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Overview

Take a seat in the world’s most prestigious poker tournaments with World Poker Tour™. Bet, raise and bluff your way to the top as you make your mark in the virtual poker world by creating your very own character and controlling the destiny of your career.  With an exclusive presentation system featuring WPT overlays and insightful commentary by WPT™ commentators Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten, turn your living room into seat at a WPT table. It’s time to Shuffle Up and Deal!

Xbox®

Exclusive World Poker Tour Presentation - Including real WPT venues such as Commerce Casino and the Aviation Club, broadcast style overlays and commentary featuring Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten.

Elite Professional Players - Compete against the virtual equivalents of Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, Lyle Berman, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi, and Phil "Unabomber" Laak, that play each situation just like their real-life counterparts.

Unmatched Online Action - Go "all in" against players across the country with WPT's robust online functionality. Compete in tournaments, set up poker nights with your friends, manage buddy lists, and chat.

Master the Cards - Improve your poker playing skills by utilizing in-game tutorials and an in-depth stat tracking system that outlines your playing tendencies in numerous situations.

Make Your Mark - Create a player, launch a career, and strive to become a WPT World Champion as you build your character's experience and boost your career earnings by competing in multiple game modes including Quick Play, Satellite Tour Play and WPT Season Play. Flaunt your success by using your earnings to deck out your player with hundreds of accessories.

Learning AI System - Hone your game and play against AI that will learn how you play poker at the table and adjust to your unique style of play just like real players. Learn to play and bluff your way through huge tournaments just like the pros on the World Poker Tour.

Limitless Poker Variations - Create custom poker games by setting rules and limits with the poker game editor, or choose from 14 different community poker games including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Pineapple, Double Flop Hold'em, Super Hold'em, Billabong, Tahoe and Shanghai.

PlayStation®2

Exclusive World Poker Tour Presentation - Including real WPT venues such as Commerce Casino and the Aviation Club, broadcast style overlays and commentary featuring Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patten.

Elite Professional Players - Compete against the virtual equivalents of Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, Lyle Berman, Michael "the Grinder" Mizrachi, and Phil "Unabomber" Laak, that play each situation just like their real-life counterparts.

Unmatched Online Action - Go "all in" against players across the country with WPT's robust online functionality. Compete in tournaments, set up poker nights with your friends, manage buddy lists, and chat.

Master the Cards - Improve your poker playing skills by utilizing in-game tutorials and an in-depth stat tracking system that outlines your playing tendencies in numerous situations.

Make Your Mark - Create a player, launch a career, and strive to become a WPT World Champion as you build your character's experience and boost your career earnings by competing in multiple game modes including Quick Play, Satellite Tour Play and WPT Season Play. Flaunt your success by using your earnings to deck out your player with hundreds of accessories.

Learning AI System - Hone your game and play against AI that will learn how you play poker at the table and adjust to your unique style of play just like real players. Learn to play and bluff your way through huge tournaments just like the pros on the World Poker Tour.

Limitless Poker Variations - Create custom poker games by setting rules and limits with the poker game editor, or choose from 14 different community poker games including Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Pineapple, Double Flop Hold'em, Super Hold'em, Billabong, Tahoe and Shanghai.

PSP®

Twenty PSP Exclusive WPT Invitational Events - If your player manages to advance to the Final table of any WPT Season events, they will be invited to a Special WPT invitational event. These Exclusive WPT Invitational events are modeled after the Actual WPT Invitationals. They occur at WPT Final table sets and feature a table of WPT Champions to play against. This is a great way to see how you measure up to the pros as you progress through the WPT Season Mode.

Poker Lingo Tips - 50 Poker Lingo Tips have been added to WPT for the PSP. These new tips are all related to the phrases that Mike and Vince say while they announce the game. These tips will help you better understand the game of poker on your PSP and beyond!

Play Styles Screen - Brand new in WPT for the PSP, you will be able to view each player's unique playing style as long as they are at your table. Get a sneak peek at your opponent's level of aggression, bluffing ability, and more.

New Unique Clothing Items! - Customize your player with 30 new clothing items, which can be found in the tops menu within the edit player menu.

Tons of new NPC Taunts and Dares - There are over 100 different taunts and dares that your opponents will dish out based upon the situation. Better know how to keep your cool!

Exclusive Pro-audio phrases - These are special audio phrases that the WPT Pro players say when you are playing as or against them.

Up to One Thousand player tournaments - The maximum number of players in a single WPT tournament has been raised to 1000 players! Think you can push your way to the top in a thousand player poker tournament?

New Final Table Locations - Ten new final table locations have been added to WPT for the PSP. You can even select which final table to use in an online game.

More opponents - There are now 200 more WPT Season Mode opponents to go up against in WPT for the PSP.

Online Trophy Case - Users can now view their ONLINE character's achievements, trophies, award chips, and stats before entering a game.

Game Boy Advance®

Unmatched Handheld Experience - Select a player, launch a career, and strive to become the WPT Player of the Year as you build your character's experience and earn WPT points by competing in multiple game modes including Quick Play, Satellite Tour Play, and WPT Season Play.

Stat Tracker Pro - Track ALL of your WPT statistics including Hands Won, Games Played, WPT Player of the Year Points, Tournament Wins, All-Time Cash Winnings, and many more. Want to see how you measure up against the competition? Simply check the Scrolling Ticker Bar to view the top ten players on the WPT Player of the Year standings and make your move!

'Pick Up and Go' Gameplay - Save up to six different careers and resume anywhere, anytime.

Protuned A.I.™ - Compete against increasingly competitive artificial intelligence that continues to evolve its playing styles in order to make the "Pro" in you come alive.

Unique Multiplayer System - Challenge up to six human players or sit at a table with the WPT's best: Eric Lindgren, Phil Laak, Antonio Esfandiari, Evelyn Ng, Michael Mizrachi, Lyle Berman, and Mimi Rogers.

Table Vision - Select a Top-Down setup for a fast-paced, table view with six avatar portraits, or switch to a Close-Up view of individual player portraits and poker ticker bar.

The Poker Essentials - Learn the fundamentals of Texas Hold'Em, Omaha Hi, and Crazy Pineapple with an in-game tutorial, or visit the WPT Boot Camp for extensive poker tips and advice from WPT professionals to take your game to the next level.

Game Media Saturday 11, 2008

World Poker Tour® for PSP™ System Now Available in North America

2K Sports Announces World Poker Tour® Video Game Now Shipping

2K Sports Deals Out Real World Class Pros and Real Venues in World Poker Tour Video Game

"(World Poker Tour is) a very solid poker experience that PSP poker fans should check out."

"Fortunately (in World Poker Tour) you can also go online and play against humans in what is definitely one of the Xbox's better poker offerings."

"If you have great group of online buddies or real-world friends who are on Xbox Live, (World Poker Tour) is the next best thing to the Friday night poker-fest in your pal’s basement."

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