Poker Tour of Americas Inaugural Season Schedule Released
July 3rd, 2008
The schedule for the inaugural season of the Poker Tour of the Americas (PTA) featuring six cities in North and South America has been released by Vega Promotional Systems, promoters of the events.
As a result of increased interest from cities in North and South America, Season 2 is expected to be expanded to include eight cities.
The Season one schedule is as follows:
Vancouver, British Columbia
Tunica, Mississippi
San Jose, Costa Rica
Cartagena, Colombia
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Quito, Ecuador
The tournaments will be structured as invitational events with players from all over the world able to win seats through online and live local satellite tournaments. The location for the season-ending Tournament of Champions that will crown the ultimate Champion of the PTA will be announced in the next few weeks.
In addition to promoting the PTA, Vega Promotional Systems will be the Executive Producer of the video programming and plans to air the tournaments throughout North and South America.
Michael Herron, CEO of Vega stated, "This Tour will introduce the top players in the world to new audiences in South America as well as give local players the opportunity to play against poker’s best players. The response we have received from all over North and South America has been incredible. With the popularity that poker has achieved the past few years, this type of Tour makes a lot of sense. There are some very good poker players in South America and we look forward to finding the next big name."
"Our timing couldn’t be better. Poker is exploding in South America and Canada and combined with the popularity in the U.S., we feel the PTA will be a hit from day one. We’ve all seen the success that other tours like the World Poker Tour and European Poker Tour have enjoyed and we feel that we can produce a first class tournament," he said.
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