World Poker Tour Announces Schedule for Eighth Season

The eighth season of the World Poker Tour is set to begin very soon so the WPT has released the schedule of events. This season’s events will be filmed in HD and be aired on the Fox Sports Network allowing poker fans to get in on the action.

The eighth season will have twelve stops and begin in Las Vegas with the Bellagio Cup V tournament. This event will have a buy-in of $15,400 and will begin on July 13th and continue until the 19th. The next stop will be in Los Angeles at The Bicycle Casino with the Legends of Poker event on August 22nd through the 26th.

The next stop will be at the Borgata Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City for the Borgata Poker Open on September 19th through the 24th. The tour will then return to Las Vegas at the Bellagio for the Festa Al Lago tournament on October 20th and continuing until the 26th.

The next stop will be at Foxwoods in Connecticut for the World Poker Finals on November 5th through the 10th. On December 13th the Bellagio will host the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic and the Southern Poker Championship will begin at the Beau Rivage in Mississippi on January 24th.

Next up is the Commerce Casino in Los Angeles for the LA Poker Classic and the WPT Invitational from February 20th through the 25th and February 27th through March 1st respectively. The San Jose Bay 101 will host the Shooting Star tournament on March 8th through the 12th with the first ever Hollywood Poker Open taking place in Indiana on March 20th through the 24th. The season will end at the Bellagio for the WPT World Championship with a scheduled buy-in of $25,500.