The World Poker Tour has released its tournament event and production schedule for season seven, and it contains eight fewer tournaments than were scheduled in season 6.
The tournaments that were cut were the Mirage Poker Showdown, the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship, the Ladies Night invitational, the Turks and Caicos Poker Classic, the WPT Spanish Championship, the World Poker Challenge, and the World Poker Open.
In an interview, Steve Lipscomb, founder, president, and CEO of WPTE said WPTE had to cut back its schedule in order to remain competitive and to keep its major tournaments filled with as many players as possible, which helps to ensure that they are truly big-time events.
The WPT season seven schedule is as follows:
* Bellagio Cup IV — Bellagio, Las Vegas — July 11- 17
* Legends of Poker — The Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles — Aug. 23-28
* Borgata Poker Open — Borgata, Atlantic City — Sept. 14-18
* North American Poker Championship — Fallsview Resort Casino, Niagara Falls, Canada — Oct. 10-16
* Festa Al Lago — Bellagio, Las Vegas — Oct. 20-25
* World Poker Finals — Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Connecticut — Nov. 5-11
* Doyle Brunson Five-Diamond World Poker Classic — Bellagio, Las Vegas — Dec. 13-19
* Gulf Coast Poker Championship — Beau Rivage, Biloxi, Mississippi — Jan. 16-19, 2009
* Borgata Poker Classic — Borgata, Atlantic City — Jan. 25-29, 2009
* L.A. Poker Classic — Commerce Casino, Los Angeles — Feb. 28-March 5, 2009
* WPT Celebrity Invitational — Commerce Casino, Los Angeles — March 7-9, 2009
* Bay 101 Shooting Star — Bay 101, San Jose — March 16-20
* Foxwoods Poker Classic, Foxwoods, April 4-9
* WPT World Championship, Bellagio, Las Vegas, April 18-25
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