World Poker Tour

Description

Texas Hold Em poker deals the silver ball another great hand with WORLD POKER TOUR pinball from Stern Pinball. Based on the hit television series that airs on the Travel Channel, WORLD POKER TOUR pinball brings new levels of excitement, challenge, and understandability for both the novice and the skilled player.Travel from city to city playing Texas Hold Em until you reach the WORLD POKER TOUR final table. A dot matrix display is located in the center of the playfield, showing players their Hole cards, as well as the Flop, Turn, and River cards. The player gets the Flop, Turn and River cards successively by making ramp shots located on the left and right sides of the playfield. WORLD POKER TOUR pinball also features 5 Card Stud, where the player needs to hit cards on sixteen drop targets to get all the poker hands, such as two of a kind, three of a kind, etc all the way up to a Royal Flush. WORLD POKER TOUR pinball also offers a second level playfield, and a mousetrap that holds and releases balls for exciting Multiball play.WORLD POKER TOUR pinball features the voices and images of the television shows color commentators, Vince Van Patten and Mike Sexton, as well as Courtney Friel, the WORLD POKER TOURs sexy host.WORLD POKER TOUR pinball is designed by Steve Ritchie, former Williams great and the creator of Sterns ELVIS view page, among many other famous pinball machines. Keith Johnson, software engineer for THE LORD OF THE RINGS view page and THE SIMPSONS PINBALL PARTY view page. Brian Rood, established comic book artist and illustrator, creates his first complete pinball art package. Chris Granner, wellknown sound engineer, produces his final sound work before retiring from the industry.Steve Ritchie says, WORLD POKER TOUR has a timeless theme of poker, and more importantly is one of the strongest performers on TV today. The playfield is innovative and includes our Ace In The Hole ball lock feature, sixteen drop targets, and some new and exciting ways to play pinball. It is choreographed with thrilling effects, and features the rules and software of Keith Johnson, who is one of the best and most innovative pinball software engineers today.Gary Stern says, I remember card themed pinball machines of decades ago. It was always fun to make hands by knocking down drop targets. We modernized that concept by adding todays popular Texas Hold Em. By going into the market with the best brand in poker, wee certain our customers will love this game\We are thrilled to partner with Stern Pinball to create the WORLD POKER TOUR pinball machine. This game will allow our fans to remain a part of the WPT experience after their TVs have been turned off or they have left their home poker games, says Andrea Green, Vice President of Global Consumer Products for WPT Enterprises, Inc.The licensing relationship between Stern Pinball and WPT was developed and negotiated by Brandgenuity LLC, WPTs strategic product licensing and merchandising agency of record.

World Poker Tour was produced by Stern Pinball, Inc. in 2006.

Stern Pinball, Inc. released 126 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1999. Stern Pinball, Inc. is based in United States.

Other machines made by Stern Pinball, Inc. during the time period World Poker Tour was produced include: HarleyDavidson 3rd Edition, NASCAR, Sopranos, The, Grand Prix, Elvis Gold - Limited Edition, Pirates of the Caribbean, Brain, The, Simpsons Kooky Carnival, The, Family Guy, and Wheel Of Fortune