Women’s Poker Club revealed this week that its next WPC Showdown
Tournament will be held between April 14 - 16, 2005 at Trump’s
Taj Mahal in Atlantic City.
With four tournaments, optional poker classes, a seminar, and a satellite
tournament for the World Series of Poker ladies event, the WPC Atlantic
City Showdown promises to be one of the most exciting and anticipated
events for women’s poker this year.
“Even though more women are playing poker now then ever
before, some men still feel that women are easy targets and don’t
have the ability to finesse their opponents at the tables,"
said Maryann Morrison, President of Womens Poker Club. “The
WPC Showdown gives women an opportunity to show their poker playing
talent by competing in major poker events, while having a tremendous
amount of fun.”
The Womens Poker Club was formed to encourage more women to play poker
by providing them with a supportive and friendly environment to improve
their skills. WPC offers peer mentoring, free poker classes, and league
events for women only. The club has over 1700 members world-wide.
Women have an opportunity to win their trip to the WPC Showdown for
as little as $5 through competing in online satellite tournaments
available exclusively at Pokerhost.com. The satellites are being held
through February and March.
The main tournament event of WPC Showdown will be played on Saturday,
April 16th, a No Limit Texas Holdem Tournament with a buy in of $150+$20.
The prize pool is estimated at $15,000.
Omaha hi-lo, Limit Hold’em, and 7-card Stud Tournaments will
precede the main event, and women can play to win their entry at the
Ladies event of the World Series of Poker.