World Poker Tour to Air Canadian Events

The World Poker Tour has expanded into Canada, and on Friday they announced that they would air two of the events filmed for broadcast at the River Rock Casino in Vancouver. This is part of the very first WPT Canada series of tournaments, and the two together will result in four one-hour episodes. Instead of the duo of Mike Sexton and Vince van Patten as commentators, there will be poker pro Kenna James and Jim van Horne, a Canadian sports announcer. The first event held a first place prize of more than $90k.