The organizers of the Ladies International Poker Series (LIPS) have launched a new women’s poker tour, the US Ladies Poker Championship Circuit Tour (USLPCC). Designed to offer women another circuit of poker tournaments with higher buy-ins and larger prize pools, the USLPCC’s first season is slated for 12 events plus the season ending championship.
Each event will be a No-Limit Hold’em tournament with a $300 + $40 buy-in plus a $10 optional add-on for 2,000 bonus chips. Each player starts with 10,000 chips before the bonus. Play will begin on a Saturday and run for twelve hours before the tournament is paused and resumed on Sunday. Every final table will be streamed live online.
In a press release, Lupe Soto, Founder and CEO of LIPS, said, “The US Ladies Poker Championship, now in its third year, has been so successful that we decided to take the event on the road to give women an opportunity to compete for another prestigious title.”
There are currently six tour stops officially scheduled:
December 3rd – Choctaw Casino – Durant, OK
January 7th – Golden Nugget Casino – Atlantic City, NJ
February 4th – Venetian Casino – Las Vegas, NV
March 17th – Thunder Valley Casino – Lincoln, CA
April 14th – Orange Park Kennel Club – Jacksonville, FL
April 28th – Bicycle Casino – Los Angeles, CA
Another stop will be at the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas, though the date has yet to be announced, while five more locations and dates are pending.
The season will conclude with the $550 buy-in US Ladies Poker Championship in Las Vegas on September 1st, 2012. Players can win a USLPC prize package at each tour stop by competing in the USLPC Mega Satellite. The $150 + $25 + $10 optional bonus chips No-Limit Hold’em tournament will award one prize package for every ten players. The packages include the $550 USLPC seat, a $100 Women in Poker Hall of Fame Premium Seating ticket and $850 to cover travel expenses.
LIPS is now in its eighth season and has been extremely popular, giving women the opportunity to compete against each other at buy-in levels low enough to encourage everyone and anyone to join the fun. There are two LIPS events coming up this weekend. The first is LIPS Ladies Poker Night Morongo at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California on December 3rd. It will feature a $100 + $20 buy-in and a $10 add-on for bonus chips. Also on December 3rd is the Queen of Queens Daytona Beach at the Daytona Beach Kennel Club and Poker Room down in Florida. This one will have just a $50 + $15 buy-in.
