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World Poker Tour Imagine sitting on your couch flipping through the channels and hearing someone say, "We've got a set of cowboys up against a pair of cowboy killers." You might think you are watching a Wild West movie, but you've probably stumbled across the World Poker Tour on the Travel Channel. The World Poker Tour is a TV show that airs every Wednesday night at 8 pm Central Time. They offer an encore presentation of the program that starts at 11 pm Central Time as well. If you like fast, exciting poker playing, with witty color commentary, this is the show for you. The show features high stakes betting, fast-paced action, sights and sounds from all around the globe, and commentary from the co-hosts. The World Poker Tour focus’s on Texas Hold’em. In Texas Hold'em poker every player receives 2 face-down cards for themselves, and all of the players share 5 face-up, community cards. Like other poker variations, the winner is the player who has the strongest poker hand (the best combination of all communal cards and private cards), or is the last remaining player. The betting action goes clockwise from the player after the dealer, the three options a player can choose are betting, checking, or folding. The high