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.
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
Poker players planning on traveling to Las Vegas in the coming months may want to check out the Vegas Fabulous… Continue reading Vegas Fabulous Five-Day Sale: Cheap Room Rates for the WPT World Championship in December
ClubWPT Gold was supposed to remove Gold Coins today, but has pushed the date for the change back by a… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Extends GC Deadline Another Week to Sept. 24
Customers in two more states will no longer have access to online poker on ClubWPT Gold. The operator posted separate… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Exits Louisiana and Connecticut as Player Pool Continues to Shrink
If California legislators are going to ban sweepstakes gambling this year, they’ll have to do so by the end of… Continue reading California’s Sweepstakes Gambling Ban is Coming Down to the Wire
The World Poker Tour (WPT) has released the complete schedule for its upcoming WPT World Championships at the Wynn. The… Continue reading WPT December World Championship Schedule Features a Generous Helping of Mixed Games
ClubWPT Gold will discontinue its use of the play money Gold Coin (GC) site currency, while continuing to allow Sweeps… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Doing Away With ‘Gold Coin’ Account-Funding System
Jack McClelland, an influential tournament director, accomplished player, and member of the Poker Hall of Fame, has died at age… Continue reading Legendary Poker Tournament Director Jack McClelland Dies At Age 74
