World Poker Tour Season Five is scheduled to begin next week at the Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Full 2006/2007 schedule (of televised, main events) is as follows:


05/14/06 - 05/17/06 Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas
06/04/06 - 06/08/06 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship

06/12/06 - 06/16/06 Grand Prix de Paris at Aviation Club de France
08/26/06 - 08/30/06 Legends of Poker at The Bicycle Casino

09/15/06 - 09/18/06 Borgata Poker Open at the Borgata, Atlantic City
10/23/06 - 10/27/06 N. American Poker Championship in Niagara Falls

11/11/06 - 11/16/06 World Poker Finals at Foxwoods
12/14/06 - 12/19/06 Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic

01/06/07 - 01/13/07 PokerStars.com Caribbean Poker Adventure
01/21/07 - 01/25/07 World Poker Open at the Gold Strike in Tunica

02/17/07 - 02/22/07 L.A. Poker Classic at the Commerce Casino
02/24/07 - 02/26/07 WPT Invitational at the Commerce Casino

03/05/07 - 03/09/07 Bay 101 Shooting Star in San Jose, California
03/26/07 - 03/29/07 World Poker Challenge at the Reno Hilton

04/21/07 - 04/27/07 WPT World Championship at the Bellagio

On the 18th - 24th of April at the Bellagio in Las Vagas the WPT World Championship has reveled they are close to a prize pool of $12-15 million which would give a winner around $3.5 million.


It costs $25,500 to buy in to the Championship and you could be sitting with professionals like Phil 'The Unabomber ' Laak and Antonio 'The magican' Esfandiari.


The Director of Poker Operations for the Bellagio, Doug Dalton says'

'The pots are getting higher and the number of participants is growing with every tournament and Bellagio is proud to be a part of this phenomenon.'

Steve Lipscomb, Founder and CEO of WPT Enterprises said,

“The $25,000 buy-in insures that these players are among the world's best. However, what's fun is that this championship is still an open event and anyone with the heart, the courage and the skills can find themselves at the final table, cashing in for millions of dollars.”

You can still win you seat by playing online at PartyPoker or Pokerstars.