Video Game Gives Taste Of World Poker Tour
19th of October 2005
The hotly-anticipated video game that will bring the famous World Poker Tour to living rooms across the country has shipped out on Tuesday, October 18th, for Xbox and Game Boy Advance owners everywhere. 2K Sports announced that the game has shipped to major retailers where it will be quickly snapped up by eager poker and video game fans.
Featuring the WPT announcers Vince Van Patton and Mike Sexton, the World Poker Tour video game will also have virtual doppelgangers of Antonio "the Magician" Esfandiari, Erick Lindgren, Evelyn Ng, Lyle Berman, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Phil "Unabomber" Laak to provide the competition to couch-players.
Besides being able to play versus other online players, the video game offers other exciting features, such as faithfully recreated virtual versions of six Tour-specific casions, including: The Bicycle Casino, Commerce Casino, Bay 101, Foxwoods Resort Casino Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City, NJ.