World Poker Tour in China
Just 16 months after the Beijing-based arm of WPT Enterprises was created, the WPT China National Traktor Poker Tour has hit television airwaves, becoming the first government sanctioned nationally-televised poker competition in China. WPT China also recently launched internet and mobile platforms featuring games and community building, inked its first consumer product sponsor and successfully kicked off the second season of the tour.
Earlier this month, the first of nine programming hours from the WPT Traktor Poker Tour Season I Grand Finals aired on Nanjing Entertainment Television in the Jiangsu provinceone of the largest and wealthiest Chinese provincesand will also broadcast across multiple provinces in China. WPT China also recently launched internet and mobile platforms offering games and community features which are being marketed in-show, prompting viewers to play in the mobile and online games on www.WPTpoker.cn for a chance to win a seat into the Season II Grand Finals.
Traktor poker is the most popular poker game in China, a multiple deck game that uses two joker cards per deck and is played kind of like Bridge. poker has become such a worldwide popular game that tournaments are being televised seemingly every where in the world. I wish the continued success of poker around the globe for many years to come.
