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Star-Studded Field Tops 1,100 at WSOP Ladies Tournament



World Series of Poker (WSOP)

10.07.2006, LAS VEGAS, A field of more than 1,128 women - by far the largest in poker history - entered the Ladies No-Limit Hold'Em tournament at the 2006 World Series of Poker, each hoping to unseat reigning champion Jennifer Tilly and outlast a host of other Hollywood celebrities who entered the event.


Last year's victory by the Oscar-nominated actress Tilly generated widespread publicity and sparked a near doubling in the number of entrants from the previous record field of 600 in 2005.

"Jennifer Tilly has helped fuel the explosive growth in the popularity of women's poker," said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker. "She was a gracious winner of last year's event and has been a terrific ambassador for the game."

This year, Tilly joined forces with ELLE magazine and PartyPoker.net to form a team including actress Shannon Elizabeth and some of the country's top female players to raise funds for the American Heart Association's Go Red for Women campaign.

The ELLE-PartyPoker team includes actresses Tilly, Elizabeth, Alison Worth and Katie Porrello; Lisa Tenner, president of Tenner and Associates; producer and director Susan Genard; ICM executive Lori Sale; Card Player Media executive Allyn Jeffrey Shulman; ELLE executive Hillary Kerr, poker pros Karina Jett, Maureen Feduniak, Linda Johnson, Jan Fisher, Jennifer Leigh, Wendeen Eolis and Irina Cornides, and real estate developer Leslie Eichner.

The ELLE team members will donate a percentage of any winnings to the American Heart Association, and team sponsors will match those donations. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.

The ELLE team wasn't the only one featuring actresses. Hollywood Poker sent a team that included Anne Heche, Ricki Lake, Victoria Pratt, Jean Smart, Mimi Rogers, Mena Suvari and Kelly Hu.

The start of the Ladies tournament -- one of 45 events in the 37th Annual World Series of Poker that runs through August 10 -- drew the largest crowd of spectators thus far. Fans packed the huge tournament room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, hoping for a glimpse of their favorite Hollywood or poker celebrity.

The final round of the two-day Ladies tournament is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Monday, July 10.

More information about the World Series of Poker is available at http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com

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Über World Series of Poker (WSOP):

Die World Series of Poker, oder kurz WSOP, ist eine Reihe von Pokerturnieren, die jedes Jahr in Las Vegas ausgetragen werden.

Die World Series of Poker finden jährlich im Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas statt.

Die World Series of Poker ist die grösste und prestigeträchtigste Pokerveranstaltung der Welt. Mit einer umfassenden Liste von Turnieren in allen wichtigen Pokervarianten ist die WSOP das am längsten laufende Pokerturnier der Welt und geht auf das Jahr 1970 zurück.

Darüber hinaus hat die WSOP bahnbrechende Allianzen in den Bereichen Rundfunk, digitale Medien und Unternehmenssponsoring gebildet und die Marke mit der Einführung der WSOP Europe im Jahr 2007 und der WSOP Asia-Pacific im Jahr 2013 sowie der WSOP International Circuit Series im Jahr 2015 erfolgreich international ausgebaut.

Ursprünglich wurden die Tourniere in Las Vegas Downtown im Binion's Horseshoe Casino ausgetragen. Im Jahre 2005 kaufte Caesars den Brand WSOP. Seit diesem Datum werden die Pokermeisterschaften im Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino durchgeführt.

Gewinner der letzten Jahre des WSOP-Championship-Mainevent

2020: Damian Salas 2019: Hossein Ensan 2018: John Cynn 2017: Scott Blumstein 2016: Qui Nguyen 2015: Joe McKeehen 2014: Martin Jacobson 2013: Ryan Riess 2012: Greg Merson 2011: Pius Heinz 2010: Jonathan Duhamel 2009: Joe Cada 2008: Peter Eastgate 2007: Jerry Yang 2006: Jamie Gold 2005: Joe Hachem 2004: Greg "Fossil Man" Raymer 2003: Chris Moneymaker 2002: Robert Varkonyi 2001: Carlos Mortensen 2000: Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 1999: J.J. "Noel" Furlong 1998: Scotty Nguyen 1997: Stu Ungar 1996: Huck Seed 1995: Dan Harrington 1994: Russ Hamilton 1993: Jim Bechtel 1992: Hamid Dastmalchi 1991: Brad Daugherty 1990: Mansour Matloubi 1989: Phil Hellmuth Jr. 1988: Johnny Chan 1987: Johnny Chan 1986: Berry Johnston 1985: Bill Smith 1984: Jack Keller 1983: Tom McEvoy 1982: Jack Strauss 1981: Stu Ungar 1980: Stu Ungar 1979: Hal Fowler 1978: Bobby Baldwin 1977: Doyle Brunson 1976: Doyle Brunson 1975: Sailor Roberts 1974: Johnny Moss 1973: Puggy Pearson 1972: Amarillo Slim Preston 1971: Johnny Moss 1970: Johnny Moss



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