history of the world Poker tour

Poker has been a popular game for hundreds of years but the poker boom of 2000-2008 has been amazing. Adding to the charm and thrill of the game, a few years back, the World Poker Tour came into existence. The story of the WPT consists of a lot of poker events, professional players, fame, complaints, lawsuits, and famous moments, latest technological innovations being used in the game and a lot more. Let us look at how the WPT has increased the popularity of Poker.

The concept of the WPT was developed in the USA, by Steven Lipscomb. He was a television producer but with the advent of the WPT, he has now taken over the charge of the CEO of WPT Enterprises.. The World Poker Tour is basically a succession of international poker events. Most of the world's professional players are part of this tour. At present, it is one of the hottest shows and is hosted by Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. In the July, 2008, Amanda Leatherman (poker player and reporter) has been hired to host the "live updates". Some of the worlds largest casinos and poker rooms are among the sponsors of the WPT.

As the entire thing sounds interesting, you might be anxious to learn how all this happened and came into existence. Well, the debut television show of the World Poker Tour was aired in the spring of 2003 on the Travel Channel of the American cable television. It showcased the WPT championship of April, 2003, held at the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. In April, 2008, the WPTE moved the series to GSN for airing the sixth season of the tour. Recently, it was announced that that Fox Sports were selected to air the seventh season Back in 2004 a new aspect was added to the tour, called the Walk of Fame. It has been developed to honor the great professional poker players.

With the increasing years of success of the show, they try to add extra colors to their television show. As a part of their constant effort to grow, in the year 2004, they chose to create a special segment, called "Walk Of Fame". Similar to other well known Walks of Fame it is intended to showcase poker players with tremendous 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. Everyone can play and compete with the professional players. Use of the latest in technology and creating new innovations has been key to ensure that people remain glued to this TV program.

The benefit created by the poker boom and the widespread success of the World Poker Tour has been very important the popularity of poker in general and for especially for online poker sites. These poker sites host a large number of satellite tournaments to the WPT and these are extremely popular drawing many new players to the game.

Most of the poker events held around the globe are part of the World Poker Tour, particularly the ones being held in the USA. It includes a number of regular events as part of the poker tour. On top of these, there are a number of special events that are added in each season as special events. Besides that, there is a World Poker Championship that is given to one poker player per season. You can also find out the detailed results of each season at the official website, i.e., worldpokertour.com.

The last and coming events, interviews, press releases, results of the various poker events, options to play free online poker and more can be found WPT's website. The WPT Enterprises has also started its services on the mobile network. With this new feature you can enjoy the great television show on your mobile. So, if you have been missing the WPT then do not continue with your mistake anymore.

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Author: Dennis B. Webmaster, IT Professional, poker enthusiast.

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