The Bike Is Giving SoCal Poker Fans Plenty of Choices This Summer

All poker eyes may be focused on Las Vegas as the World Series of Poker enters its fourth week, but that doesn't mean people have stopped playing tournament poker outside of Sin City.

Take the Bicycle Casino, for example. The Bike is providing a poker fix for the players of Southern California with a heavy dose of poker tournaments that started June 24 with its Mini Series. And a week after the Mini Series ends with its $1,070 buy-in championship, the Legends of Poker begins and runs until it climaxes at the end of August with the $10,000 World Poker Tour event.

This is the first WPT event to be filmed since the final table of the Grand Prix de Paris took place June 16, right before the WSOP started.

There are still 15 events to take place at the Mini Series, including three mega supersatellites and the championship event. Besides the final, the most expensive events cost $550, and that's for the stud event that takes place July 18, a no-limit event on July 19, and a pot-limit event on July 21. Most Mini Series events cost $280 or less.

And there's still plenty of poker in the Mini Series left to be played.

The mega supersatellites to the championship event cost $120 and take place July 25 and July 26 (two take place this day). The $1,070 championship event is set to start at 7:15 p.m. July 27.

A week later, even though the WSOP will be in the middle of its own main event, the Legends of Poker starts with a $230 no-limit event on Aug. 3. Events will be held all month, including some unique tournaments like the $550 E.O. World Championship (stud hi-lo and Omaha hi-lo), scheduled for Aug. 21, the $550 Lowball World Championship on Aug. 10, and the Ladies Poker Party, a $125 no-limit event that includes a cocktail party.

The mega supersatellites for the WPT event cost $1,020 and take place Aug. 16 and Aug. 25. Most of the events cost at least $340, although there are a few events that cost $230 to play.

A two-day $1,580 event starts Aug. 17, a $1,700 no-limit hold'em event starts Aug. 22, and a limit hold'em event starts Aug. 23.

And then on Aug. 31, the WPT Ladies Night Out, a freeroll sponsored by the WPT, will take place. The winner of the Ladies Poker Party will also win an entry into this tournament. The winner of the Ladies Night Out will receive a $25,000 entry into the WPT championship event.

For more information about the two series, or to buy an entry into any of these events, visit thebike.com.

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