WPT Season 5 Schedule Set; Party, UB Gone

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has released the schedule for its fifth season, which almost the same as season four. The most notable change is the absence of two tour stops with online poker tie-ins: the PartyPoker Million and UltimateBet’s Aruba Poker Classic.

Said, WPT CEO Steve Lipscomb, “We've had a great run with both companies, but the circumstances have changed since we elected to launch WPTonline.com, our own international gaming website. Although they will no longer be on the tour, we continue to explore future opportunities with both of these organizations.”

That’s interesting. So “circumstances have changed” as a result of the WPT starting its own online poker room, yet PokerStars.com’s Caribbean Adventure is still a part of the lineup. That makes….sense?

Mandalay Bay has been added as a venue and will host the Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in June. Two more events will be announced at a later date. Below is the WPT Season Five schedule:

• Mirage Poker Showdown -- 05/14/06 - 05/17/06 -- The Mirage
• Mandalay Bay Poker Championship -- 06/04/06 - 06/08/06 -- Mandalay Bay
• Grand Prix de Paris -- 06/12/06 - 06/16/06 -- Aviation Club de France
• Legends of Poker -- 08/26/06 - 08/30/06 -- The Bicycle Casino
• Borgata Poker Open -- 09/15/06 - 09/19/06 -- Borgata
• North American Poker Championship -- 10/23/06 - 10/27/06 – TBA
• World Poker Finals -- 11/11/06 - 11/14/06 -- Foxwoods Resort Casino
• Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic -- 12/15/06 - 12/19/06 – Bellagio
• PokerStars.com Caribbean Poker Adventure -- 01/06/07 - 01/13/07 -- TBA
• World Poker Open -- 01/21/07 - 01/25/07 -- Gold Strike Casino
• L.A. Poker Classic -- 02/15/07 - 02/20/07 -- Commerce Casino
• WPT Invitational -- 02/21/07 - 02/23/07 -- Commerce Casino
• Bay 101 Shooting Star -- 02/27/07 - 03/03/07 -- Bay 101
• World Poker Challenge -- 03/26/07 - 03/29/07 -- Reno Hilton
• WPT World Championship -- 04/21/07 - 04/27/07 -- Bellagio

Originally published January 26, 2006