Lavinna Zhang is a retired accountant, the mother of two, and was only 26 years old and when she found herself in heads up with Isabelle Mercier, battling it out for a $25,000 seat at the WPT Main Event. With four years in America after leaving her native China, Zhang proved to the poker world that she would not be intimidated.

She and “No Mercy” Mercier took turns pushing around the rest of the table, including the winner of the first Ladies Night, Clonie Gowen. In the end Zhang lost the seat, taking second place in the event, yet proving all the while that she was a solid player capable of taking her opponents by surprise.

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