They’ll win your hearts, steal your blinds and bluff fearlessly, but
the 2007 Queen of Hearts Team, packed with a powerhouse list of famous
women poker pros, celebrities and noted executives, is set to marshal
their prodigious talents on behalf of two great causes at this year’s
World Series of Poker—raising funds for the American Heart
Association’s Go Red for Women Campaign and the Nevada Cancer
Institute, Official Community Relations Partner of the World Series of
Poker.

Lisa Tenner, co-caption and founder of the Queen of Hearts Team, today
announced that she will share the captaining duties with actress and
talented poker player Mimi Rogers. They will be joined by another TV
and film star, Jennifer Tilly (who returns to the team for her second
year,) along with such female poker luminaries as J.J. Liu, Vanessa
Rousso, Jennifer Leigh, Clonie Gowen, Isabelle Mercier, Mary Jones and
Susie Isaacs. Also aboard are poker journalist Lisa Wheeler, high
powered real estate broker Elizabeth Shepherd, attorney and Florida
magistrate Mary Magazine, the president of luxury watchmaker Corum USA
Stacie Orloff, and accomplished amateur champions Anne Spinetti and
Mylene Leitner.

“We are sponsored this year by the Poker Player’s Alliance, which has
provided the first donation to the team and the charities,” said
Tenner, known in poker as the leading creator, packager and marketer of
unique poker events. “Thanks to our sponsor and this great group of
women who have accumulated individual winnings well into the millions,
our Team expects to exceed its 2006 total. “

The Poker Players Alliance (www.theppa.org) is a
nonprofit membership organization comprised of poker players from
around the United States who have joined together to speak with one
voice to promote the game, ensure its integrity, and to protect poker
players’ rights. The Poker Players Alliance promotes and protects poker
through advocacy work in Washington, D.C., and throughout the nation.
Mary Magazine sits on the board of the PPA.

Each of the Queen of Hearts team members will play in the World Series
of Poker Ladies’ No Hold’em Event June 10-11 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel
and Casino in Las Vegas, an event that was won in previous years by
Jones (2006), Tilly (2005) and Isaacs (1996 and 1997). The players will
also commit funds from any winnings in the Ladies event. Funds raised
by the Queen of Hearts Team will benefit the Las Vegas Office of the
American Heart Association and Nevada Cancer Institute.

Noted Tenner: “In our second year, we are proud to add Nevada Cancer Institute whose research and care benefit everyone.”

“It is truly an honor to be associated with this incredible group of
women, playing on behalf of such a worthy causes,” said Rogers, who has
competed in several World Poker Tour Championships. “Getting into the
money in order to make a financial contribution is important, but even
more critical is putting the spotlight on America’s health. Heart
disease and cancer are for the most part preventable and we can all do
something to reduce the risk. Risk is essential in poker, it isn’t in
health.”

The Queen of Hearts Team will meet for a reception dinner the night
before and get a little coaching from poker champion Phil Laak and from
veteran poker player and entrepreneur Mark Tenner.

The team will cheered on by executives from the Las Vegas office of the
American Heart Association (www.Americanheart.org) “The Queen of Hearts
Team is a royal flush for our National Go Red for Women campaign, “said
Tammy Lier, American Heart Association volunteer and 2007 Las Vegas Go
Red for Women Committee Chair. “This program provides great visibility
to our efforts encouraging women to get check ups and make lifestyle
changes that will give them greater longevity. We really appreciate
these busy and successful women coming together for our cause.”

Nevada Cancer Institute executives also lauded the effort. “We
appreciate the support of the community and of the Queen of Hearts
Team,” said Clark Dumont, Vice President of Communications and Public
Affairs for NVCI. “This financial support will help us in pursuing our
mission of preventing, detecting, educating, caring and curing cancer
throughout our communities.”

For more information on The Queen of Hearts Team, contact Tenner and
Associates, at www.tennerandassoc.com or call (702) 792 9430.

(Woman Poker Player Magazine)

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