The World Poker Tour is bigger than ever, and serves as a reality check to those that predict that poker is just a fad that already faded. White Shana Hiatt the ultimate poker hostess that helped made WPT popular has been replaced and moved on to other shows - WPT is stronger than ever - and this year, the WPT Championship’s big day will boast a $15.5million prize pool!

Scotty Nguyen surveyed the scene in the Bellagio Hotel Casino’s Fontana Lounge and offered an impromptu state of the game address.

As Nguyen put it in his inimitable way : Poker’s not played out yet, baby.

“Bigger than ever, baby,” Nguyen said during the opening round of the fifth annual World Poker Tour Championship at the Bellagio, where poker’s leading professionals are competing this week for a piece of a $15.49 million prize pool.

The championship tournament, which carries a $25,000 buy-in and marks the end of the fifth season of the lucrative, made-for-TV World Poker Tour, attracted a record-high field of 639 players - better than a 5 percent increase from last year’s 605.  By Jeff Haney, Las Vegas Sun

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