The World Poker Tour is a accumulation of Texas hold'em poker tournaments held internationally, but chiefly in the United States. Shana Hiatt served as the show host and sideline reporter in its first three seasons. Courtney Friel took over the host role for the fourth season, and Sabina Gadecki for the fifth. Layla Kayleigh and Kimberly Lansing began serving as hostesses in season six. WPT has announced that poker player and reporter Amanda Leatherman, who was hired in July 2008 to host "live updates" on the WPT website, will be the hostess for season seven.


A earlier Army brat stood higher at the begin in Tabernacle Township, New Jersey, she is best known for hosting the first three seasons of World Poker Tour on the The Travel Channel.

While Hiatt was a non-player prior to her employment with the World Poker Tour, she is now an avid online poker performer any person who at times performances in casinos. She is formerly the host of Poker After Dark and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, both on NBC. Shana withdrew the demonstrates in 2008 due to pregnancy. She was deposed by Marianela Pereyra in Poker After Dark and by Leeann Tweeden in National Heads-Up Poker Championship.


The attractive Courtney Friel was the replacement for Shana Hiatt as hostess and spokesmodel for the World Poker Tour TV series. The actress-model-journalist emerged on all of the episodes throughout time of the year four and furthermore emerged on a twosome of the WPT storage disc releases. Although she only worked for the WPT for one year, she was adept to use it as a pacing pebble to larger and better things.


Sabina Gadecki desired to be a superstar from an early age, but not ever dreamed that she would become the hostess of the World Poker Tour. Born September 28, 1983 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, Gadecki's first terminology was Polish.

When Gadecki's branch announced her that she wanted to make a demo ribbon for her World Poker Tour audition, she went all out, getting dressed up like a Las Vegas tourist -- whole with a visor and cowboy boots. When her branch observed the ribbon, he said “They’ll either consider you’re silly, or they’ll love it.” Apparently, the WPT loved it and proposed Gadecki the hostess job just two weeks before the fifth time of the year hit off with the Mirage Poker Showdown in Las Vegas. She returned Courtney Friel and became the third hostess of the show.

Layla Kayleigh & Kimberly Lansing Shares the Season 5


World Poker Tour presented today Layla Kayleigh, the new WPT hostesslinks for Season VI. Layla will make her debut this night at the Mirage Poker Showdown, booting off the first Season VI last table.

Specializing in celebrity meetings, video game commerce events, and burst heritage tendencies, 23-year vintage Layla is currently well-versed in TV and media. Her huge restart encompasses being an on-air correspondent for Fox Sport's "Best Damn Sports Show Period" and The Vegas Insider, as well as co-hosting G4's Attack of the Show and hosting "The Feed" report segment.


Because of her love for poker, Lansing’s next role was a natural fit. In 2005, she was offered a grading hosting the OnGame Network’s Poker Classic at the Casino de Barcelona. Then, within March 2007, she reported at the World Poker Tour Celebrity Invitational Tournament for People Magazine. It was there that the WPT took notice of Lansing’s nice glances and charming personality, also towards the natural distance she talked approximately poker.


Amanda Leatherman has been in the poker rounds for several years. Having been a reporter for many newspapers outlets, Amanda has had the possibility to interview several poker pros in the last twosome of years. Being a poker contestant herself, the attractive fair-haired is very knowing about the game, and is not aghast to converse poker scheme with the best of them. In 2008, Amanda became the reside revise hostess of the World Poker Tour, shown online through webcam, which will give her even more exposure, to the great delight of all her fans.