Gaming Club, Prima Poker to Award Tournament Winners

LAS VEGAS – The Gaming Club Online Poker Room and the Prima Poker Network, a global card room network, will award $5,000 to the winners of the 2005 Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) Warm-up Free Roll Tournament and sponsor three $1000 seats at the World Series of Poker Ladies Event on Sunday June 26th. Other prizes include three all expenses paid tickets to the LIPS Grand Championship in May 2006 and a laptop.

The LIPS Free Roll Tournament will be hosted by two-time WSOP Ladies event winner, Susie Isaacs, and will be held on Saturday June 25th at 10am Pacific at the Binion's Gambling Hall and Hotel in downtown Las Vegas.

The 250 seats available for the LIPS Free Roll Tournament can be reserved with a $20 entry fee. Of the entry fee, $5 is considered a "bounty chip". Each player will receive $1,000 in chips to play with for the tournament. When a player is eliminated from the Free Roll, they will be required to give their bounty chip to their opponent. Interested female poker players can register for the tournament at http://www.lipstour.com.

"Our Free Roll event gives LIPS players the ultimate opportunity -- a chance to win this year's prize pot with no buy-in at one of the largest poker tournaments in the world," said Tim Johnson, CEO of Carmen Media Group, the parent company of The Gaming Club Online Poker Room. "One of our goals is to provide players with an environment to hone their skills and become better poker players. This event allows us to provide that in a real-life environment, while supporting the continued presence of women in poker."

The Gaming Club Online Poker Room is putting a $500 bounty on host, Suzie Isaacs. There is also a $250 bounty on Angela Baca, who won The Gaming Club/LIPS Free Roll and an all expense paid ticket to the LIPS Grand Championship earlier this year, as well as Kim Fontes, winner of the 2005 Grand Championship and Kathy Hartman, who won her ticket to the WSOP Ladies event after winning the WSOP Free Roll open to LIPS Grand Championship players.

"The LIPS Tour ladies love The Gaming Club Online Poker Room. Their generosity and creative ways for women to play and win at poker has provided avenues for several women to reach their poker playing goals, like playing in higher stakes tournaments like the LIPS Tour Championship and ultimately, the World Series of Poker," said Lupe Soto, Founder and Director of the LIPS Tour.

Press Release - 2005-06-22 01:59:30