This year’s festival includes 26 great events and will award an estimated $7 million in prize pools.

“Once again, our Tournament Director, Mo Fathipour, has outdone himself with the Legends of Poker schedule. “The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is proud to welcome the World Poker Tour for a 16th year and to celebrate awarding the WPT’s one-billionth prize dollar,” said Hashem Minaiy, CEO of The Bicycle Hotel & Casino. The Season XVI WPT Legends of Poker festival is running now through August 31, with the televised WPT Legends of Poker Main Event taking place August 25-31, 2017. A charter member of the World Poker Tour, The Bicycle Hotel & Casino is hosting the WPT Main Tour event for a 16th consecutive season. Los Angeles, CA (August 14, 2017) – World Poker Tour® is proud to announce it will award its one-billionth prize dollar at the Season XVI WPT® Legends of Poker at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino in Bell Gardens.Įstablished in 2002, the World Poker Tour has awarded more than $998 million in total prize money in main events across all of its tours and crowned 247 WPT Main Tour champions, including 15 from the WPT Legends of Poker.