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The International Pool Tour is a professional sports tour created in 2005 by Kevin Trudeau. It aims to elevate pocket billiards, specifically 8-ball, to the level of other modern sports. Closely modeled on the PGA tour, the IPT is offering the largest prize funds in pool history, including over $8 million in its first full year, 2006. Shortly after being founded in 2005, Deno Andrews was brought on as Tour Director.
The league currently consists of 150 players. At the end of the 2006 season, the bottom 50 players are eliminated from the tour and replaced with the top 50 of the 2007 Tour Card Qualifier. Everyone who makes the cut for the 2007 season is guaranteed $100,000 prize-money — but much more can be earned through tournament wins and bonuses. The IPT has already been credited with revitalizing the sport and bringing the game to a higher standard.
In 2006, the IPT secured major television contracts with OLN and Eurosport. OLN is currently running a television show produced by the IPT. The show premiered on June 4th, 2006 on the OLN network. Eurosport will broadcast live from each IPT event to millions of potential viewers across Europe. This coverage is unprecedented in the sport of billiards.
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