High Heels Poker Tour

A few years ago, my brother decided he wanted to vacation in Las Vegas with his sisters. So we all went except our sister Nancy. I can't remember why she didn't go.

But four of the Okamoto siblings went to Vegas.

The first thing we did when we got out of the plane and into McCarran International Airport was check out the slot machines right in the middle of the place. Fred said for luck, we should all play one of them. We said OK. When I reached for my wallet, it wasn't there.

I went back to the plane, and there it was, right where it fell out when I went into my huge bag to get something.

Thank goodness Fred wanted to play the slots!

We had a great time while we were there.

When we got back, a friend asked if I played any card games. My sister Dorothy, who had not gone back home yet to Charleston, snickered. "She can't add," she told my friend.

It's the truth. I could never play blackjack just because I can't add unless I was counting on my fingers or had a piece of paper or a calculator.

And I can't make heads or tails out of poker. I swear I used to watch those celebrity poker games on Bravo. I still don't get it.

So I had to laugh when I got this e-mail about the High Heels Poker Tour. It's the first all-women's poker tour on the East Coast and there's going to be a tournament March 29 in the Seminole Casino Hollywood in Hollywood, Fla. Yes, that's where Fred was a police officer. And that's the very same hotel where Anna Nicole Smith died last year.

I've been to the casino and lost a few bucks there.

If you're a woman and a poker player and want a chance to play in the World Series of Poker, here's your chance.

It's a no limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament. The winner will get a seat in the World Series of Poker Main Event, hotel accommodations, airfare and spending money or $10,000 in cash.

It will cost $450 to register.

For more information, go to www.highheelspokertour.com