The World Poker tour draws attention from people in all hemispheres. It is a series of international poker tournaments that pit the worlds best poker players against each other for a large sum of money. The World Poker Tour was started by an attorney and television producer named Stephen Lipscomb, who now controls WPT Enterprises, the firm that runs the World Poker Tour.
The World Poker Tour is televised and had its debut season in 2002 and 2003. It finished with the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. It aired on the Travel Channel in the spring of 2003. The show then debuted on NBC against CBS coverage of the Super Bowl.
The television show has increased the number of home table games around the world, and particularly in western countries, like Canada and the United States. It also contributes to the popularity of other poker-inspired television shows, casino poker room and Online gaming. In fact, the major sponsors of the World Poker Tour are Online gaming sites.
In the World Poker Tour tournaments, each player is given a certain number of chips for a pre-determined amount of money called a buy-in. The poker game continues from there until one player...