World Poker Tour Closes One Door, Opens Another
Friday, October 17, World Poker Tour Enterprises declared that it will be shutting down WorldPokerTour.com, its real-money online poker room. A Cryptologic poker room launched in June 2007, as of November 14, 2008, it will be no more. WPTE will pay a fine for breaking a contract with the game software maker that was supposed to last until 2011, (Cryptologic, meanwhile, is joining with PartyGaming, but that’s another story.)
While closing one door, however, World Poker Tour will be opening another, with a new relationship between the WPTE and social networking mammoth, MySpace. The MySpace WPT community will offer MySpace members opportunities a chance to play free multiplayer online poker games with other MySpace members.
Materials planned for the new online community include
- Video clips
- Player profiles
- Tournament news
- Poker strategy tips and tricks
- Behind-the-scenes reports
Also, the WPT’s US-legal subscription site, ClubWPT.com, will remain open, and MySpace WPT members can win real money (over $10,000) and prizes (including WPT tournament seats) for $19.95 per month. Also, be sure to check out our poker site reviews to find out more about ClubWPT and more.