Tournament News
WPT/DCI Negotiations Update
Originally posted October 3rd, 2005
Los Angeles, CA (Sept. 29, 2005)Â WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ: WPTE) has confirmed that a cable television network has withdrawn a previous offer to acquire the broadcast rights to the Professional Poker Tour (”PPT”). WPTE is currently negotiating with The Travel Channel, LLC (Travel) to reach an agreement under which Travel would broadcast the PPT series.
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“King of Beers” Signs as Official WORLD POKER TOUR Sponsor for Season IV
Originally posted September 8th, 2005
Budweiser to Stage Texas Hold’em Tournament In Select Markets, With Two Winners Earning a Seat at the WORLD POKER TOUR Invitational Celebrity Pro-Am.
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Jennifer Tilley Wins WPT Ladies Night III To Capture Back-To-Back Titles
Originally posted September 5th, 2005
Los Angeles CA (Sept. 2, 2005) Jennifer Tilly jumped up from the table after winning the WORLD POKER TOUR® Ladies Night III™ tournament last night at the Bicycle Casino in California, saying that her win was convincing evidence that her victory in the World Series Ladies tournament in July was “no fluke.”
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World Poker Tour Continues To See Strong Growth
Originally posted September 1st, 2005
With an ever-increasing schedule of poker
tournaments filling the calendar, the instigator of the worldwide poker phenomenon, the
WORLD POKER TOUR®, continues to draw record numbers of players to its events, as
evidenced by this weekend’s record-breaking turnout for the Legends of Poker at the
Bicycle Casino.
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World Poker Tour Changes Logo Policy
Originally posted August 25th, 2005
WORLD POKER TOUR® and the Travel Channel have reached an agreement to allow poker players to wear their sponsor logos in both preliminary rounds and final tables of the televised WPT series. The size, placement and content of the logos must comply with specific guidelines available online at www.worldpokertour.com/rules.
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