On Sunday, September 14th, the Borgata in Atlantic City will become the epicenter of the live poker world. The WPT's Borgata Poker Open, a $10,000 buy-in event, will begin. Read more »
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World Poker Tour to Air on Rogers Sportsnet
The World Poker Tour announced that it would air two tournaments filmed at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver as part of the first-ever WPT Canada series. Read more »
John “The Razor” Phan Wins WPT Legends of Poker
The talk of the poker world on Friday is John "The Razor" Phan, who pocketed $1.1 million for winning the World Poker Tour's Legends of Poker. Read more »
Amit Makhija Final Table Chip Leader in Legends of Poker
On Thursday at 4:00pm the final table of the WPT's Legends of Poker will kick off from the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California. Six players remain to battle it out. Read more »
Paul Smith Leads Legends of Poker Day 3
The World Poker Tour Legends of Poker has played down to its final 27 players. The chip leader is Paul Smith, who sits with a 946,000 chip stack. Read more »
Adam Weinraub Leads Day 2 Legends of Poker Field
These are the top chip counts and fiercest contestants as two days of poker are complete from the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California. Read more »
Adam Weinraub Leader After Day 1A of WPT Legends of Poker
On Friday night, Day 1A of the 2008 World Poker Tour Legends of Poker event kicked off at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California. Read more »
WPTE Faces Potential Delisting From NASDAQ
After a disappointing second quarter report, Word poker Tour Enterprises continue to be under fire as NASDAQ gave them an ultimatum: get their stock value above $1 or be delisted. Read more »
WPT Legends of Poker Begins on August 23rd
On August 23rd the entire poker world will turn to The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles, California, to partake of the 2008 Legends of Poker, a World Poker Tour event. Read more »
WPT Revenue Falls 34% in Second Quarter
Word slowly broke across the poker world and on Wall Street in the United States that the World Poker Tour's stock, which is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol "WPTE," had fallen this week from a high of $0.90 per share to $0.68. Read more »
Mike Sexton Interview with Poker News Daily
Poker News Daily: How did you become involved with the World Poker Tour originally? Sexton: I knew [WPT Founder and CEO] Steve Lipscomb. He filmed the PartyPoker Million and the Tournament of Champions. He then founded the World Poker Tour. Because he heard my commentary, he selected me to be one of the original commentators on the show. (continues...) Read more »
Club WPT Tournaments to Air on Fox Sports Net
The World Poker Tour announced this week that its private, subscription-based poker room, Club WPT, has partnered with cable channel Fox Sports Net to air special tournaments above and beyond the 26 episodes that will make up Season VII of the WPT. Club WPT players will battle it out online in elimination blackjack and poker in an attempt to win seats into the weekly series on FSN. Club WPT isn't an online poker room; rather, it operates under sweepstakes rules in the United States, which skirts around any complications with the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. It was launched in January, 2008. Read more »
WPT Blazing Trail in India
The WPT seems unstoppable in its quest for new markets: first they cracked China – the largest population in the world – and now they are set to spread the poker fever over India, the second most populated country in the world. Read more »
Mike Watson Wins WPT Bellagio Cup
Just a few hours after announcing that Fox Sports Net had become its newest television poker, the World Poker Tour doled out $6.5 million, the prize pool for its fourth annual Bellagio Cup. The very first tournament that will air on Fox Sports Net as part of the new Season VII television package, the Bellagio Cup has been dominated by online poker stars in recent years. Mike Watson took home $1.67 million for the win in the Bellagio Cup IV, outlasting poker pro David Benyamine heads up. John "The Razor" Phan was also at the final table. Read more »
World Poker Tour Heads to Fox Sports Net
The World Poker Tour announced on Thursday that it's packing up its bags and heading to Fox Sports Net after a one-year stint on GSN, the Network for Games. Last month, GSN elected not to pick up its option for exclusive rights to the seventh season of the WPT, prompting a last-minute effort by the California-based poker tour to seek out a new television partner. The latest news came as the Bellagio Cup, which is the first tournament that will be aired as part of Season VII, played its final table. PokerNewsDaily spoke to Steve Lipscomb, CEO of the World Poker Tour, and George Greenberg, Executive Vice President of Production and Programming for Fox Sports and Fox Sports Net. Read more »
World Poker Tour to Announce New Television Partner
Poker News Daily has learned that the World Poker Tour, which is currently without a television partner for Season VII, will announce that it has found a new broadcast outlet on Thursday, July 17. A press release and media interview opportunity will occur and PND will be in the middle of the fray bringing you the latest from this developing story. Read more »
World Poker Tour Bellagio Cup Starts Friday
The 2008 World Series of Poker is slowly coming to an end. The $10,000 buy-in Main Event started over one week ago and plays down to the final nine contestants on Monday. The Rio is literally the center of the poker universe right now. However, one tournament across town is about to kick off. The World Poker Tour is about to launch the Bellagio Cup IV, its first tournament of Season VII held on U.S. soil. The $15,000 buy-in event starts with Day 1A on Friday. The event will continue with Day 1B on Saturday and Day 1C on Sunday. Where you can catch the action from Season VII is still up in the air, as the WPT has yet to secure a television partner. Let's travel to the Bellagio to check out last year's Bellagio Cup tournament. Read more »
World Poker Tour Offers Episodes Online
The World Poker Tour, one of the pioneers in televised poker, is now offering several of its episodes for free on its website. The episodes are limited to Season I, but the entire season is available for viewing, which will give poker fans hours of entertainment. Read more »
