Continuing its plan to offer land-based tournaments for players around
the globe, World
Poker Tour® (WPT) today published full details for its anticipated
eighth season in the United States. The 12-stop tour, which will be
filmed in High Definition for broadcast on Fox
Sports Net (FSN) in the United States, kicks off next month at Bellagio
in Las Vegas.
WPT Season VIII also features favorite pro stops at Bay
101 in San Jose, Calif.; Bicycle
Casino’s new Event Center in Los Angeles; Beau
Rivage in Biloxi, Miss.; Borgata
Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City; Commerce
Casino in Los Angeles; and Foxwoods
Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn.
Joining the tour as a new stop in Season VIII is the inaugural Hollywood
Poker Open in Lawrenceburg, Ind. The casino,
which will re-open as the Hollywood Casino Lawrenceburg on June 29, is a
270,000 square foot riverboat casino that sits on the Ohio River. In
addition to the $10,000 main event—the first ever televised WPT
tournament in the Midwest—Hollywood Casino will host three non-televised
WPT tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $3,000 to $5,000. All
tournaments will be played in the casino’s brand-new state-of-the-art
WPT Poker Room.
“As this great game has evolved over the years, we have seen the tour
grow and develop into something truly incredible,” said Steve Lipscomb,
WPT Founder and CEO. “Each year seems to top the last, from stops in
exciting new venues to historical moments to break-out players to
unbelievable action. We’re looking forward to seeing what the eighth
season brings—then watching it broadcast in HD!”
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Hosting Casino /
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Date*
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Buy-in
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Bellagio Cup V
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Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
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July 13 - 19, 2009
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$15,000 +$400
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Legends of Poker
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The Bicycle Casino
Los Angeles, CA
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Aug 22 – 26, 2009
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$9,800 + $200
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Borgata Poker Open
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Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
Atlantic City, NJ
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Sept 19 - 24, 2009
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TBD
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Festa al Lago
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Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
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October 20 – 26, 2009
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$15,000 +$400
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Foxwoods World Poker Finals
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Foxwoods Resort Casino
Mashantucket, CT
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Nov 5 – 10, 2009
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$9,700 + $300
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Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
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Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
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Dec 13 – 19, 2009
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$15,000 +$400
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Southern Poker Championship
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Beau Rivage
Biloxi, MS
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Jan 24 - 27, 2010
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$9,700 + $300
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L.A. Poker Classic
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Commerce Casino
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 20 – Feb 25, 2010
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$9,600 + $400
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WPT Invitational
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Commerce Casino
Los Angeles, CA
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Feb 27 – March 1, 2010
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Invitation Only
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Bay 101 Shooting Star
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Bay 101
San Jose, CA
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March 8 – 12, 2010
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$9,600 + $400
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Hollywood Poker Open
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Hollywood Casino
Lawrenceburg, IN
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March 20 – 24, 2010
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$9,600 + $400
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WPT World Championship
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Bellagio
Las Vegas, NV
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April 17-24, 2010
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$25,000 + $500
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*Dates subject to change.
Courtesy of Blue Diamond Almonds, WPT
Live Updates will continue reporting live from the tournament trail,
delivering up-to-the-minute tournament action for fans around the world.
A full schedule of WPT events including 2009-2010 international tour
stops, will be available soon in the “WPT on Tour” section of www.WorldPokerTour.com.
To register for media credentials, please visit the WPT
Media Room.
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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 premiered its all-new seventh season on Fox Sports Net’s
national sports network in the United States in January 2009. 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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