World Poker Tour Returns to Barcelona

Posted on May 16, 2008

Kicking off all-new action in Season VII, World Poker Tour returns to Casino Barcelona next week for the second WPT Spanish Championship. WPT also appointed Europe's most popular and respected Tournament Director, Thomas Kremser, who is also returning to run the tournament.
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World Poker Tour Makes Canadian Debut

Posted on May 6, 2008

The WPT Canada (WPTC) tour kicks off today with its first stop—Coast to Coast Poker Championships, presented by British Columbia Lottery Corporation—at River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia. WPTC is the dedicated tour for Canada, a country where some of the world’s greatest poker professionals call home and poker is booming in best-in-class casino properties nationwide.
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Chiu Upsets Hansen at WPT Championship

Posted on April 28, 2008

The big story of the WPT Championship at the Bellagio wasn't Gus Hansen dominating the tournament from wire to wire, it was David Chiu coming from a 5-1 chip deficit heads up to defeat Hansen and win almost $3.4 million dollars.
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Final Table Set at 2008 WPT Championship

Posted on April 25, 2008

The final table is set at the World Poker Tour's $25,000 championship event at the Bellagio, and the great dane Gus Hansen is still on top, with Cory Carroll not far behind.
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Gus Hansen Leads At WPT Championship

Posted on April 23, 2008

The Great Dane - Gus Hansen - is sitting at the top of the leaderboard by a comfortable margin in the World Poker Tour's $25,000 buy-in championship event at the Bellagio.
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WPT Championship Under Way at Bellagio

Posted on April 20, 2008

The $25,000 World Poker Tour championship is in full swing at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada, with all of poker's royalty in attendance for this prestigious event.
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World Poker Tour Settles Lawsuit With Players

Posted on April 20, 2008

Today, WPT Enterprises and five professional poker players – Chris Ferguson, Andrew Bloch, Annie Duke, Phil Gordon, and Howard Lederer – announced that they have settled a lawsuit filed by the poker players in July, 2006. WPTE operates the World Poker Tour (“WPT”), a series of televised, high stakes poker tournaments that are run by various casinos located throughout the United States and in parts of Canada and Europe.
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Erik Seidel Wins 2008 Foxwoods Poker Classic

Posted on April 10, 2008

Erik Seidel is the 2008 World Poker Tour's Foxwoods Poker Classic champion after outlasting a stacked field and dominating one of the longest final tables in the history of the WPT en route to almost $1,000,000.
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WPT Champions to Receive Diamond Bracelets

Posted on April 9, 2008

The World Poker Tour (WPT) and Bellagio will host the WPT Ceremony of Champions at the world-renowned “O” Theatre on April 21, honoring the 96 WPT Champions crowned during the first six seasons on tour.
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WPT Barcelona Back on the Tournament Menu

Posted on April 9, 2008

The World Poker Tour's Spanish stop in Barcelona was nixed from the circuit schedule after sub-par attendance, but the WPT announced yesterday that they were going to give Barcelona another try.
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