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Encyclopedia > World Poker Tour Walk of Fame

The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is designed to honor those poker players who have played the game well at the highest levels as well as those who have promoted the spread of it through film, television, and literature. It was started in 2004. The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a collection of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... This article is about the card game. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In February 2004, The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame inducted its first members at the Commerce Casino in a ceremony before top pros and celebrities in town for the World Poker Tour Invitational Poker Tournament. The induction ceremony was staged on the doorstep of Commerce Casino, the Los Angeles region’s most prestigious gaming establishment and full service entertainment/hotel complex. Poker room to the stars of Hollywood, Commerce Casino has a rich history of poker in Southern California dating back to 1983. This article is about the card game. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... ... Southern California Downtown Los Angeles Skyline Southern California, sometimes abbreviated SoCal, is an informal name for the megalopolis that is the southern one-third of the state of California. ...


The next group of honorees will be inducted in February 2006 when The World Poker Tour Walk of Fame is embedded in its permanent location in the casino’s forecourt.


The inductees, along with the year they were inducted are as follows:

Doyle Brunson at the 1976 World Series of Poker Doyle Texas Dolly Brunson (born August 10, 1933 in Longworth, Texas) is an American poker player who has played professionally for over 40 years. ... Gustav The Great Dane Hansen (born in 1974 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a professional poker player dividing his time between living in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas. ... James Garner as Jim Egan in 8 Simple Rules James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ...

See also

The Poker Hall of Fame is a group of poker players who have played poker well against top competition for high stakes over a long period of time. ... The European Poker Players Hall of Fame was created by poker professional Bruce Elvis Senior Atkinson to recognise European poker players who have made great achievements throughout their poker careers. ... This is a list of poker players and other people who have had a major influence on poker, as well as otherwise notable people who were known to be avid poker players. ...

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World Poker Tour - Brief History of Poker (593 words)
Modern poker was born on the Mississippi and carried up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers by steamboat, quickly spreading into the interior by wagon and train, then heading west with the California gold rush.
In 2003, World Poker Tour revolutionized televised poker and brought Texas Hold’em “the Cadillac of Poker” to the forefront of international excitement.
World Poker Tour has turned poker into a sporting event that draws the young and old, men and women and people of all nationalities into the game – it has reshaped the face of poker and has raised the competitive bar to a new level.
World Poker Tour - Investor Relations (705 words)
It honors the men and women who have played the game at its highest level; contributed to its evolution and popularity; celebrated poker in film, television and literature; and who are making the game appealing for a new generation of poker fan.
He burst onto the poker tour last year winning two major WPT tournaments and over $1 million in the WPT's inaugural year.
The WPT POKER WALK OF FAME is expected to become a significant new tourist destination.
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