WPT’s fate on TV looking bleak

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The chances of the World Poker Tour being renewed for a new season on the Game Show Network have become slim after a deadline for the two companies has passed.

According to poker-king.com:

Steve Lipscomb and the WPT are in an extremely vulnerable position right now. On May 27th, 2008, the World Poker Tour granted GSN (Game Show Network, L.L.C.) a one-time extension so that GSN could decide if they wanted to pick up the seventh season of the World Poker Tour. The original deadline was May 24th - the World Poker Tour filed an amendment to their agreement with GSN, extending the deadline to June 7th. Just the fact that GSN needed an additional two weeks to decide on whether or not they wanted to air the seventh season of the World Poker Tour is a fairly ominous sign.

Whole thing here.

According to the story, a decision should be reached this week on WPT’s future on GSN.

It already appears that GSN is not bring back High Stakes Poker to its lineup.