As the big events approach, poker sites and various organisations are assembling their poker soldiers, ready to go into battle at the 2006 World Series of Poker.

Latest to assemble a team of top class players, this time for the Ladies Event is ELLE magazine is association with the American Heart Association.

Already signed up are last year's winner Jennifer Tilly and celebrity player Shannon Elizabeth.

Sponsored by PartyPoker.net and ELLE, the “Queens of Heart” will be playing for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign.