WPT has a new angle
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Just when you had seen every possible type of poker tournament on TV, the WPT has come up with something new.Its father and son night, kinda like show and tell, but poker style.
Famous sons bring their dads along to the tables. The sons playing the hands but the dads are able to 'tag in' and show them how its really done at any point in the game. Once there is only one team left, father will go against son heads up, and the winner will walk away with a $25,000 seat at the 2007 WPT Championship.
Leading the list of competitors will be the "First Family" of poker, Doyle and Todd Brunson, as they square off against Barry Greenstein and Joe Sebok, Barry and Jeff Shulman, WPT champion John Stolzmann and his father Steve, and WPT winner Mike Simon and his father Romeo. Marking the first time that he has stepped to the tables for a WPT event, Vince Van Patten will put his headset aside as he and his father, actor Dick Van Patten, complete the lineup.
The tournament will be taped after the wrap-up of the WPT's World Poker Finals at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut this week and will be show on Fathers' Day in 2007 (June 17th).
If only my dad could play poker!
Shane @ Poker.com
Posted at 7:33 PM Permalink | Talk on the Poker Forum
1 Comments:
so then, where are all the GIRLS and their dads, huh? Wonderful concept even if it is a bit sexist.
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