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WPT Releases Season X Television Schedule

The World Poker Tour (WPT) released its Season X television schedule Wednesday, circling February 12th as the jump-off point for the series. The first episode, along with all subsequent episodes, will air at both 8:00pm and 11:00pm local time.

The season, which will once again be broadcast on Fox Sports Net (FSN), will consist of 37 episodes, up 11 from Season IX. Part of the change is an increase in the number of episodes per tournament; the story of each tour stop ...

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GSN axes High Stakes Poker

It looks as if Black Friday has struck again, as the long-running televised poker cash-game, High Stakes Poker, will see its run on the Game Show Network come to an end. The site is reporting that the network’s January lineup does not feature the popular poker telecast after January 2nd, 2012, ending a six-year run on the network.

A number of poker shows have been cancelled in the wake of Black Friday, including the PokerStars Big Game and the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship, as the tremendous am...

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James Dempsey Wins 2011 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic

If you are going to win a World Poker Tour (WPT) event, you might as well do it on a whim.  Such was essentially the case for James “Flushy” Dempsey Sunday night, as he won the 2011 WPT Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.  The Brit was not in Las Vegas specifically to play in the prestigious tournament at the Bellagio, but rather to pick up some money as a favor to friend and fellow poker player Chris Moorman.  In the process, he picked up $821...

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