WPT Announces Season 8 Schedule
With a Bellagio Cup V usually 3 weeks away, officials from a World Poker Tour (WPT) expelled a report for Season VIII. A dozen tournaments will be held, together with a code brand brand brand new Hollywood Poker Open, that will entrance from a Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.
The complete contest array will be filmed in high-definition, creation for a singular knowledge for viewers examination a movement reveal upon Fox Sports Net. The wire hire earnings as a radio opening for Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, as well as a rest of a WPT promote organisation for a second true season. The initial 5 seasons of a WPT aired upon The Travel Channel, whilst Season VI could be seen upon GSN. After a government shift during GSN, WPT officials were left scrambling for a brand brand brand new media partner.
WPT Founder as well as CEO Steve Lipscomb commented in a press recover distributed by a sailing contest array upon Wednesday, “As this good diversion has developed over a years, you have seen a debate grow as well as rise in to something indeed incredible. Each year seems to tip a last, from stops in sparkling brand brand brand new venues to chronological moments to dermatitis players to unimaginable action. We’re seeking brazen to saying what a eighth deteriorate brings as well as afterwards examination it promote in HD!”
Hollywood Casino was before well known as Argosy as well as creates a home outward of Cincinnati. The 270,000 block feet riverboat casino upon a Ohio River will horde a sum of 4 WPT events, together with a brand’s initial televised contest in a Midwest. Blue Diamond Almonds will once again unite WPT Live Updates, that Amanda Leatherman delivered final season.
Here’s a demeanour during a report of events for WPT Season VIII, that kicks off in 3 weeks from pleasing Las Vegas, Nevada:
Bellagio Cup V
Bellagio (Las Vegas, NV)
July 13th to 19th, 2009
$15,000 + $400 buy-in
Legends of Poker
The Bicycle Casino (Los Angeles, CA)
August 22nd to 26th, 2009
$9,800 + $200 buy-in
Borgata Poker Open
Borgata Hotel, Casino, as well as Spa (Atlantic City, NJ)
September 19th to 24th, 2009
Buy-in To Be Determined
Festa al Lago
Bellagio (Las Vegas, NV)
October 20th to 26th, 2009
$15,000 + $400 buy-in
Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Foxwoods Resort Casino (Mashantucket, CT)
November 5th to 10th, 2009
$9,700 + $300 buy-in
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Bellagio (Las Vegas, NV)
December 13th to 19th, 2009
$15,000 + $400 buy-in
Southern Poker Championship
Beau Rivage (Biloxi, MS)
January 24th to 27th, 2010
$9,700 + $300 buy-in
L.A. Poker Classic
Commerce Casino (Los Angeles, CA)
February 20th to 25th, 2010
$9,600 + $400 buy-in
WPT Invitational
Commerce Casino (Los Angeles, CA)
February 27th to Mar 1st, 2010
Invitation Only
Bay 101 Shooting Star
Bay 101 (San Jose, CA)
March 8th to 12th, 2010
$9,600 + $400 buy-in
Hollywood Poker Open
Hollywood Casino (Lawrenceburg, IN)
March 20th to 24th, 2010
$9,600 + $400 buy-in
WPT Championship
Bellagio (Las Vegas, NV)
April 17th to 24th, 2010
$25,000 + $500 buy-in
In addition, a WPT will horde dual tournaments outward of a United States in a entrance months. From Aug 26th by Sep 5th, a WPT Slovakia will take place from a Golden Vegas Casino in Brataslava. The Main Event has a cost tab of €4,400 as well as follows a low smoke-stack structure. WPT officials have been calculating approximately a sum esteem pool of €2.8 million, with players reception 30,000 in starting chips as well as blinds of 25-50.
From Sep 6th to 12th, a contest array heads to Cyprus for a WPT Merit Cyprus Classic. The eventuality is approaching to be televised regionally as well as carries a $10,300 buy-in. In June, a WPT Spanish Championship played out from Casino Barcelona. In a end, Markus Lehmann banked €537,000 for his win in a annual abroad tournament, that captivated 226 entrants to a Spanish city.
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