Poker Series Debuts on Sportsnet

Rogers Sportsnet will begin exclusive broadcasts of a four-part poker series next week featuring WPT Canada, the first ever Canada-specific World Poker Tour (WPT) tournament series.

Well-known Canadian sports announcer, Jim Van Horne, will host the shows alongside poker pro "Cowboy" Kenna James.

The first of the four one-hour episodes will premiere the week of September 1 across Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.

The WPT Canada TV series will highlight all-new high stakes action from the WPT Canada Coast to Coast Championships, a nine-day tournament series combining seven different poker events held at The River Rock Casino in Vancouver.

Almost 2,000 players and pros traveled from around Canada and North America to compete for a piece of the $1.6 million total prize pool, a WPT Canada title and a chance at poker stardom.

The WPT Canada series kicks off with a two-part final table from the Coast to Coast Championships $1,000 three-day Bounty Event which saw 439 competitors battle for a seat in the first televised WPT Canada event and the $92,120 first place prize. Viewers will also see amateurs try to knock out poker pros like Brad "Yukon" Booth, Gavin Smith, Jody Trainer, Davidson Matthew, Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari and "Cowboy" Kenna James to earn the cash "Bounty" on their heads. The first episode from this two-part show begins broadcasting Monday, September 1 followed by the second episode starting Wednesday, September 10.

Check local listings for all broadcast times and dates.

Additional WPT Canada episodes will feature the Coast to Coast Championships Main Event final table, introducing six fresh faces from across North America, all vying to clinch the first WPT Canada title and the $224,100 first place prize.

Media Caster Magazine

News Added: 31 August, 2008

Number of views : 659