Season 1 Aruba Poker Classi Oct 9-11, 2002 Winner: Juha Helppi, $274,000 Costa Rica Classic Oct 18-19, 2002 Winner: Jose Rosenkrantz, $108,730 Gold Rush Nov 10-11, 2002 Winner: Paul Darden, $146,000 World Poker Finals Nov 14-17, 2002 Winner: Howard Lederer,

Howard Lederer Howard Lederer also known as “the professor” because of his analytical and methodical approach to poker has been around since the mid-eighties but stayed off the spot-light until 2002, the year the World Poker Tour started. He got

The World Poker Tour is the most popular TV show about poker. The viewers get to watch the hole cards of the players, therefore follow the action from the player’s perspective. A major part of the attraction is the high