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Tuesday 27th July 2004 WPC Vegas Showdown
The Women’s Poker Club has announced that Binion’s Horseshoe will pay host to the inaugural WPC Poker Showdown on September 9th this year. The tournament will be the first ever high-profile poker event held exclusively for women with an estimated prize pool of $10,000.
The Women’s Poker Club, which has over 700 members to date, was formed as a response to the increase in interest amongst women for the game, which was largely kick-started by the Internet and TV coverage. The Club aims to encourage more women to enter the field by providing them with a friendly and less threatening environment in which to improve their skills.
Maryann Morrison, President of the Women’s Poker Club said: “Many men seem to feel that women are easy targets at the poker table, our WPC tournaments have proven tougher competition than most mixed events I have ever participated in. Women are outstanding contenders in this sport.”
RoyalVegasPoker.com will be sponsoring the event and will be holding satellite qualifying events where you can win free trips and buy-ins to the tournament. The site will also be sending two guest hosts to look after qualifiers: famous poker pro and author, Lou Krieger, and Barbara Enright, who has three WSOP gold bracelets to her credit, is a WPC member, and is the first woman poker player ever to make final table at the World Series of Poker main event.
Morrison adds: “It will be an exhilarating three days, with optional poker classes and social events built into the tournament agenda. For some of the women, the WPC Vegas Showdown will be their first major brick and mortar tournament. The members know each other from playing online and sharing strategy in our forum. The WPC Vegas Showdown will give them a chance to meet and compete face to face. This is the next step in encouraging more women to be immersed in poker and levelling the playing field.”
Source: OnlineCasinoNews
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