WPT announces TV broadcast schedule for Season 6 on GSN
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The World Poker Tour announced the upcoming broadcast schedule for Season 6 of the poker tournament series today. This season, the WPT is leaving its long-time home at the Travel Channel and showing instead on the Game Show Network, also home to the popular High Stakes Poker series.
The show airs at 9PM ET. Layla Kayleigh will be taking over the hostess duties for Season 6. A press release issued by WPT laid out some of the highlights of the upcoming episodes. Excerpt:
Returning for their sixth season is the popular announcing team of Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten. Joining them this season is new hostess, Layla Kayleigh, who is making her poker debut and will be reporting from the sidelines with updates and player interviews. Layla has previously appeared on G4 and Fox Sports Net. WPT live update online hostess, Kimberly Lansing, will also make her debut on GSN providing a behind-the-scenes look at the tournament action that led up to the final tables.
Other highlights from the WPT on GSN this season include Barry Greenstein and contender for WPT Season VI Player of the Year, Jonathan Little, colliding at the final table of the North American Poker Classic, WPT Ladies Night following Mother’s Day in May, the Foxwoods World Poker Finals in June, the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic at the Bellagio, the popular WPT Celebrity Invitational at Commerce Casino in Los Angeles and the season ending WPT World Championship airing August 25.
The schedule:
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March 24 Mirage Poker Showdown, The Mirage, Las Vegas
March 31 Bellagio Cup III part 1 Bellagio, Las Vegas
April 7 Bellagio Cup III part 2 Bellagio, Las Vegas
April 14 Legends of Poker The Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles
April 21 North American Poker Classic Fallsview Casino Resort, Niagara Falls, Canada
April 28 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
May 5 Borgata Poker Open Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City
May 12 WPT Ladies Night V The Bicycle Casino, Los Angeles
May 19 Turks and Caicos Poker Classic The Players Club, Turks and Caicos,
May 26 Gulf Coast Poker Championship Beau Rivage, Biloxi, MS
June 2 WPT Spanish Championship Casino Barcelona, Spain
June 9 Foxwoods World Poker Finals Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT
June 16 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond Poker Classic Bellagio, Las Vegas
June 23 World Poker Open Part 1 Gold Strike, Tunica, MS
June 30 World Poker Open Part 2 Gold Strike, Tunica, MS
July 7 Borgata Poker Classic Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
July 14 L.A. Poker Classic Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
July 21 WPT Celebrity Invitational Commerce Casino, Los Angeles
July 28 Bay 101 Shooting Star Bay 101, San Jose, CA
August 4 World Poker Challenge Grand Sierra Resort, Reno
August 11 Foxwoods Poker Classic Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, CT
August 18 WPT Ladies Championship Bellagio, Las Vegas
August 25 WPT World Championship Bellagio, Las Vegas
*** All WPT on GSN events will be replayed Monday nights at Midnight ET/PT and the following Sunday evenings at 7-9 PM ET/PT.
