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World Poker Tour
For many years, poker players grudgingly had to live with the myth that poker just would not make it in the entertainment business. It certainly would not have made a regular television program, or online gambling sites. None of that stopped the poker world from trying.
The World poker Tour officially began in September 2001, when Steve Lipscomb conceived the idea. He developed the idea after watching the coverage of other poker events such as the World Series of Poker. In the year of 2003, the world of poker changed forever. The first episode was broadcasted on travel Channel. Since then, 25 million views chose to tune into world poker tournament on Wednesday nights to watch their player win million, week, after week, season after season. The World Poker tour is putting tournament poker in the spotlight. The tour boosted the popularity of poker around the world through its poker tournaments and television shows seen on the Travel Channel. The World Poker Tour tournament season begins in May and ends with the World Poker Tour Championship in April at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are sixteen poker tournaments on the Tour at various locations ranging from Paris, France, to the mainland United States of America. The only qualification for entering any of these poker tournaments is showing up with the buy-in which is usually $10,000. If you make it to the final table of one of these poker tournaments and you can get a share of the tournament prize money while your friends get to watch you on television. Win the tournament and you also get your entry fee paid which is $25,000 to the World Poker Tour Champions at Bellagio. You can go to the World Poker Tour Schedule to see the complete schedule of poker tournaments. You can also, keep an eye on the poker blog for the latest tournament news. After the World Poker tour started to be broadcast into millions of homes it helped start a boom of recognition for poker which changed the way people watch, enjoy and play poker. World Poker Tour was taken to a completely new level when cameras were placed in precise locations to allow viewers to see the player’s hands and become more involved in the action of the game. However, what really increased the popularity of the World Poker Tour was the fact that people loved the fact that anyone with the right amount of money could be a part of the action. The World Poker Tour is comprised of several high stakes tournaments that take place internationally around the world. Anyone who can pay the entry fee can have a seat at the tournament. The World Poker tour is the only place where you can watch a new upcoming rookie beat a professional poker of television. The World Poker Tour increased the options for people who wanted to gain a seat by starting several satellite tournaments were people could play for a chance to get a seat at a famous tournament without having to pay the high entrance fees. The entrance prices of these satellite games are often under two hundred which is much more reasonable for the tournament entry fees. |
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