In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, World Poker Tour and Full Tilt’s informative site FullTiltPoker.net, announced a television sponsorship agreement that will provide the educational site with some air time on the WPT Season VII episodes and increase WPTE's rising sponsorship deals. The agreement is part of a series of renovations and marketing deals announced by WPT, which includes a partnership with the popular online social network Myspace. Under the agreement, Full Tilt Poker will receive the rights to air “in-show educational gaming brand integration” on the 26 all-new WPT Season VII episodes programmed to run on Fox Sports Net in the U.S and Mexico.

"We are delighted to be in partnership with FullTiltPoker.net and bring together two very strong brands with proven global reach and a loyal network of poker fans. With WPT's incredible brand value and TV distribution through FSN coupled with FullTiltPoker.net's massive online following, this partnership opens more channels to reach new fans and continue feeding the appetite for new poker content. The interaction between Full Tilt Poker and the World Poker Tour has existed for a while, but it’s just never been formalized. We, along with Disney, General Electric, and other publicly traded companies have been able to integrate our programming with sites like Full Tilt" said Steve Lipscomb, WPTE founder, president and CEO.

FullTiltPoker.net is one of the leading online poker instructional sites, featuring 13 member of the world famous Team Full Tilt, including Allen Cunningham, Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Erik Seidel, Gus Hansen, Andy Bloch, Phil Gordon, John Juanda, Chris Ferguson, Mike Matusow, and Erick Lindgren, who have communally have won a total of 10 WPT titles, 35 World Series of Poker bracelets and have cashed out over $80 million in winnings. With innovative graphics, superior customer service and a safe and user friendly interface, the software is geared to enhance and personalize the educational and entertaining aspects of the online poker experience, FullTiltPoker.net offers players the chance to learn, interact and play with the best poker players in the professional circuit.