It's been a year:That's a long, long time. I may try to start updating this again.
Want to be on the World Poker Tour?
The next tournament is the Jack Binion World Poker Open in Tunica, Miss. The tourney starts January 24 and ends January 27th.
And
Shana Hiatt should be there.
October 13th show:
Right before the WPT Poker corner show (see immediately below) will be the reairing of the WPT Championship at the Bellagio. It features:
Martin de Knijff $4,375,000
Hasan Habib $2,605,000
Matt Matros $3,860,000
Richard Grijalva $2,995,000
Russell Rosenblum $1,780,000
Steve Brecher $1,460,000
To the right of each player is their starting chip count.
New World Poker Tour show:
October 13 will see the debut of a new show by the World Poker Tour -- the
WPT Poker Corner. It will be a strategy show with 3 respected pros and Phil Hellmuth. Immediately after the show, they will analyze the WPT tournament that just aired.
The pros will be Daniel Negreanu, Annie Duke, WPT commentator Mike Sexton, and Phil Hellmuth. Sexton is an excellent poker player, and was a touring pro for years before trying to help the WPT get off the ground. Negreanu is known as one of the best in the game. Annie Duke recently won ESPN's made-for-tv WSOP Tournament of Champions, and is one of the best female players. And Phil Hellmuth -- well, he's best self-promoter in the game of poker.
Buy a piece of the World Poker Tour:
You can now buy stock in the WPT, under
ticker symbol WPTE.
This week's WPT: It is a replay of what was shown back in early March. See post on the
Borgata tournament here.
Here's what I wrote at the time:
Tonight is the first episode of the second season of the World Poker Tour. It's not exactly an all star lineup, but I'm sure they are all solid poker players in their own right. After all, they made the final table
Carlos Mortensen $799,000
David Oppenheim $419,000
Randy Burger $219,000
Charlie Shoten $427,000
Noli Francisco $391,000
Mickey Seagle $98,000
The event is the Borgata Poker Open. Borgata is a new casino in Atlantic City, with a big poker room. The Borgata has done very well, and the addition of the Borgata has been a very welcome addition to the East Coast poker scene. Perhaps because this event is on the East Coast may explain the lack of the famous poker players at the final table. Burger won a $12 internet satellite tournament to be here.
And there'll be some Shana Hiatt tonight too.
Posting: posting should resume. I moved and got out of the habit of watching the WPT...and hence, I also stopped posting about it.
