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World Poker Tour

Posted by Nicolae on July 7th, 2008 under Poker, Poker tournaments Guide, Tournaments
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World Poker Tour

Sport
Texas Hold ‘em

Founded
2002

Commissioner
Steven Lipscomb

Motto
“May all your cards be live, and your pots be monsters” (Unofficial)

No. of teams
No officially recognized teams

Country(ies)
United States (Founded)

Most recent
champion(s)
David Chiu, 2008 WPT Championship

TV partner(s)
Travel Channel, NBC, GSN

Official website
www.WorldPokerTour.com

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the world’s professional players. It was [...]

Satellite tournaments

Posted by Nicolae on June 30th, 2008 under Poker, Poker tournaments Guide, Sport, Tournaments
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A satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the same country or region. The term is most commonly used in reference to minor professional or competitive junior tennis.In professional tennis, [...]

Poker tournaments

Posted by Nicolae on June 25th, 2008 under Poker, Poker tournaments Guide
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A poker tournament is a tournament at which the winners are decided by playing poker, usually a particular style of poker.
Contrast this to a ring game, where the game is ongoing with no formal structure to determine a single winner in a certain length of time.
Entry fees and prizes
In a typical tournament, [...]