Lacey Jones is the “new face” of the Canadian Poker Tour.  The deal was set when Lacey and CPT President Kelly Kellner met in Costa Rica in November 2009 at the CPT/WPS Costa Rica Challenge. “Here is a girl that loves hockey, loves Canadian beer and is an amazing poker player to top it off.  I told her she has been picked up off waivers and claimed by Canada and the CPT’, stated Kellner.  “We believe that by having Lacey attend many of our events and the fact that she is about to move to Vancouver, the partnership couldn’t be stronger.”

With female poker players in CPT tournaments on the decline over the past 2 years, the CPT believes that having a strong female role model will attract the female player base back to live tournament action and that she will be a strong draw for the player base in general.  Lacey will also be featured on the new online poker television network, Canadian Poker Player Television.  Full details on the network launch will released soon.

Lacey will be featured on the cover of the upcoming issue of Canadian Poker Player Magazine as well as having a pictorial spread and feature.  That issue is scheduled to hit poker rooms across the country in February.

“I truly love Canadians and am so happy to be a part of the Canadian Poker Tour”, stated Lacey.  Having recently played at the 2010 CPT Kickoff Poker Series, Lacey will be returning to Canada for the Winter Freezeout to held at Cash Casino in Calgary, February 24 through February 28, 2010.  For complete details see www.canadianpokertour.tv.