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.
ClubWPT Gold, the popular sweepstakes poker site, made waves over the last few days with a controversial new feature that… Continue reading ClubWPT Gold Adds Controversial ‘Reveal Cards’ Feature; Polk Responds
Wynn Las Vegas will again host the World Poker Tour World Championship this December, the WPT announced. A WPT press… Continue reading WPT’s Season-Ending Championship Returns To Wynn For Fourth Straight Year
The World Poker Tour ventured into Thailand last weekend to host the first sanctioned event since the country declared poker… Continue reading WPT Runs First Thailand Event As ‘Exhibition’ With ‘Travel Fund’ Prize Pools
The World Poker Tour (WPT) is breaking some barriers by setting up a maiden voyage to Thailand. While the exact… Continue reading WPT Thailand Breaks Barriers
The WPT Prime Gold Championship at the Star Gold Coast in Gold Coast, Australia, drew a huge field of 1,106… Continue reading Joshua McSwiney Wins WPT Prime Gold Coast Championsip
Eric Afriat fell short of becoming the second player to win four WPT titles as Shawn Daniels walked away as… Continue reading Shawn Daniels Crowned WPT Rolling Thunder Champion ($229,000)
The WPT Prime Cyprus Championship surpassed all expectations, attracting 1,391 runners to generate a juicy $1,349,270 prize pool. Virtually everyone… Continue reading Omar Lakhdari Wins WPT Prime Cyprus Championship ($190,430)
WPT Global has reportedly fired dozens of their media staff members under the leadership of its new CEO. Many of… Continue reading Dozens of WPT Global Staff Laid Off in New CEO Shake-Up
One of the most carefree, lovable guys in all of poker just won one of the most prestigious titles in… Continue reading Scott Stewart Wins WPT World Championship, Over $2.5M
On Sunday, WSOP bracelet winner Zak VanKeuren won the WPT Prime Championship in Las Vegas, finishing first out of 9,670… Continue reading Zak VanKeuren Wins $1.16m WPT Prime Championship
