The Internet's largest poker site, Party Poker.com has announced
it is to partner with the international women's magazine Elle to sponsor
a women's charity team in the upcoming World Series of Poker Ladies
Event starting July 9.
Competing under the title "Queens of Heart" the team will
be captained by WSOP bracelet winner and Hollywood actress Jennifer
Tilly and will play for the American Heart Association's Go Red for
Women campaign.
The rest of the team constitute a dazzling array of top celebrity
and professional women poker players, including Lisa Tenner, actress
Shannon Elizabeth, poker professionals Anne Spinetti, Kristy Gazes,
Alison Worth, Karina Jett, Maureen Feduniak, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher,
Jennifer "Jennicide" Leigh, Wendeen Eolis, "King Of
Vegas" star Katie Porrello, Irina Cornides and documentary director
Susan Genard, Lori Sale, Hillary Kerr, and Leslie Eichner.
The main goal of the team is to raise awareness on heart disease as
the number one killer of women today, and each member of the team
has agreed to donate a percentage of any winnings to AHA, which will
be supplemented by an equivalent donation up to $5 000 for each player
from the sponsors.
"I'm pleased to help bring awareness to a disease that affects
so many women globally," Tilly said. "Now when I play on
the 'Queens of Heart' team to support the American Heart Association's
Go Red for Women movement for this year's Ladies Event, it will mean
so much more to me personally."