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World Poker Tour: LA Poker Classic Final Ten

Friday, February 29th, 2008

On Day 4 Phil Ivey and Phil Hellmuth started off in the top four, they were joined by David Singer and Jennifer Tilly. As the day progressed Tilly was pushed out of the number two spot by Michael Watson whilst online player Blair “blur5f6″ Hinkle stepped into fourth displacing Phil Hellmuth to fifth. But the fortunes are ever changing and the two Phils snatched the top two spots moving into the million chip count. But the roller coaster ride that is the WPT LA Poker Classic meant that Hinkle was the meat in the two Phil sarnie.

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But the wild cards are always on the look out for action and Nam Le pushed up to number five slot.

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WPT World Poker Finals kicks off at Foxwoods

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

After Scott “BigRiskky” Clements won the WPT North American Poker Championships, the World Poker Tour will setup for the $10,000 buy-in Main Event of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals.
Foxwoods Resort and Casino stands like an oasis in the middle of the Connecticut countryside, a Mecca to gambling and a lifestyle that people who love to [...]

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Scott “BigRiskky” Clements won the WPT North American Poker Championship

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Four online poker pros, a poker legend and a hometown hero sat down to play for the first-place prize of $1,387,224 CAD ($1.47 million USD) WPT North American Poker Championship over the weekend.
Heading into play, the top-two chip counts belonged to online poker pros Scott “BigRiskky” Clements and, our hometown hero, Jonathan “FieryJustice” Little, and [...]

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WPT announced third quarter financial results

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007

LOS ANGELES - WPT Enterprises, Inc. today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. Business highlights for the quarter and through the date of this release include the delivery of three episodes of Season V of the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series, progress in the online gaming business and hiring [...]

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WPT Added Two Key Players To Join Management Team

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

The creator of the World Poker Tour, WPT Enterprises Inc, has announced two experienced additions to help develop its player base along with increasing its marketing efforts.
Former Vice President of Poker Software Development for CryptoLogic, Andy Goetsch joins WPT as Executive Vice President of Online Gaming, while Rohin Malhotra brings a vast knowledge of television [...]

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Amateur Poker Player into Final Table Seat in World Series of Poker Main Event

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

Two WPT Boot Camp alumni’s credit their impressive performances, Lee Childs to play on the 38 annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) final table and Bill Spadea who just missed the elusive main event final table, placing 13th and taking home a whopping $429,113.
Lee Childs goes head-to-head with nine other top poker players to win [...]

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Dan Harrington Wins Legends of Poker Tournament

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Dan Harrington is 2007 Legends of Poker Champion

The Legends of Poker Championship Main Event gathered together 485 poker players in The Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles to buy-in $10,000 to compete in one of the biggest poker events hosted by the World Poker Tour. The prize pool reached $4,642,500 in this No Limit Hold’em freezout [...]

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WPT Launches New Mobile Poker Game

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

The World Poker Tour has announced the launch of multiplayer WPT Texas Hold ‘Em 2 in partnership with multi-media company, 3UK. The launch signifies the first time a free play, multiplayer WPT game will be accessible to European poker fans.
The second game in the hugely popular WPT Texas Hold‘Em series, which boasts 200,000 multiplayer hands [...]

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World Poker Tour Signs Deal With China

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

China Leisure Sports Administrative Center announced that it will launch the first National Traktor Poker Tournament in China and has selected WPT Enterprises, Inc. as the exclusive marketing partner for the Tour. The tour will focus on the sport of Traktor Poker, known as Tuo La Ji, China’s most popular poker game.
“This marketing partnership with [...]

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Layla Kayleigh is New World Poker Tour Hostess

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Layla Kayleigh will take over Sabina Gadecki as TV hostess of the World Poker Tour for Season 6, which airs for the first time on GSN this year.
Kayleigh was a correspondent for Fox Sport’s “Best Damn Sports Show Period” and The Vegas Insider, and she is well known to gamers for co-hosting G4’s Attack of [...]

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