2006 January 31 Poker News, Events and Happenings

Anna Benson could find herself getting plenty of face time on ESPN in the coming year. Not during baseball games, but more likely during one of the networks ubiquitous poker broadcasts.

WPT Enterprises and the Travel Channel have released a joint statement declaring an "amicable" end to the lawsuit between them. The companies can now pair up again, bringing television viewers the long-awaited premiere of the Professional Poker Tour (PPT). The PPT, as opposed to the much-watched World Poker Tour (WPT), brings together 200 top poker players by invitation only, to battle it out around the poker table.

As more and more fans arrive to see the best players in the game battle for poker supremacy, the intensity increases and the pressure goes up another notch. Three hundred and eighty-one players shelled out $10,000 each for a shot at the World Poker Tour title with a first-place cash prize of over $1.1 million, a brand new 2006 Cadillac Escalade, and a $25,000 seat in to the World Poker Tour’s

Card Player magazine, “The Poker Authority”, is rolling out the red carpet on February 15th at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theater in Los Angeles, CA for the poker industries first Player of the Year Awards Banquet gala.

LAS VEGAS (PRESS RELEASE) — Card Player magazine, “The Poker Authority”, is rolling out the red carpet on February 15th at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theater in Los Angeles, CA for the poker industries first Player of the Year Awards Banquet gala.

LOS ANGELES, CA — (PRESS RELEASE) — WPT Enterprises, Inc. (NASDAQ:WPTE) and the Travel Channel entered into an agreement to air WPTE’s highly anticipated PROFESSIONAL POKER TOUR™ (PPT) television series. The PPT features a series of invitation-only tournaments that are limited to the highest-ranked players in the world. The PPT is expected to begin airing in the 3rd quarter of 2006 on Wednesday nights from 9-11 PM ET/PT, following the completion of Season Four of the WORLD POKER TOUR®.After fi

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