Kicking off an 11-week tournament series tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET, www.ClubWPT.com
is giving members the chance to win entry into the most exclusive
tournament on the poker circuit — the 8th Annual WPT
Invitational. Twelve winners will head to Los Angeles with $1,000 (USD)
spending cash, two VIP party passes and a seat to play among the biggest
names in Hollywood and poker in the televised World Poker Tour® (WPT)
tournament.
Held annually at the Commerce Casino, the WPT Invitational is a red
carpet, invitation-only event that brings together celebrities and poker
pros to play for charity, a $200,000* prize pool, and a shot at a WPT
title. Past attendees include pros Phil
Hellmuth, Doyle
Brunson, Daniel
Negreanu, Phil
Ivey, Mike
Sexton, Vince
Van Patten and 2009 Invitational champion Freddy
Deeb, as well as Vince
Vaughn, Paris
Hilton, Ben
Affleck, Jason
Alexander, Mena
Suvari, James
Woods, and Don
Cheadle, to name a few.
The 2010 WPT Invitational is currently scheduled for February 20 – 21*,
with the final six players returning March 3 to battle it out on the WPT
set in front of television cameras. The tournament will be filmed for
broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN) in 2010.
The ClubWPT.com Invitational Seat tournament schedule is as follows*.
All tournaments begin at 9 p.m. ET. Visit www.ClubWPT.com
for more information:
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Wednesday, Oct. 21
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Wednesday, Oct. 28
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Sunday, Nov. 1
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Wednesday, Nov. 11
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Sunday, Nov. 15
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Wednesday, Nov. 25
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Wednesday, Dec. 2
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Sunday, Dec. 6
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Wednesday, Dec. 16
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Sunday, Dec. 20
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Wednesday, Dec. 30
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Sunday, Jan. 3
ClubWPT.com — the World Poker Tour’s online subscription poker room —
gives poker players a legal, risk-free way to play online poker to win
big cash and prizes, including $10,000 WPT main event seats, WPT Boot
Camp seats, and more. For $19.95 monthly subscription, members can play
in thousands of poker and blackjack tournaments for their share of
$100,000 in cash and prizes each month plus exclusive
benefits like $3,000 in Las Vegas VIP discounts and access to watch
full WPT Season VII episodes online. For more information, visit www.ClubWPT.com.
No purchase is necessary for the www.ClubWPT.com
sweepstakes and the service is void in states where prohibited. Must be
18 years or older to play.
*Dates, times and prize pool subject to change.
Additional WPT Invitational images available at http://s1007.photobucket.com/albums/af200/WorldPokerTour/
ABOUT WPTE
WPT Enterprises, Inc. is one of the most recognized names in
internationally televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence
in land-based tournaments, television, online and mobile. WPTE has led
innovation in the sport of poker since 2002, when it ignited the global
poker boom with the creation of the World Poker Tour television show
based on a series of high stakes poker tournaments. WPT is now broadcast
globally and is currently filming its all-new eighth season for
broadcast on Fox Sports Net’s national sports network in the United
States. WPTE also offers a unique online subscription and
sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states
across the U.S. WPTE also participates in strategic brand license,
partnership and sponsorship opportunities. For more information, see www.worldpokertour.com.
(WPTEG)
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