Foto: Matt Savage, director ejecutivo del WPT Tour, sostiene un billete de un dólar enmarcado que representa el billón de dólares otorgado como premio en metálico en el World Poker Tour.
Five years ago, the World Poker Tour crossed the $1 billion mark in prizepools awarded over the tours history, and the one-billionth dollar was won by 47th-place finisher T.J. Shepherd.
That moment was honored during the first break during today's Player Welcome, as the WPT presented Parkwest Bicycle Casino with a framed dollar bill to commemorate the occasion.
Here's a video of the $1 billion moment as it happened: