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World Poker Tour

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a story of entrepreneurial flare and skillful timing. A story of how the game of Poker became a mainstream television sensation to millions of viewers world-wide. With the forth WPT season in full swing, pots are mounting up and players are booking their flights to major WPT events around the globe. So you better get packing if you want to make it to the final table.


World Poker Tour

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WPT Season 6 Schedule

Grand Prix de Paris

Aviation Club de France
Paris, France
24 - 28 July, 2007

Legends of Poker

The Bicycle Casino
Bell Gardens, CA
25 – 31 July, 2007

Borgata Poker Open

Borgata Hotel and Casino
Atlantic City, NJ
15 - 19 September, 2007

Ultimate Poker Classic

Aruba
23 – 30 September, 2007

North American Poker Championship

Bellagio Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV
21 – 25 October, 2007

World Poker Finals

Foxwoods Resort Casino
Mashantucket, CT
10 - 16 November, 2007

Five Diamond World Poker Classic

Bellagio Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV
13 - 18 December, 2007

Jack Binion's World Poker Open

Horseshoe Casino/Gold Strike Casino
Tunica, MS
20 – 25 January, 2008

L.A. Poker Classic

Commerce Casino
Commerce, CA
16 - 23 February, 2008

Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship

Bay 101 Card Club
San Jose, CA
25 – 29 February, 2008

World Poker Challenge

Reno Hilton
Reno, NV
24 – 28 March, 2008

2008 WPT Championship

Bellagio Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV
19 – 25 April, 2008

World Poker Challenge

Reno, Nevada
25 - 28 March, 2007

Foxwoods Poker Classic

Mashantucket, Connecticut
1 - 4 April, 2007

WPT World Championship

Las Vegas, Nevada
21 - 27 April, 2007

SHORT FACTS

  • WPT was founded in 2001
  • All WPT tournaments are televised
  • Direct Buy-in starts at 5,000 USD
  • Satellites are available for each tournament
  • Open admission to all tournaments
  • Official site available at www.worldpokertour.com

More about World Poker Tour

Anyone can enter a WPT tournament and challenge the world's best players! The buy-in fee for each tournament lies between 5,000 USD and 10,000 USD depending on the size & pot of the tournament. If you want to play it smart and save your money for the flop you can always enter one of our exciting Satellite tournaments.

The size of the prize pool depends on the number of entrants and is shared among the top finishers. Usually 35-40% of the prize pool goes to the winner and smaller amounts go to the top 20 or 30 players. For example, if 200 players buy-in at 10,000 USD each, the prize pool will be 2,000,000 USD. The first place finisher would take home 700,000 USD and the top 20 finishers would share in the remaining cash!

Once players register, table and seat numbers are drawn at random and assigned to each player. All players start with an equal amount of chips and play until the winner ends up with all of the chips. Play proceeds in timed rounds. At the end of each round, the "blinds", or forced bets, increase and make the action move faster.

As players go out, tables are consolidated until the final six players remain. The action then moves from the tournament room into the WPT Arena where the Final Table action continues in front of a live audience and television cameras.