Ladies Pro Tour Begins !

by Erin Warner

The Ladies Professional Poker Tour
is making its first stop at the Bicycle
Casino, where one woman will compete
for free just by registering for the
Ladies Poker Association (LPA).
The group is paying the $500+$50 buy-in
to its March 18 ladies event at the casino's
Winnin O' the Green tournament.

All you have to do is sign up via
ladiespokerassociation.com and
await a possible congratulatory e-mail.
The first tour date will be streamed
live online at pokernet.com and the
association's Web site.

Other LPA events include a regular
ladies-only tournament the first Sunday
of each month at 2:15 p.m. at the Bike.
Buy-in is $100+$25, which will earn the
tournament winner paid entry to the
women's $1,000 event at the casino's
Legends Series Aug. 18-19.

Other stops on the tour in the coming
months include events at Bay 101 in
San Jose, Hawaiian Gardens Casino
in the L.A. area, the Wildhorse Resort
and Casino in Pendleton, Ore., and
Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The tour is designed to promote higher
levels of competition and bigger prize
pools for female poker players.