The World Poker Tour Has Changed How People Feel About Online Poker

The WPT is a series of poker events, held all over the globe but especially in America. This combined effort has resulted in a complete make over of this game. The development in poker in the last decade could not have happened without the creation of WPT.

It has always been found that somebody has to take the initiative to start something big and new. Some years ago, who would have thought of watching Poker events on TV? But Stephen Lipscomb took up the necessary step to launch the concept of the WPT. Manyof the worlds largest poker tournaments are included in the tour and many poker pros play on the tour regularly. Today the television show is hosted by poker player Mike Sexton and actor Vince Van Patten.

Now, equipped with the info of what WPT is all about, you must be eager to go into the details. Well, the story of the WPT started in the end of the year 2002 and starting of 2003. The first championship of WPT was held in the spring of 2003 at the Bellagio Casino, Las Vegas. The television show was aired on the Travel Channel of the American cable television. The same channel was given authorization to air the next four seasons of the WPT and it did it successfully. After having been aired for 5 seasons on the Travel Channel the program's sixth season moved to GSN for a single season. Now, the seventh season of this event will be aired on the Fox Sports Net, as announced by the WPTE in July, 2008.

With the increasing years of popularity of the WPT, they have been adding extra colors to their television show. As a part of their constant effort to grow, in the year 2004, they added a special attraction, called "Walk Of Fame". Similar to other well known Walks of Fame it is intended to showcase poker players with exceptional talent. Moreover, they have also started a different section for the lady poker players as well. The best part of these events is that nobody is left behind. Even the common man can play and compete with the proficient players. Use of the latest in technology and creating new innovations has been key to ensure that people remain glued to this TV show.

The WPT takes care of quite a few poker events. Some of the major event on the tour are, World Poker Open, Five Diamond Bellagio World Poker Classic and the World Poker Finals. Besides these regular events, there are some events that are added for every season. Furthermore the poker pros also compete for the WPT Championship in each season. The famous names, who have won the championship, are Alan Goehring, Martin De Knijff, Tuan Le, Joe Bartholdi Jr, Carlos Mortensen and David Chiu. These players have won the championship, in ascending order of the WPT seasons. However, if you wish to get hold of the entire results of each season of WPT then you can visit the official site of the WPT, which is worldpokertour.com.

The last and coming events, interviews, press releases, results of the various poker events and more can be found WPT's website. The WPT Enterprises has also started its services on the mobile network. This gives you the freedom to watch this television show on your mobile as well. Should you be unfamiliar with the television show you should consider giving it a try.

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