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WPT Enters Chinese Market with First National Poker Tour (China)

August 7, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“China Leisure Sports Administrative Centre (CLSAC), the national Sports Federation governing Leisure Sports in China, has announced the launch of the country’s first National Traktor Poker Tournament in an exclusive partnership with WPT Enterprises Inc.

The unprecedented five-year partnership is a landmark agreement in China Leisure Sports history and will focus on growing the sport of Traktor Poker, known as Tuo La Ji, China’s most popular poker game.

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Categories: China · Tournament · WPT

Event: Poker Powers Converge at World Poker Congress (Malta)

July 26, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“The organizers of the World Poker Congress (WPC) are thrilled to announce that Steve Lipscomb, president of the World Poker Tour, and Jeffery Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker will jointly deliver the opening keynote address at WPC 2007 on November 29 & 30 in St. Julian’s, Malta. The two veterans at the helms of competing poker institutions will discuss the current state of the game and what the future has in store.

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Categories: Event · Malta · Press Release · WPT · WSOP

WPT ‘Poker in the Park’ draws hundreds (UK)

July 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment

“Poker is alive and thriving in London, and to prove it, hundreds of people showed up for the World Poker Tour’s “Poker in the Park” at Leicester Square.

The event was a chance for poker enthusiasts to head to the park to play in mini-tournaments for fun or get some advice about their game with complementary poker tutoring. Welcoming players to the event and helping out were actress Mimi Rogers and WPT board members.

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Categories: UK · WPT