The dream of many poker players is to play on the famous final table stage of the World Poker Tour. ClubWPT, the subscription based online poker room operated by the WPT, will be offering its members that very chance through a special series of tournaments at the online poker room.

With the Bellagio Cup V only three weeks away, officials from the World Poker Tour (WPT) released the schedule for Season VIII. A dozen tournaments will be held, including the brand new Hollywood Poker Open, which will debut from the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg, Indiana.

Continuing in its expansion and promotion of poker around the globe, it was announced yesterday that the World Poker Tour has joined forces with the Slovak Poker Sport Federation to create the WPT Slovakia, a tournament that will be held in August in the nation’s capital of Bratislava.

With news that the voting for the Poker Hall of Fame is open until July 2nd, PartyPoker has begun lobbying for its ambassador, World Poker Tour Host Mike Sexton, to be among those considered.

WPT Enterprises, creator of the World Poker Tour, announced Friday that PokerStars will be the official international television sponsor for WPT Season VII.

The final table of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out on Saturday and, in the end, Yevgeniy “atimos” Timoshenko took home the $2.1 million first place prize, besting Ran Azor heads-up.

The final six players have been determined in the Season VII World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. The Bellagio in Las Vegas will play host to the featured table today at 4:00pm Pacific Time, with Yevgeniy “atimos” Timoshenko holding a commanding chip lead.

Friday marks the all-important play down day in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship. Tenth place will pocket $98,000, while the winner of the finale of Season VII will see their bank account rise by $2.1 million. In the chip lead entering the critical day of play is Scotty Nguyen.

Sitting with the sixth largest chip stack entering Day 5 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship on Thursday is none other than the winner of the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) $50,000 HORSE Championship, Scotty Nguyen.

On Monday, the second day of play in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out at the Bellagio. Sitting with the second largest chip stack when the action concluded was a familiar name in the live poker world: Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier.

The second of two starting days in the seventh annual World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship played out on Sunday. When the smoke cleared, just 337 players had entered, a drop of 38% from last year’s tally of 545.

Vadim Trincher won his way into the WPT Championship by virtue of winning the Foxwoods Poker Classic earlier this month. He banked $731,000 in the tournament as well as a $25,000 seat into the end-of-season Championship, which kicked off on Saturday from the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

On Saturday, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship will kick off from the Bellagio in Las Vegas. The $25,000 buy-in tournament is the last stop of Season VII and will crown a champion seven days later.

A field of 259 players turned out for the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic. In the end, Vadim Trincher stood tall above the rest, taking home $731,000 for his efforts. The tournament sported a rare five-handed final table.

Wednesday marks the conclusion of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic. Traditionally, WPT final tables are played six-handed. However, a rare double elimination on the final hand on Tuesday leaves just five players.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Foxwoods Poker Classic kicked off on Friday from the Connecticut casino. Whether it was due to the economy, the ongoing SCOOP tournament series, or preliminary events at the WPT Championship, attendance dropped by 25%.

By all measures, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament was a rousing success. Attendance ballooned to 391 players in 2009, up 25 from 2008. Heads-up play came down to a recognizable WPT veteran, Steve Brecher, against one of the world’s top female pros, Kathy Liebert.

After a hard-fought week, the final table of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star event is set. The group is led by Steve Brecher, who holds 2.06 million chips, barely edging out Tony Behari, who comes armed to the six-handed final table with a stack of 2.05 million.

After Day 2 of the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament in San Jose, California, a total of 36 players and four bounties remain. The tournament saw a total of 391 entrants, including 50 Shooting Stars, take to the field in total.

Attendance was up at the 2009 Bay 101 Shooting Star event, a stop on the seventh season of the World Poker Tour (WPT). This time around, a total of 391 players turned out (up from 376 last year), helped in part by a 256 player showing on Day 1B.

A total of 135 players entered the World Poker Tour’s (WPT) Bay 101 Shooting Star tournament on Day 1A. After 10 levels of play in the Matt Savage-run tournament, just 50 remain. Now, all eyes on Tuesday will be focused on Day 1B, which kicks off at 10:45am local time.

The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star event kicks off on Monday from sunny San Jose, California. The unique high-stakes bounty tournament awards $5,000 for knocking a “shooting star” out of the event. The $10,000 buy-in contest’s winner will likely receive a seven-figure payday and $25,000 buy-in to the WPT Championship.

Last week, the WPT partnered with Chili Poker to introduce a land-based tournament in Marrakech, Morocco. Now, the action moves north. In a press release distributed on Monday by the roving poker tour, it was revealed that the WPT has teamed up with bwin to launch WPT Venice.

The World Poker Tour (WPT) is coming to the African continent. On Wednesday, the tournament series announced that it has inked a sponsorship arrangement with Chili Poker to bring the game to Marrakech, Morocco.

In 2005, Freddy Deeb took down the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ultimate Bet Aruba Poker Classic. Three and a half years later, Deeb was up to his winning ways once again, taking down his second WPT title, this time at the Celebrity Invitational.