World Series Of Poker To Boast Women's Team Sponsored By 888 Poker

There are no less than 8,000 players projected to play this year at the upcoming World Series of Poker. This is making for real competition and there is no exception being made for the ladies match. A woman’s team will be sponsored by 888 Poker. It will consist of European players with outstanding qualifications.

For example, Gutshot regular Tiffany Williamson is one of those who will play in Las Vegas this summer. She will be playing in conjunction with 888 Poker's challenge and she already has placed 15th in the 2005 main event. Another star to be included is Eunice Waterfield, the diamond winning winner of 888.com's Women's Poker UK Open. Also to be included is Rhowena Colclough, who is winning at The Mansion Poker Dome event, and the well known and esteemed poker player, Veronique Gourdon. These team members did not qualify through the Internet but were selected by 888 Poker to make up a efficiently managed squad cautiously selected with stress placed essentially on high shock appeal and the assurance of electrifying play.

Jonny Natas of 888.com says that following the Women's Poker U.K Open success of their company’s efforts they decided that it was time to return something back for the Ladies Poker. He says that the possibility of lady contenders in a game of live poker is perfectly reasonable, and that there company’s sponsorship of a woman’s team  has within that possibility of eventually becoming a full blown woman’s touring group.

Jennifer Tilly was last year’s Hollywood superstar when she won World Series of Poker’s ladies bracelet. There are even rumors going around that this year’s contention will even be stronger with the possibility of Paris Hilton and film star Jennifer Anniston said to be participants.

On July 6th  the 888 Poker team is scheduled to travel to Las Vegas where they will entire directly in to a kind of poker boot camp that is to be run by Padraig Parkinson of Irish poker fame. Parkinson will carry out an intense two day training session that is designed to tune up the women’s player skills.

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