World Poker Tour and Fox Sports Network Sign New Deal

Officials for the World Poker Tour recently announced the signing of a new 3-year TV deal with FOX Sports Network which will provide close to 100 hours of new WPT poker programming for the cable network to extend through 2017. The new agreement is set to begin with the upcoming start of Season XII of the WPT, with five designated main events on the schedule through the end of 2013 to be televised. Players will have the opportunity to be a part of a TV final table starting this August when the WPT returns to the Bicycle Casino in Los…