In 2008 they expanded this by creating a series of tournament for women called WPT Ladies with buys in ranging from $300 to $1,500. Not Just for MenĪlthough many Female Poker Players take part in the World Poker Tour events, the tour has always ran a specialised event available only for women entrants. Some of the most famous moments in poker have happened at WPT final tables with the camera’s watching.

The TV shows are hosted by poker legend Mike Sexton and his co-host Vince Van Patten.

Later on this switched to GSN in the USA whilst other channels all over the World also broadcast the glitz and bright lights of the WPT final tables. Revolutionising Poker on TVįor the first five seasons of the tour the Travel Channel bought the rights and broadcast the TV shows. Steven grew the tour into one of the most prestigious and most watched poker events on television, with large fields, large prizes and all the top players helping to propel the WPT to the top of the TV ratings.

The tour was created by Steven Lipscomb who is a Television producer. It’s popularity contributed massively to the poker boom which introduced millions of players into the sport of poker. The World Poker Tour is a series of world class poker tournaments that have been running since 2002.

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