Rubianes with a 2:1 lead, Lin steadily finished him off to seal her second PS victory.
Players Series Championship Superstar Challenge Final Table Payouts
1-Meng Ling Lin (Taiwan) – NT$ 2,781,000 (~$84,905)
2- Vincent Rubianes (USA) – NT$ 1,700,000 (~$51,900)
3- Moonho Seo (Korea) – NT$ 1,035,300 (~$31,610)
4-Wooseok Kim – NT$ 688,000 (~$21,005)
5- Dylan Wayne Foster (Australia) – NT$ 522,600 (~$15,955)
6- Kyosuke Nagami (Japan) – NT$ 420,800 (~$12,845)
7-Hao Che Cheng (Taiwan) – NT$ 356,000 (~$10,870)
8- Chi Jen Chu (Taiwan) – NT$ 312,500 (~$9,540)
9- Tan Win Meng – NT$ 281,000 (~$8,580)
Source: SMP & Players Series
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