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High Heels Poker Tour Launches in Pompano Beach, Florida, Oct. 20

The High Heels Poker Tour (HHPT), the first all women’s poker tour on the East coast, will launch with the Isle of Capri Classic Feature Tournament at the Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park, Saturday, October 20, at 1:30 pm.

The event will be a multi-table, No-Limit Texas Hold’em tournament. The tournament will pay the top 20 players with top prize taking home a high payout, a High Heels Poker Tour gold and diamond necklace designed exclusively by King Jewelers, the official jewelers of the High Heels Poker Tour, and an exemption into the 2008 Tournament of Champions Event at Our Lucaya in the Bahamas (slated for October 2008). Players can pre-register online at www.highheelspokertour.com, at Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park or register the day of the event on-site, the buy-in for this event is $250. Seats are limited.

“My vision for the High Heels Poker Tour is to give women the opportunity to expand their skills at the poker table,” said Lauren Failla, founder of High Heels Poker Tour, Inc. “Women in poker are quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with at he poker table and the Isle of Capri Classic Feature Tournament is the perfect environment to cultivate that phenomenon.”

With the poker market growing rapidly, women are presently aligning themselves with the market that currently exists, but to excel women need places with opportunities and the recognition to make their mark. That is where the HHPT comes in. Their mission is to empower women who want to become champions in the growing world of poker and to provide the best competitive environment where women can explore, develop, continue growing and learning top strategies and their “A” game.

While players do not have to be HHPT members to register for the event, the HHPT does encourage players to join and be a ranked player on the tour. As a registered member, players receive pre-registration opportunities for all feature events, discounts at partnering casinos, a free HHPT hat, a private pre-event at feature events and most importantly, the empowerment of knowing they belong to a group of skilled, motivated and successful women.

High Heels Poker Tour, Inc. was established in 2007 by Lauren Failla and is the first all women’s poker tour started on the East Coast. Some of the HHPT’s partnering casinos and professional associates include; The Isle Casino & Racing of Pompano, Flagler Magic City Poker Room, The Poker Players Alliance, the Tournament Directors Association, World Poker Association and Pitbull Poker Tables and All-In Free Poker. For more information please visit www.highheelspokertour.com. The High Heels Poker Tour is ready to bring women’s competitive poker to the next level. Are you ready to play?

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