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Inside the WSOP Ladies Championship with Lynn Gilmartin

Things were a bit different in the Rio on Friday as the halls were filled with hundreds of women ready to play some serious poker. The Ladies Championship kicked off in the morning and plenty of female cardsharps were out in force looking for their shot at poker glory.

PokerNews caught up with World Poker Tour host Lynn Gilmartin after the first break of the day for some insight into the tournament so far.

"It's going well actually," she said. "I chipped up pretty early and had almost 10,000 chips by the end of the first level.