World Tavern Poker Tour
World Tavern Poker (WTPT, World Tavern Poker Tour) is a free poker league in the United States. As of January 2013, close to 400 taverns, bars, and restaurants across the nation host weekly or twice-weekly tournament-format games. The manner of play is similar to a darts or pool league. All tournaments/games played in the Tour are No-Limit Texas Hold `em stud poker. Each tournament (which, at the bar level, is synonymous with a game; "tournament" refers to certain rules of play, particularly the continual raising of the blinds) begins with ten to hundreds of participants, and the winner is the last player with chips.
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