A new special is to be filmed by the World Poker Tour focusing on fathers and sons.

The company said the show will feature poker’s most prominent personalities and players competing for a $25,000 seat in the WPT World Championship.

Father and son teams include “Texas Dolly” Doyle Brunson and his son, Barry Greenstein and son Joe Sebok and media mogul Barry Shulman with son Jeff Shulman.

“We wanted to create a unique special that would bring a fun and emotional perspective to poker playing families,” said Robyn Moder, executive vice president and co-founder of the WPT.

“Millions of Americans engage in weekly family poker matches and pride is often the biggest stake in the prize pool. What better way to show our viewers how the pros handle the pressure.”

PT Fathers and Sons will be shown on the Travel Channel on June 17th, 2007 – Father’s Day in the US.

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