The 2025 Women’s Poker Week officially kicked off at 11 a.m. at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 17th, launching a highly anticipated series of events dedicated to women in poker. Over the next several days, a number of tournaments and festivities for women will be held at multiple venues throughout the city, culminating in a week-long celebration of the game. Cardplayer Lifestyle, in partnership with the Women’s Poker Association (WPA), will be live, on-site for many of the Women’s events this week to provide complete coverage of the action as it unfolds.
Golden Nugget Ladies Championship: Payouts, Final Table, and Winner
With 116 entries at a $300 buy-in, the prize pool in the Golden Nugget Ladies Championship grew to $28,356, easily surpassing the $20,000 guarantee. Payouts were awarded to the top 15 finishers, with a minimum cash prize of $637 and a first-place prize of $8,350.
The prestigious WPA trophy was awarded to June Jenkins of Canada, who claimed the top spot. Jenkins, also a skilled mixed games player, recently cashed in both the $600 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha event and the $500 No-Limit Hold’em SALUTE to Warriors tournament.
June Jenkins Captures First Victory at Women’s Poker Week
2025 Golden Nugget Ladies Event Women’s Poker Week final table
Below is the list of players who cashed in the event, along with where they hail from:
| Position | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1 | June Jenkins | Canada | $8,350 |
| 2 | Natalia Rozova | New Zealand | $5,165 |
| 3 | Catrin Schmidt | Germany | $3,085 |
| 4 | Kimberly Francisco | United States | $1,900 |
| 5 | Ayaka Muraishi | Japan | $1,900 |
| 6 | Ruth Hall | United States | $1,245 |
| 7 | Yupei Kao | United States | $1,076 |
| 8 | Christina Black | United States | $948 |
| 9 | Janet Berg | United States | $835 |
| 10 | Shannon Stash | United States | $736 |
| 11 | Patrizia Trammell | Germany | $736 |
| 12 | Suzanne Chung | United States | $736 |
| 13 | Sigrid Dencker | Germany | $637 |
| 14 | Lynda Hernandez | United States | $637 |
| 15 | Marie Thirwell | United States | $637 |
2025 Women’s Poker Week: What’s Next?
Cardplayer Lifestyle’s exclusive coverage of 2025 Women’s Poker Week continued on Wednesday, June 18th at 2 p.m. at the MGM Grand Casino Las Vegas, with the $250 No Limit Hold’em event. Be sure to check back here for the results of that event.
On Friday, June 20th, South Point Casino will be hosting a pair of Ladies events:
- 10 a.m., the $200 Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) No Limit Hold’em (NLHE) Mini Main, and
- 2 p.m., the $180 LIPS World Series of Poker & LIPS Survivor Satellite
In addition, the Venetian will also be hosting their $300 NLHE Milestone Satellite to the Women in Poker High Roller with three seats guaranteed at 7:10 p.m.
