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.

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
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.