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Bodog's Svetlana Gromenkova Fourth in Chips at WSOP

Bodog Beat News Ticker — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:27 +0000

Svetlana Gromenkova has entered the first dinner break tied for fourth in chips out of oh the enitre Day 1A field here at the WSOP Main Event. She has 90,000 as do Nate Eaton and Max Greenwood. First place is held by Miami poker pro David Rheem with 103,000 and Patrick Fortin is right on his heals with 100,000.

Gromenkova is coming off the momentum of winning the WSOP Ladies event this year and has that glint in her eye that is spelling trouble for opponents.

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Svetlana Gromenkova Doubles up at WSOP

Bodog Beat News Ticker — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:52:27 +0000

Team Bodog’s Svetlana Gromenkova eliminated poker pro John Gale early here at the WSOP and has now gone on to scoop another fat pot putting her at around 50,000 chips, more than twice the initial chipstack.

Gromenkova’s most recent monster came when she raised to 400 from late position and only the small blind called.

The flop came Kh-9d-6d and the small blind checked. Gromenkova bet 575 and got called.

The 3s came on the turn and once again the small blind checked and Gromenkova fired 1,300 at the pot. The small blind called again. The 5c fell on the river and once again the small blind check called, this time for 4,000. Gromenkova showed 6h-6c for a flopped set and another big pot, this one being around 11,000.

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Bodog Main Event Qualifier Svetlana Gromenkova Wins WSOP Ladies Event

A Bodog Beat Original — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:25:36 +0000

The $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship has come to a close here at the 2008 WSOP and the winner has a familiar, if not always happy, face. Svetlana Gromenkova emerged from three days of poker against a huge field of poker-playing females to win her first gold bracelet and the $244,702 first-place prize.

If the name and the uber-serious demeanor seem familiar it's probably because she has cashed three times at the WSOP and run deep in several major tournaments, including a final table appearance at the 2007 US Poker Championship where she finished seventh. A strong force at the poker tables, the NYU grad has been playing online poker for more than three years now and is translating that success very well into the live arena.

However, for us Gromenkova is familiar for a completely different reason. About a month ago, she qualified through Bodog Poker for a $12, 000 VIP Prize Package to play in the 2008 WSOP Main Event. We wrote up a quick profile on her when she qualified back in May and are really excited to see her doing well in the preliminary events and capturing her first WSOP bracelet

When she did finally grasp that victory after the arduous final table she was asked by PokerNews if she wanted the world to know anything about her. All she had to say was , “I just want people to know I’m a good player, and I guess they know it now.”

That could be the understatement of the year. We're sure this is this isn't the last we'll see of her, especially since she'll be playing the Main Event as part of Team Bodog.

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