First WPT-Branded Poker Room to Open at FoxwoodsNew Poker Room to Bear WPT Name |
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There are key chains, t-shirts, bottle openers, hats, boxer shorts, and, of course, poker chips, cards, and tables bearing the World Poker Tour name, so it was really only a matter of time that an entire poker room would be added to that list.
That poker room is going to be at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. Foxwoods is expanding its poker room from 76 tables to 114, and, when it opens it March, it will bear the WPT name.
Foxwoods is a charter member of the WPT.
The new poker room will also have state-of-the-art features like a computerized seating system and tables with automatic shufflers. The room will be designed so that it "evokes the cool, classy, charismatic character of our show," said Steve Lipscomb, WTP Enterprises founder and CEO.
Foxwoods already had the largest poker room in New England. The expansion should attract more players to its tournaments, which would increase the already bloated prize pools.
WPT has already attached its name to such casino products as slot machines and table games, but never an entire poker room. Lipscomb called the announcement a "landmark" for his company.
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