Ladies pro tour gets rolling at the Bike

The Ladies Professional Poker Tour is making its first stop at the Bicycle Casino, where one woman will compete for free just by registering for the Ladies Poker Association (LPA).

The group is paying the $500+$50 buy-in to its March 18 ladies event at the casino's Winnin O' the Green tournament.

All you have to do is sign up via ladiespokerassociation.com and await a possible congratulatory e-mail.

The first tour date will be streamed live online at pokernet.com and the association's Web site.

Other LPA events include a regular ladies-only tournament the first Sunday of each month at 2:15 p.m. at the Bike. Buy-in is $100+$25, which will earn the tournament winner paid entry to the women's $1,000 event at the casino's Legends Series Aug. 18-19.

Other stops on the tour in the coming months include events at Bay 101 in San Jose, Hawaiian Gardens Casino in the L.A. area, the Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, Ore., and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The tour is designed to promote higher levels of competition and bigger prize pools for female poker players.