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World Poker Tour Announces Official Season VI Line-Up

Today the World Poker Tour announced its official Season VI tournament schedule with some new and interesting additions. The schedule includes 19 regular tournament stops and a WPT staple themed event...

World Poker Tour Championship Preview

Saturday marks the beginning of the fifth WPT Championship, the finish of the Bellagio's Five Star World Poker Classic in Las Vegas and the end of the fifth season of the World Poker Tour. With its pristine location at the Bellagio...

World Poker Tour Moves to GSN for Season Six

When World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. first teamed up with the Travel Channel in 2003 to air the first season of WPT events, they became part of the fuel that spurred poker's meteoric growth. But today, WPTE officially announced...

Players Seek Summary Judgment in WPTE Lawsuit

Back in July of 2006 seven professional poker players filed an antitrust lawsuit against the World Poker Tour. Recently, the players (Annie Duke, Andy Bloch, Joe Hachem, Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Phil Gordon, and Greg Raymer)...

World Poker Tour Enterprises Narrows 4th Quarter Loss

World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE) announced its 2006 fourth quarter and annual earnings on Monday, yielding few surprises. For the fourth quarter of 2006, WPTE reported a net loss of $1.1 million...

World Poker Tour Inks PartyGaming to International Sponsorship Deal

Two poker entities sharing a stated goal of aggressively expanding into non-U.S. markets have joined forces, as WPT Enterprises, Inc., has signed a multi-year sponsorship deal with PartyGaming Plc....

WPT To Bring Fathers And Sons To The Poker Table Together

The World Poker Tour announced on Wednesday that there will be a unique, first time format for one of their special tournaments that will be taped after the wrapup of the WPT's World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Casino...

World Poker Tour Enterprises, Inc. Posts Profit in 3rd Quarter

It was relatively good news for WPT Enterprises, Inc (WPTE) when they announced their 3rd Quarter 2006 earnings yesterday. WPTE reported net earnings for the quarter of $2.7 million, or $0.12 per fully-diluted share...

WPTE Re-Signs Budweiser & Adds Two New Sponsors

On Monday, World Poker Tour Enterprises announced the continuation of their long-running sponsorship deal with Budweiser for the current year (Season Five) and also announced the addition of two new sponsors for the World Poker Tour....

WPTE Weighs In On Impact Of Gaming Legislation

In an oddly optimistic press release following the passage (and pending signing) of legislation regarding financing of online gaming and poker accounts...

WPTE Names New Chief Financial Officer, Sells PokerTek Shares

On Monday, World Poker Tour Enterprises announced a change in the leadership of the organization when it named Scott Friedman the new Chief Financial Officer of the company....

Shana Hiatt Sues the World Poker Tour

Shana Hiatt, the woman who served as hostess for seasons one through three of the World Poker Tour broadcasts filed a lawsuit against her former employer in Los Angeles on Friday....

World Poker Tour To Move Into Asia, Squelches Buyout Rumors

The activity on the World Poker Tour, both on the felt and in the business world, was quiet through most of the summer. As we enter the fall, however, the WPT have been very active. With the action finished at the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino.

Ladies Lounge: JJ Liu Scores at WPT Ladies Night IV

In a decidedly fast paced final table, Joanne "JJ" Liu triumphed at last night's WPT Ladies Night IV held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, CA. For her victory, Liu won a $25,000 seat into the WPT's Championship Event and a WPT ring....

Prizes Added For Tomorrow's Paul Hannum Tournament

Tomorrow night, a great event is going to take place in Los Angeles, and many of our friends in the online poker community have come to the plate, and added some serious prizes to the event....

World Poker Tour Files Answer to Lawsuit

One of the biggest headlines made during the 2006 World Series of Poker was not made at the poker table. Right in the middle of the WSOP, seven top players filed a lawsuit against the World Poker Tour...

If You Have Enjoyed the WPT, Read This, and Dig Deep

Some people you come across in life just have a certain something that makes you want to be around them. Recently, the poker world lost one of those people with the passing of World Poker Tour cameraman...

PPT Second Season Start Delayed

While the first season of the Professional Poker Tour continues its current run on the Travel Channel, the second year of the highly popular professional tournament schedule has been adjusted recently....

Several Top Players File a Lawsuit Against the World Poker Tour

This morning in a Federal court house in Los Angeles, Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Joe Hachem, Greg Raymer, Annie Duke, Chris Ferguson, and Phil Gordon filed a lawsuit against the World Poker Tour....

World Poker Tour Sponsors Charity Auction

Starting on June 13th, the World Poker Tour became the title sponsor of an eBay auction to benefit the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center....

The Professional Poker Tour: Who's In, Who's Out

Professional sports organizations normally have a very complex procedure for determining who is eligible to participate in their events. In the world of golf, the PGA sets...

World Poker Tour Names new Hostess

Actress and model Sabina Gadecki has been tapped by the World Poker Tour to be their new hostess for season five, replacing Courtney Friel....

Saga Of The Professional Poker Tour Continues

At long last, the Professional Poker Tour will be broadcast by the Travel Channel. Even with that obstacle overcome, the saga of the PPT continues to be one that seems to have no end...

Take Number Five: The Mirage Poker Showdown Kicks Off

This week marks the beginning of the fifth season of the World Poker Tour with the playing of the $10,000 event at the Mirage Poker Showdown....

World Poker Tour Heads To The Great White North

Season Five of the World Poker Tour is ready to kick off one week from today (May 14th) with the Mirage Poker Showdown. Bigger news, however, came from the offices of WPT Enterprises recently...

Poker for Profit: WPT announces First Quarter 2006 Results

During a teleconference on May 4th, World Poker Tour Enterprises officials gathered for what was a historic day for the company overall and also demonstrated that the reported 'demise' of poker may be greatly exaggerated...

WPT, Travel Channel Announce Mobile Sweepstakes

With the finale of the fourth season of the World Poker Tour wrapped up, all that remains of that season is its broadcasting on the Travel Channel. While the poker yet to be seen by viewing audiences around the world will be a major draw to fans of poker

World Poker Tour Championship To Determine Two Big Titles

After sixteen poker tournaments, nearly a year of travel around the world and millions of dollars in prize pools, many titles are on the line for the World Poker Tour Championship...

World Poker Tour To Be Part Of New Poker Movie

With the current popularity of poker, it was inevitable that Hollywood would follow along as well. From big budget pictures, such as the upcoming 'Lucky You'...

Victor Ramdin Captures First World Poker Tour Title

With the tournament poker world getting prepared for the fourth World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio in a couple of weeks, noted professional Victor Ramdin earned his way into that event with his championship in the inaugural Foxwoods Poker Class

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