How World Poker Tour Came About

Holdin' Em: An Interview w/ Steve Lipscomb, Founder of the World Poker Tour

Interesting interview from the Chicago Sports Review with Steve Lipscomb who founded the World Poker Tour which first aired in 2003.

Some of the highlights:

- Lipscomb went from lawyer to documentary film maker about Southern Baptists to making the Discovery Channel documentary "On the Inside of the World Series of Poker"

- He modestly gives his reason why the WPT is so popular "The show is better, the poker is better. Our whole show is all about the poker"

- He claims the WPT are making stars out of poker players.

- He reckons he's a great poker player (!) But gives kudos to the best players in the business (without whom, of course, he'd be a poorer man)

- Most interestingly, he claims 30% of his audience are women

- Next year the prize money will increase from $10 million to $50 million

- The WPT are planning to go public

The WPT is definitely one of the best shows out there - simply because they get the best players and have some of the biggest prize funds. Can't argue with that

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