The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a long-running brand in live tournament poker that has recently branched out into online offerings.
During the poker boom years, WPT emerged as a year-round competitor to the annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Whereas WSOP, at the time, concentrated all its tournaments into a single block in the summer in Las Vegas, WPT organized smaller “stops” at a variety of locations around the world. The Main Events of these stops were designed for television viewing.
WPT continues to be one of the biggest providers of live poker, though the spectator sport aspect isn’t as important as it once was. Meanwhile, it has launched WPT Global as a real-money site for the global online poker market, and a pair of sweepstakes-based sites for the U.S.
ClubWPT uses a subscription model, while ClubWPT Gold originally used a dual-currency model similar to sweepstakes casinos. Due to legislative action against that model, it has switched to a novel system in which players earn their chips by purchasing training credits for a built-in, AI-driven GTO solver.
Starting on Jan. 1, California residents playing on ClubWPT Gold will have to work around some bizarre rules that the… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Adds Convoluted Rules for California Residents, Including Nine-Day Monthly Limit on Redeeming Chips for Cash
The World Poker Tour schedule for 2026 is shaping up as the tour’s most robust in years, possibly since the… Continue reading WPT First-Half Schedule Looking Like Most Robust Since at Least 2021
Last week, ClubWPT Gold rolled out a subscription model, somewhat along the same lines as its sister site, ClubWPT. While… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Adds Subscription Option Featuring Monthly Reloads, Training Content
On Friday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law S5935A, officially banning sweepstakes products from the state. The bill… Continue reading NY Governor Signs Anti-Sweeps Bill into Law — ClubWPT Gold Exits State Immediately
The month of December is poised to be a massive poker month, with three major series competing simultaneously. The WSOP,… Continue reading Huge December for Live Poker: WSOP Paradise Squares Off Against Wynn WPT Championship and EPT Prague in December
The World Poker Tour Bay 101 Shooting Star final table was set on Tuesday, with Chance Kornuth highlighting the final… Continue reading Chance Kornuth Highlights WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Final Table
Popular sweepstakes poker site ClubWPT Gold has added pot-limit Omaha after almost a year of being hold’em only. It will… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Forges Ahead With PLO, Expansion into Canada as Doug Polk Begins Streaming Challenge
The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship returns to the World Poker Tour calendar for the first time since 2016.… Continue reading WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Returns For the First Time in Five Years—Who’s Got a Bounty on Their Head?
On Sunday, The Lodge in Texas hosted a WPT side event called Wildcard Mystery Bounty Chaos, featuring perhaps the most absurd twist on… Continue reading ‘WPT Wildcard Mystery Bounty Chaos’ at the Lodge: a Game Designer’s Perspective
ClubWPT Gold removed Gold Coins today as promised and provided an answer to the burning question of how the site… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Reveals New Business Model Based on AI Poker Training
