World Poker Tour, aka WPT, began in 2002. WPT is made up of a series of Texas Hold'em tourments. To learn more about Texas Hold'em visit http://www.launchpoker.com/texas-holdem/rules. The first season champion was Alan Goehring. His prize winning total for that season was 1,011.866. Alan's total live tournment winnings exceeded $5,200,000 as of 2008.
The Travel Channel hosted the first five seasons of WPT. The sixth season aired on the Game Show Network. WPT will begin its seventh season in 2009 and can be viewed on Fox Sport Network. It is aired nationally and internationally.
The commentary from hosts Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patton is recorded partly live and some dubed in due to gaming regulations during live tournment play.
WPT is the highest rated television show on cable television.
(Noted as noted in Wikipedia April 13, 2009)
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Monday, April 13, 2009
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