The World Poker Tour has been purchased by Party Gaming for $12 Million bucks. I had a written a post a while back about the WPT being in dire straights having lost most of it’s value due to the recession. Only a few years ago WPT stock was at an all time high of $30 per share. Recently it has made somewhat of a comeback as it is now listed at $1.05 cents. At one point it was as low as fifteen cents. We can only hope that the WPT continues to be successful. As much as Chris Moneymaker was responsible for peaking the interest of the common man it was the WPT, Mike Sexton and Vince Van Patton that really bring the broadcast to life. Poker tournament broadcasts would not be the same without those two.