UltimateBet.com Poker Pro to Headline Ladies Only WSOP® Academy Event

Miami, FL (PRWeb) January 23, 2008 – If you think Texas Hold'em is a poker game mostly dominated by men, one UltimateBet.com is doing something to dramatically change that perception. UltimateBet.com today announced that Annie Duke, an acclaimed world poker champion and online poker player, is slated to lead this year's Ladies Only Event of the World Series of Poker® Academy.

The two-day event promises to give female poker players a significant edge at the next World Series of Poker® by teaching them crucial strategies today. The event offers attendees the chance to learn essential poker skills, tactics and applications through live hand demonstrations, seminars, Q&A sessions and poker tournaments. Featuring retired FBI agent Joe Navarro, the event also introduces a new seminar that focuses on female-specific non -verbal behavior.

The Ladies Only Event takes place at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas on January 25th and 26th, 2008. The $1,699 fee includes a private WSOP® Academy poker tournament where five $1,000 WSOP® Ladies Event seats are at stake.

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Designed with the assistance of the best poker players in the world - Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke – UltimateBet provides the best poker games available on the net. Players can download the free poker software, play in free ring games and tournaments and get tips from these pros to learn the sport or to enhance their playing strategy. UltimateBet currently has over 2 million registered players