Professional Poker Tour Needs to Find New Home

The schedule of tournaments that will be filmed for the second season of the Professional Poker Tour (PPT) has been set, but it remains a mystery which channel will air the show since the Travel Channel has decided to not exercise its option to continue with the PPT beyond season one.

The full second season schedule is published below.

Twenty-four two-hour episodes of the first PPT season will be shown on the Travel Channel starting July 5, but after the season ends, World Poker Tour Enterprises (WPTE), the parent company of the PPT, will have to find a new home.

The decision comes as somewhat of a surprise after what the two parties have gone through.

In September, WPTE filed suit against the Travel Channel accusing it of interfering with a developmental deal with a third-party network to air the PPT.

The suit alleged that after WPTE entered discussions with a third party for the PPT, the Travel Channel sent letters to the third party and WPTE offices warning each of them that WPTE broke the broadcasting contract by entering negotiations with a party besides the Travel Channel.

The suit, filed in California Superior Court in September, sought to keep the Travel Channel from interfering with negotiations with the other broadcaster. But in December, the two parties finally came to an agreement and WPTE dropped the suit. Now, WPTE finds itself again shopping for a network to air the PPT.

Season two of the PPT features 265 players. Like the PGA, players had to qualify for a tour card in the PPT by winning WPT and World Series of Poker events, being ranked in Card Player Magazine's Player of the Year race, as well as other factors.

The players will be fighting for a prize pool of $2.5 million dollars each season.

Card-carrying members of the PPT consist basically of the most successful and dynamic poker players currently in the game. Name a successful player, and he's probably on the PPT.

The dates of upcoming PPT tournaments is as follows: Borgata, Sept. 11-12, final table takes place Sept. 20; Foxwoods, Nov. 7-8, final table takes place Nov. 15; Bellagio, Nov. 29-30, final table takes place Dec. 20; Commerce Casino, Feb. 12-13, 2007, final table takes place March 6, 2007.

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