The World Poker Tour® Returns to the Bicycle Casino for the 2011 Legends Of Poker
The Legends of Legends Special Event Gives Poker Enthusiasts the Opportunity to Win a Seat into the Main Event While Playing with Their Favorite Poker Legends.
The Bicycle Casino proudly welcomes the return of Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, Kimberly Lansing, Tony Dunst and the Royal Flush Girls to prestigious Legends of Poker championship commencing on Friday, August 25, 2011.
The eagerly anticipated Legends of Poker Championship is the second stop on the World Poker Tour® Season X schedule and so far, the only event with a re-entry opportunity. This year’s Legends of Poker Championship prize pool is estimated at three million dollars, thanks to the lowered buy-in of $3,500 and two starting days. The Bicycle Casino expects to fill its luxurious and spacious Event Center with poker’s most elite players, as well as enthusiastic players from all walks of life, to take full advantage of the second chance opportunity. The Bicycle Casino and will pamper them with a beautiful first-class buffet during the dinner breaks of Days 1a, 1b and 2. “We wanted to give the players an elegant playing experience and return the Legends of Poker to its original glory.” says Director, Mo Fathipour.
If the affordable buy-in is not motivation enough, the Legends of Legends Special Event guarantees ten seats into the 2011 Legends of Poker Championship. Open to the public, the affordable buy-in of $500 gives poker enthusiasts the opportunity to win a seat into the televised WPT Championship Event while playing with their favorite poker legends. The Bicycle Casino has invited Legends from years prior, including Doyle Brunson, T.J. Cloutier, Allen Cunningham, Mori Eskandani, Chris Ferguson, Layne Flack, Andrew Frankenberger, Prahlad Friedman, Bill Gazes, Cycalona Gowen, Hasan Habib, Dan Harrington, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, John Juanda, Mel Judah, Hieu “Tony” Ma, Daniel Negreanu, Men Nguyen, Scotty Nguyen, Erik Seidel, Mark Seif, Jennifer Tilly, and Robert Turner, to play for their WPT® seat on Wednesday, Aug 24th, with a cocktail party beginning at noon.
Both the Legends of Poker WPT Championship and The Legends of Legends special event will have a feature table live-streamed on the Bicycle Casino’s world famous LiveattheBike.com. Commentators Bart Hanson, Dave Tuchman, Nichoel Jurgens and Adam Strohl will be in the Live at the Bike booth to discuss the action and interact with the audience. But that’s not all, poker’s information go-to-guy Kevin Mathers, together with our own Marie-Lizette Acoba, will be in the field speaking with some of poker’s favorite personalities and keeping the fans up to date on the Bicycle Casino’s Twitter stream (Twitter.com/BicycleCasino), Facebook fan page (Facebook.com/BicycleCasino) and Blog (TheBike.com/la-casinos-blog). As the second stop on Season X of the World Poker Tour, the televised final table of the Legends of Poker Main Event will be broadcast on Fox Sports Net in early 2012.
For details on all upcoming events, call the Welcome Center at (562) 806-4646 ext 545, or check out the website at www.thebike.com. Online registration for scheduled tournament events is now open.
For Media and Marketing details Contact:
Kelley O’Hara, Director of Marketing
(562) 806-4646 ext 174
Fax 562.806.3576
[email protected].
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