Poker coming to television is always good news, and the World Poker Tour announced that it has just signed a multi-year deal with CBS Sports Network. WPT episodes will be available on the channel starting November 14th, beginning with Season XXI of the circuit and Josh Reichard‘s victory at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship.
Episodes from Season XXII and XXIII, including the $40M guaranteed 2023 WPT World Championship won by Daniel Sepiol and the ClubWPT Gold $5M Invitational Freeroll this December at the Wynn in Las Vegas, will be available to stream later on CBC Sports.
“Since our debut on the Travel Channel back in 2002, our WPT television presence has grown significantly in both production quality and reach,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “We are incredibly grateful to partner with a top-tier network and cannot wait to share a wealth of premium poker programming to the vast CBS Sports audience.”
“CBS Sports Network is the ideal partner to elevate WPT TV and expand its reach to new households around the nation,” said Loc Sondheim, WPT VP of Studios, Distribution and Ad Sales. “It’s an honor to bring the excitement of poker to a network that showcases some of the biggest events in sports”.
The news was very well received on social media and hailed by the WPT Talent roster, including Brad Owen, Tony Dunst, Vince Van Patten and Lynn Gilmartin, who celebrated the WPT coming to national television in the United States. The complete CBS Sports programming schedule can be found on its website.
🚨 Major Announcement!🚨
The @WPT is thrilled to partner with @CBSSports Network as our exclusive television home!📺
Starting Nov 14, tune in to @CBSSportsNet for the premiere of Season 21. This is poker on a whole new level— Experience it exclusively on @CBS Sports Network! pic.twitter.com/YC122xScaa
— World Poker Tour (@WPT) November 7, 2024
If you want to watch the first seasons of the World Poker Tour, you can do so via the WatchWPT app, which you can download quickly and easily to your mobile device. This way, you can watch the victories of Gus Hansen, Daniel Negreanu, Eugene Katchalov, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson, Carlos Mortensen, Joe Hachem and many more legends. The app will also allow you to watch Alpha8 tournaments, the strategy segment “The Raw Deal”, cash game streaming, and much more.
The final WPT events of 2024
There are still four events left to be played this year on the World Poker Tour and they are:
- WPT Bestbet Scramble: From November 15th to 19th. Buy-In: $5,000. Schedule.
- WPT Korea: From November 16th to 22th. Buy-In: KRW 2,500,000. Schedule.
- WPT Seminole Rock N’ Roll Poker Open Championship: From November 29th to December 4th. Buy-In: $3,500. Schedule.
- WPT World Championship: From December 14th to 23rd. Buy-In: $10,400. Schedule.
The WPT season finale will take place from December 3-23 at Wynn Las Vegas. In addition to the highly anticipated WPT World Championship, there will also be the WPT Prime Championship with $5M guaranteed, the Ladies Championship with $250K guaranteed, the Seniors Championship with $500K guaranteed and the debut of the ClubWPT Gold Invitational with $5M guaranteed, which be the freeroll with the largest guarantee in history. You can see all the details of the festival in this article.
In the meantime, you can get your engines going by watching the World Poker Tour tournaments on CBS Sports starting November 14th and on the WatchWPT app. So, grab your popcorn 🍿 and enjoy watching the best players in the best venues win millions of dollars. You could be next!
