World Poker Tour Announces Schedule For Season 7

Spanish poker pro Carlos Mortensen won the $25,000 buy-in WPT World Championship last year. (Bodog Beat Image)

The World Poker Tour just released their schedule for Season 7 and it's looking like that fancy final table TV set will have quite a bit less traveling to do.

Whereas last year's schedule for Season 6 boasted 21 events, including the WPT World Championship, next season's slate of events has been pared down to 14, again including the championship event. Most notably, the tour will only be heading outside US borders once, and that just barely counts as that once is to Niagara Falls, Canada, something like half a mile from the US border. Gone are the globe-trekking tournaments like the WPT Spanish Championship in Barcelona and the Turks and Caicos Poker Classic.

Also gone are the long-standing events at the Mirage and Mandalay Bay, which last year were the first two events on tap. In fact, this year's schedule doesn't begin until the WPT arrives in Las Vegas toward the end of the 2008 WSOP with the Bellagio Cup IV.

Unfortunately, the skinnier schedule also means fewer chances for video blogs from our two favorite WPT girls, Layla Kayleigh and Kimberly Lansing. *Sigh*

What has not changed, however, is that many WPT events will still be available under the Bodog "Player's Choice" package. So, check the Bodog Poker Tournament Schedule for the "Player's Choice" daily qualifiers, some for as little as $1, and your next chance to qualify online for a WPT event.

After the jump is the full Season 7 line-up:

Bellagio Cup IV
Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV
July 11- 17, 2008

Legends of Poker
The Bicycle Casino Los Angeles, CA
Aug 23 – 28, 2008

Borgata Poker Open
Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
Sept 14 – 18, 2008

North American Poker Championship
Fallsview Resort Casino Niagara Falls, Canada
October 10 – 16, 2008

Festa Al Lago
Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV
October 20 – 25, 2008

World Poker Finals
Foxwoods Resort Casino Mashantucket, CT
Nov 5 – 11, 2008

Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic
Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV
Dec 13 – 19, 2008

Gulf Coast Poker Championship
Beau Rivage, Biloxi, MS
Jan 16 - 19, 2008

Borgata Poker Classic
Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ
Jan 25 – 29, 2009

L.A. Poker Classic
Commerce Casino Los Angeles, CA
Feb 28 – March 5, 2009

WPT Celebrity Invitational
Commerce Casino Los Angeles, CA
Mar 7 – Mar 9, 2009

Bay 101 Shooting Star
Bay 101, San Jose, CA
Mar 16 – 20, 2009

Foxwoods Poker Classic
Foxwoods Resort Casino
Apr 4 – 9, 2009

WPT World Championship
Bellagio, Las Vegas, NV
Apr 18 – 25, 2009