Venue of the Champions

WPT or World Poker Tour is one set of Holdem tourneys held all over the world map, but principally in the US. Major sponsors for these competitons are Net rooms and casinos, as could be expected.

This great poker tour commenced in 2002, the highest point was the Championship held in April of 2003 at Nevada's turf. The network debut happened in 2004 at NBC, and the Travel channel came out the first 5 seasons. April of last year, it was announced that this series would move to another venue (network) in 2008, but of course, assuming that plans do not miscarry.

Hosts of the show as you very well know if you are a TV/cable buff, are Vince V Patten and Mike Sexton. The format of the show is such that the viewers are given the thoughts/impressions that commentaries are done in real-time vis-a-vis the tourney's proceedings. The truth is, the comments are recorded when everything is finished, since gaming laws bar them from watching live feeds/shots through cameras, and it all makes sense.

On another thing about WPT, they came up with the "Walk of Fame" four years ago, and legendary Gus Hansen and Doyle B were inducted into the roster, and from the Hollywood's side of the fence, James Garner made the cut.