For the second one time this week, a girl has won an open event on the 2016 World Series of Poker. On Thursday, Kristen Bicknell wat the $1,500 no-limit hold’em bounty even and Friday night, the feat was repeated by Safiya Umerova, a 28-year-old Russian poker pro who now resides in Los Angeles.

Umerova took down the $1,500 no-limit hold’em shootout event, earning her first bracelet and the $264,046 first-place prize. Umerova is having quite a breakout year on the tournament circuit. In January, she won a prelim and finished runner-up in another on the L.A. Poker Classic. She also finished fifth in an event on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown in April. In total she now has greater than $400,000 in live tournament winnings.

“I think women poker players are underestimated," Umerova said. “It happens to me, always once I was on the table. They'd underestimate my thinking and my game, overall. I studied the sport almost on a daily basis. I read a large number of books. I had people help me. I worked a great deal on my game to get here. I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t work flat out on my game.”

In order to capture the title, Umerova needed to win three consecutive sit-n-gos. A COMPLETE of 1,050 entrants submit the $1,500 buy-in, making a prize pool of $1,417,500. The general 120 players all made the money after winning their first table. The overall 12 players all won their second tables as well, guaranteeing themselves a place in Friday’s finale.

Among the notables who made the money were Niall Farrell (2nd), Alexander Lakhov (9th), Vanessa Selbst (10th) and Sam Greenwood (12th).

Here is a glance on the payouts and POY points awarded on this event:

Finish	Player	Payout	POY Points
1	Safiya Umerova	$264,046	960
2	Niall Farrell	$163,158	800
3	Michael Mixer	$118,109	640
4	Yuliyan Kolev	$86,513	480
5	Damian Salas	$64,129	400
6	Raymond Ho	$48,115	320
7	Daniel McAulay	$36,543	240
8	Daniel Tang	$28,101	160
9	Alexander Lakhov	$21,881	80

For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with an entire schedule, news, player interviews and event recaps.

Winner photo courtesy of the WSOP.

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