In the World Poker Tour Venice around 400 players participated in the first event which took place in Italy-Venice. 
During 5 days of playing poker, the 22-year old Sven Ragnar Astrom won more than 542,000 dollars, a 25,000 dollars seat in the WPT World Championship from Las Vegas and an official WPT bracelet.
The second place was taken by Jacobson, being awared with 325,000 dollars, and the third place, Frenchman Vincent Pasdeloup won 217,000 dollars.
Manfred Bodner, Co-CEO of bwin, who powered this tour, was very delighted with how well things worked out, the combination between online poker and offline poker is a real experience for players in a poker tour.
According to the other events in the oldest casino from all over the world, bwin introduced an amazing Live Tournament Information System. This tournament awarded players who reached certain milestones, offering the best promotions and online poker experience.