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I recently spoke to one of the most famous poker world championships: the World Poker Tour, a yearly event consisting on several small tournaments (usually between ten and twenty) that run through cities around the world, especially in USA and Europe. Unlike other tournaments, the WPT is highly targeted to the television, not in vain its founder, Steve Lipscomb, works as a television editor apart from being an attorney. Perhaps for this reason the broadcast of the games are always spectacular, commented by world famous poker champs such as Mike Sexton and shot in casinos full of glitz and glamour. This approach to entertainment world is even more evident in the marketing of DVDs of each season of World Poker Tour, as if they were television series…
Another of the attractions of the WPT is that taking part in their tournaments is available to absolutely anyone… Or rather, anyone who can afford the high price of a ticket to participate! For example, in the last European tournament this year, to be held in Vienna in March, anyone paying 3500 euros can participate. Sounds expensive, yes, but considering that the winner can take more than half a million euros, the idea begins to be truly tempting…
Josep Lapidario
So you know: if you have experience in this game, you think you have enough poker face and ability to bluff, you can go on renting apartments in Vienna to measure against the best players in the world… And though you do not dare to take part or not have now 3500 euros, we assure you that watching the show will be a reward!?
Translated by: salome antigone
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