Skye Chen came to Las Vegas planning to play mahjong, but a $600 entry fee steered her toward the World Series of Poker. That decision paid off handsomely when the recreational player from Sunnyvale, California, won the $1,000 buy-in Ladies No-limit Hold’em Championship late Sunday at Paris Las Vegas.

Chen defeated Aubrey Williams in a heads-up battle that stretched more than three hours, earning $194,630 and her first WSOP bracelet. “It’s always been a dream of mine as a poker player to get a bracelet. But I absolutely did not expect this on the second try ever,” Chen said on the WSOP stream. “It’s a dream come true really.”

The event drew a record 1,475 entrants, and for the first time, no men registered. Since 2013, the WSOP has offered women a 90 percent discount on the $10,000 buy-in, charging $1,000 to discourage male participation, in compliance with Nevada anti-discrimination laws.

Chen entered heads-up play with a nearly 2-to-1 chip deficit but turned the tide with a bold hero call holding only ace high, surging to more than 80 percent of the chips. Williams, an online pro from Yardley, Pennsylvania, fought back from near elimination twice before Chen’s pocket fours held against ace-five on the final hand. Williams earned $129,692, more than double her previous best cash.

Lisa Teebagy of Florida finished third for $93,149. Professional player and content creator Caitlin Comeskey took fourth for $67,735, the largest cash of her career, after a dramatic hand where her pocket fours flopped a set but lost to Teebagy’s flush on the turn.