The World Poker Tour is an all time great Texas Hold'em tournament that attracts amateurs and professionals alike. It is also has a television presence with a show on the Travel Channel that targets novice poker players largely. The WPT season begins in July and ends with the WPT Championship in April at Bellagio in Las Vegas, Nevada. 14 tournaments make up this Tour and the locations span Paris, France, Mainland USA as well as a luxury Ocean cruise. In order to enter for these poker tournaments all one needs is to show up with the buy-in that is normally $10,000. In the fourteen tournaments that lead tot he WPT Championship, the winner gets $25,000 buy in to the WPT Championship and the grand prize for the tournament, also. Individual tournaments have varying prize amounts, depending on the number of entries. Apart from standard tournaments, in each season, the WPT has a celebrity invitational tournament. Ildado.com reports:
You can always buy directly into the World Poker Tour Championship which is held in April as part of Bellagio Casino's World Poker Classic. Players can also get into the World Poker Tour tournaments through satellite poker tournaments. The host casino for each WPT tournament will typically hold satellite poker tournaments.
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