World Poker Tour Will Feature Multiple Florida Events during Season XNew Televised Florida Main Event will take Place at Jacksonville Poker Room in Spring 2012 |
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Fresh on the heels of the success of the World Poker Tour Seminole Hard Rock Showdown, the WPT decided to get a jump on next season by announcing three new tournaments set to take place in Florida during Season X.
The WPT will welcome Jacksonville Greyhound Racing & Poker as its newest partner and the Jacksonville Poker Rooms as host sites for a televised WPT main event, a first ever domestic non-televised main event and one regional event during the Season X schedule.
This new partnership with Jacksonville Greyhound Racing & Poker gives the WPT a foothold in both north and south Florida markets and puts them in a good position to capitalize on the fastest growing region for poker tournaments in the United States. Event dates will be announced closer to the start of Season X.
First up will be the first ever non-televised domestic main event. This event will crown an official WPT champion, counts in the WPT Player of the Year standings and will award the winner both a WPT trophy and a $25,000 buy-in to the Season X WPT World Championship.
Jacksonville Greyhound Racing & Poker houses over 70 poker tables at their Orange Park and St. Johns poker rooms, two of the largest poker rooms in the United States. In addition to those rooms, the Jacksonville poker room, which is anticipated to open later this year, will be their largest and crown-jewel facility. The Jacksonville room will host a televised WPT main event in Spring 2012.
“Florida is a growing poker market with a huge imprint on the U.S. poker scene. The WPT is focused on growth and we are very excited about our new stops in North Florida,” said WPT CEO Steve Heller. “The Jacksonville poker room promises to be one of the preeminent poker rooms in the country. Jacksonville Greyhound Racing & Poker’s commitment to providing world-class service to players is exactly what WPT was looking for when selecting a home for a new event. We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership.”
“Jacksonville Greyhound Racing & Poker could not be more excited to join forces with WPT,” said Executive Director of Poker Operations, Deborah Giardina. “Large-scale, large buy-in events are new to Florida. We are committed to remaining a market leader during this Florida poker boom. To that end, we sought out the best-in-class poker partner — the WPT — to help us build a world-class series of poker events.”
The World Poker Tour will also feature a regional series event at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida. The no-limit hold’em event will run from August 19-22. The buy-in will be $2,200 and there is a $250,000 guaranteed prize pool. The casino was the site of the recently concluded first-ever $10,000 buy-in major poker event ever held in the state of Florida that drew a field of 433 players.
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