Disaster WPT! Could Monday be the End of the World Poker Tour??

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For those of you who do not know, March 10th was supposed to be the date when the WPT and Travel Channel finalized their agreement for season 7 broadcasting of the WPT on Travel Channel.

No agreement was reached so they extended their negotiations until April 1st. That is tomorrow. So by Monday we should know whether Travel will pickup WPT for season 7, which is for year 2009.

Since no announcements have been made yet, and we are now into the weekend, it is entirely possible that no deal has been made, or will be made.

Without being broadcast on Travel Channel how long do you think the WPT will last? If Travel dumps them would anyone else pick them up? Remember season 7 does not start until 2009. With the poker boom imploding so fast post UIGEA imagine what it will be like in 2009. And this must be what is going through Travel Channel executives minds. Even now WPT has lost a good portion of viewership from its peak.

Monday, or sometime next week, should be very interesting for WPT. It could be a new beginning, or it could be the beginning of the end.