On Sunday, Jan. 12, Pam Belote emerged victorious within the 2025 World Series of Poker Circuit Choctaw $250 buy-in no-limit maintain’em women occasion, securing her record-setting eighth WSOPC gold ring. Belote was beforehand tied with La Sengphet atop the rings leaderboard for feminine gamers, however now has sole possession of the highest spot after popping out on prime of the 115-entry subject to earn the {hardware} and $5,920.
Belote had nearly managed the feat just a few days earlier, however finally fell one spot shy within the $600 escalating bounty occasion on the identical competition, which is ongoing at Choctaw Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant, Oklahoma. The day earlier than that runner-up end, she positioned fifth in a $400 buy-in ‘Monster Stack’ match as nicely. Her three cashes at this sequence add as much as a complete haul of $23,598.
The Oklahoma resident now has almost $217,000 in profession match earnings, with the bulk ($127,821) coming from her success in WSOPC occasions.
Belote’s first ring was additionally earned in a women occasion at Choctaw. That victory got here again in 2019. A pair of months later she took down a second women title, this time on the WSOPC Hard Rock Tulsa cease. She gained that very same occasion three years later for ring quantity three. Her fourth ring was additionally earned in a women occasion at Choctaw, within the fall of 2023.
The first open-field triumph of Belote’s WSOPC profession got here in a $600 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion on the 2023 cease at Horseshoe Council Bluffs. She earned $13,206 for the win, which is her second-largest rating but. Her largest got here when she completed twenty third within the 2023 WSOP tremendous seniors occasion in Las Vegas for $14,292.
Belote closed out 2023 by securing her third ring of the 12 months because the champion of a $300 no-limit maintain’em occasion on the October cease at Choctaw.
The two most up-to-date wins for Belote each got here in women occasions, which signifies that six of her eight wins have are available in female-only tournaments. Her lone victory of 2024 on the circuit got here on the WSOP Caesars Southern Indian cease, which brings us again to her newest triumph at Choctaw.
The prime 19 finishers earned a share of the $23,000 prize pool, with four-figure paydays for the ultimate 5. The heads-up match for the ring got here right down to Belote and Bonnie Weitzel, who earned her one WSOPC title on the women occasion held on the Horseshoe Tunica cease final spring.
Weitzel was finally eradicated in second place, incomes $3,808 for her efforts.
Here is a take a look at the payouts awarded on the remaining desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings |
| 1 | Pamela Belote | $5,920 |
| 2 | Bonnie Weitzel | $3,808 |
| 3 | Sheila Goff | $2,548 |
| 4 | Sung Lee | $1,776 |
| 5 | Gloria Davila | $1,292 |
| 6 | Natalie Bereznyak | $983 |
| 7 | Vidhi Seem | $783 |
| 8 | Taylor Hodkin | $656 |
| 9 | Kourtney Davis | $578 |
Photos supplied by World Series of Poker / Poker.org.
