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WPT Season 6 to march in on GSN

February 17, 2008

For poker fans eagerly anticipating the next season of the World Poker Tour, the wait is nearly over.

World Poker Tour Enterprises Inc. and GSN announced today Season 6 of the World Poker Tour will make its debut on GSN March 24 at 9 p.m. (EST/PST), starting with the Mirage Poker Showdown. The first airing of episodes will be on Mondays at 9 p.m.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled to have GSN as our partner and the new home of WPT,” said WPTE President, Founder and CEO Steve Lipscomb. “GSN and WPT are dedicated to collectively broadening the poker experience for fans and viewers and cannot wait to kick off our best season yet.”

This season will feature 23, two-hour WPT episodes that include three new tour stops and create more than 20 new WPT poker-made millionaires.

There is also a new host this season as Layla Kayleigh makes her debut. She will be reporting from the sidelines with updates and player interviews at each event. WPT live update online hostess Kimberly Lansing will also make her debut on GSN with behind-the-scenes looks at the tournament action.

Some of the highlights from the WPT on GSN this season include Barry Greenstein and Jonathan Little colliding at the final table of the North American Poker Classic, plus the WPT Ladies Night following Mother’s Day in May, the Foxwoods Poker Finals in June and the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio.

The WPT on GSN Season 6 schedule is:

Date
WPT Tournament
Casino
March 24 Mirage Poker Showdown
The Mirage March 31 Bellagio Cup III, Part 1
Bellagio April 7
Bellagio Cup III, Part 2

Bellagio

April 14 Legends of Poker
The Bicycle Casino
April 21
North American Poker Classic Fallsview Casino Resort
April 28
Mandalay Bay Poker Championship
Mandalay Bay
May 5
Borgata Poker Open
Borgata Casino
May 12 WPT Ladies Night V
The Bicycle Casino
May 19
Turks & Caicos Poker Classic
The Players Club
May 26
Gulf Coast Poker Championship
Beau Rivage
June 2 WPT Spanish Championship
Casino Barcelona
June 9
Foxwoods World Poker Finals
Foxwoods Resort Casino
June 16
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic
Bellagio
June 23 World Poker Open, Part 1
Gold Strike
June 30
World Poker Open, Part 2
Gold Strike
July 7
Borgata Poker Classic
Borgata
July 14
L.A. Poker Classic
Commerce Casino
July 21 WPT Celebrity Invitational
Commerce Casino
July 28
Bay 101 Shooting Star
Bay 101
Aug. 4
World Poker Challenge
Grand Sierra Resort
Aug. 11
Foxwoods Poker Classic
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Aug. 18 WPT Ladies Championship
Bellagio
Aug. 25
WPT World Championship
Bellagio

All WPT on GSN events will be replayed Monday nights at Midnight (EST/PST) and the following Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. (EST/PST).

“The WPT is one of the strongest brands on television, and poker fans will enjoy the action every Monday night on GSN,” said Jamie Roberts, GSN senior vice president of programming. “With the popularity of our original cash game HIGH STAKES POKER and the WORLD POKER TOUR, there is no better place to watch poker on television.”

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