The World Poker Tour kicks off in January with the World Poker Open in Tunica. Many of the world's top poker players like Chris "Jesus" Ferguson will play in the event, where the total prize money last year exceeded $5 million. Tunica is a popular spot for world class poker tournaments, as the world series of poker circuit also stops off there.
The World Poker Open also attracts a lot of celebrity poker players, a running joke to some but definitely helping to make poker ever more popular. Jennifer Tilly and Ben Affleck are just two of the Hollywood stars expected to play as well.
For those of you who cannot make it to Tunica this week there is no shortage of big-money poker tournaments taking place at online poker rooms. Bodog Poker holds a $100,000 guaranteed no-limit hold'em tournament every Sunday, while other new poker sites such as Full Tilt Poker offer plenty of value to good tournament players with their sit and go and multi-table tournament schedule.
