ClubWPT.com Members Get a Shot to Play in Poker`s Most Exclusive Celebrity Tournament

Starting Tomorrow, Players Can Compete Every Week to Win One of Twelve Seats in
the 8th Annual World Poker Tour Invitational
LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Kicking off an 11-week tournament series tomorrow at 9 p.m. ET, www.ClubWPT.com
is giving members the chance to win entry into the most exclusive tournament on
the poker circuit - the 8th Annual WPT Invitational. Twelve winners will head to
Los Angeles with $1,000 (USD) spending cash, two VIP party passes and a seat to
play among the biggest names in Hollywood and poker in the televised World Poker
Tour (WPT) tournament.

Held annually at the Commerce Casino, the WPT Invitational is a red carpet,
invitation-only event that brings together celebrities and poker pros to play
for charity, a $200,000* prize pool, and a shot at a WPT title. Past attendees
include pros Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey, Mike
Sexton, Vince Van Patten and 2009 Invitational champion Freddy Deeb, as well as
Vince Vaughn, Paris Hilton, Ben Affleck, Jason Alexander, Mena Suvari, James
Woods, and Don Cheadle, to name a few.

The 2010 WPT Invitational is currently scheduled for February 20 - 21*, with the
final six players returning March 3 to battle it out on the WPT set in front of
television cameras. The tournament will be filmed for broadcast on Fox Sports
Net (FSN) in 2010.

The ClubWPT.com Invitational Seat tournament schedule is as follows*. All
tournaments begin at 9 p.m. ET. Visit www.ClubWPT.com for more information:

* Wednesday, Oct. 21
* Wednesday, Oct. 28
* Sunday, Nov. 1
* Wednesday, Nov. 11
* Sunday, Nov. 15
* Wednesday, Nov. 25
* Wednesday, Dec. 2
* Sunday, Dec. 6
* Wednesday, Dec. 16
* Sunday, Dec. 20
* Wednesday, Dec. 30
* Sunday, Jan. 3

ClubWPT.com - the World Poker Tour`s online subscription poker room - gives
poker players a legal, risk-free way to play online poker to win big cash and
prizes, including $10,000 WPT main event seats, WPT Boot Camp seats, and more.
For $19.95 monthly subscription, members can play in thousands of poker and
blackjack tournaments for their share of $100,000 in cash and prizes each month
plus exclusive benefits like $3,000 in Las Vegas VIP discounts and access to
watch full WPT Season VII episodes online. For more information, visit
www.ClubWPT.com.

No purchase is necessary for the www.ClubWPT.com sweepstakes and the service is
void in states where prohibited. Must be 18 years or older to play.

*Dates, times and prize pool subject to change.

Additional WPT Invitational images available at
http://s1007.photobucket.com/albums/af200/WorldPokerTour/

ABOUT WPTE

WPT Enterprises, Inc. is one of the most recognized names in internationally
televised gaming and entertainment with brand presence in land-based
tournaments, television, online and mobile. WPTE has led innovation in the sport
of poker since 2002, when it ignited the global poker boom with the creation of
the World Poker Tour television show based on a series of high stakes poker
tournaments. WPT is now broadcast globally and is currently filming its all-new
eighth season for broadcast on Fox Sports Net`s national sports network in the
United States. WPTE also offers a unique online subscription and
sweepstakes-based poker club, ClubWPT.com, which operates in 38 states across
the U.S. WPTE also participates in strategic brand license, partnership and
sponsorship opportunities. For more information, see www.worldpokertour.com.
(WPTEG)

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