World Series of Poker
February 17th, 2009
The WSOP logo.
The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious set of poker tournaments in the world.
Links
Official WSOP Site
World Series of Poker Event Champions List
World Series of Poker Retrospective
WSOP Photo Gallery
2005 World Series of Poker Photo Gallery
Commentary on numerous final [...]
World Poker Tour
July 7th, 2008
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
June 30th, 2008
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
June 25th, 2008
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, [...]















































