Also known as WPT
2006 · Stern
World Poker Tour
Known for Mini-playfield, Ace in the Hole jail, captive ball and Poker Corner scoop. Arched casino window frame in red and blue, dark auditorium with blurred blue spotlights above the arch, green felt poker table with white curved rail at the bottom and grey vertical w/p/t pillars at both edges.
- Year
- 2006
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- upper playfield
Mini-playfield
- Lock
Ace in the Hole jail
- Captive ball
captive ball
- scoop
Poker Corner scoop
- Goal
Hold 'Em Hand
- Goal
Tournaments
- Goal
Drop Target Poker
- Goal
Cut the Cards
On the playfield
- green
- blue
- yellow
- maroon
- 2 flippers
- 4 pop bumpers
- 2 slingshots
Extra level 1
- Mini-playfield upper playfield
Holes 3
- Poker Corner scoop scoop
- back-left VUK vuk
- center VUK vuk
Lock 1
- Ace in the Hole jail
Captive ball 1
- captive ball
Spinner 1
- Main Pot Spinner
Drop targets 3
- Left drop bank
- Center drop bank
- Right drop bank
Targets 3
- Lock target
- White mini-playfield targets
- Red stand-up targets
Lane 1
- Triple Scoring inlane
Lights 2
- Red Arrow inserts
- Cities inserts
Display 1
- Hold 'Em display
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Young adult blonde woman, shoulder-length straight hair, broad smile, scarlet low-cut halter dress with thin straps, left hand on hip, standing centre foreground facing the viewer
- man Older man with short grey hair and wire-rimmed glasses, dark navy suit, white shirt, red and navy striped tie, arms folded, serious expression, standing behind her right shoulder
- man Middle-aged brown-haired man, tanned, dark jacket over an open-collared pale blue shirt, slight smirk, standing behind her left shoulder
Setting
- Arched casino window frame in red and blue
- Dark auditorium with blurred blue spotlights above the arch
- Green felt poker table with white curved rail at the bottom
- Grey vertical w/p/t pillars at both edges
Text on it
- WORLD POKER TOUR
- W
- P
- T
- Texas Hold 'Em
- STERN
- PINBALL INC
- SRP
- Steve Rhodes Productions
- TEXAS
How it plays
-
The plunge 3
- Skill Flip
- Advance Hold 'Em
- Mystery
-
Modes 7
- Steal the Blinds
- Play the Button
- Know Your Outs
- A Chip and a Chair
- Spot the Tell
- Change Gears
- Instant re-lock
-
Multiballs 4
- Ace in the Hole Multiball
- All-In Multiball
- No Limit Multiball
- Poker Hands Multiball
-
Goals 12
- Hold 'Em Hand
- Main Pot
- Tournaments
- Trophy
- All-In Threshold
- Victory Lap
- Drop Target Poker
- Spin-a-Card
- Chip Trick
- Super Trick
- Hurry Ups
- Cut the Cards
-
Wizard modes 3
- Poker Wizard
- WPT World Championship
- Keefer Invitational
Made by
- Design
- Steve Ritchie
- Design & Software
- Keith P. Johnson
- Art
- Brian Rood
- Software
- Dwight Sullivan
- Sound & Music
- Chris Granner
- Display animation
- Mark Galvez
Reference
Linked terms
- Mini-playfield also called upper playfield
- Ace in the Hole jail also called jail
- captive ball also called Ace captive ball
- Poker Corner scoop also called Poker Corner
- Center drop bank also called Top bank
- Lock target also called left lock standup
- White mini-playfield targets also called White stand ups
- Red stand-up targets also called Pop Targets
- Main Pot Spinner also called Left Main Pot spinner also called Right Main Pot spinner
- Hold 'Em Hand also called Flop also called Turn also called River also called Texas Hold 'Em hands
- Drop Target Poker also called Poker Hands
- Ace in the Hole Multiball also called Ace in the Hole
- No Limit Multiball also called No Limit
- Steal the Blinds also called Big Blind
- WPT World Championship also called World Championship
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- green
- blue
- yellow
- maroon
Fingerprint: Smiling blonde woman clasping hands before playing cards fan, TEXAS HOLD EM banner above white rectangular card-display lamps, maroon ribbon listing destination cities down centre ending in LAS VEGAS shield, bright green baize lower playfield, dark upper blue-black
A smiling blonde woman in a black top, hands clasped at the chest, painted in the middle of the upper playfield in front of a fan of playing cards. Below her, a huge yellow banner reading TEXAS HOLD 'EM sits over a grid of white rectangular card-display lamps. A long maroon ribbon runs straight down the centre of the lower playfield listing destination cities one per box, ending in a green-and-gold LAS VEGAS shield above a round DEAL AGAIN button. The lower playfield is bright green baize while the upper is dark blue-black, split by the yellow banner.
Setting
- Casino table baize
- Playing cards and poker chips scattered over felt
- Dark upper playfield with spotlit card motifs
Symbols
- Playing-card suits (hearts, spades, diamonds, clubs)
- Poker chips
- Stacks of casino chips
- Dice
- Fanned playing cards
- White arrow direction markers
- Spade emblem on the apron card
- Grid of white rectangular card lamps
Notable shapes
- The long tapering maroon venue ribbon running vertically down the centre to a shield-shaped las vegas plaque; a large rectangular grid of white card-display lamps under the texas hold 'em banner; mirrored yellow arrow plaques in both lower corners; two large white rounded paddle shapes at the top centre of the playfield
Art motifs
- Casino felt
- Hole cards
- Hand rankings listed as labels
- Raffle/ticket grid
- Silver flipper bat graphics
- Venue nameplate ribbon
Themes
- Poker
- Casino
- Texas hold'em
- Playing cards
- Tournament venues
Title on it
- World poker tour
Text on it
- WORLD POKER TOUR
- TEXAS HOLD 'EM
- FLOP
- TURN RIVER
- YOUR HAND
- WPT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
- ARUBA
- LOS ANGELES
- BAHAMAS
- PARIS
- ATLANTIC CITY
- LAS VEGAS
- DEAL AGAIN
- CHAMPION
- POKER HANDS
- FLUSH
- STRAIGHT
- 3 PAIR
- 1 PAIR
- HIGH
- POKER
- HANDS
- LIGHT
- FLUSH ROYAL
- FULL HOUSE
- FOUR OF A KIND
- RIVER
- TURN
- BALL
- LIGHT CHIP TRICK
- HOLD EITHER FLIPPER BUTTON FOR EXTRA INFO
- ANY ACE IN THE HOLE
- MYSTERY
- KIDFORCE PINBALL
- TM
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | One blonde woman, adult, long wavy hair, black scoop-neck top, smiling, both hands clasped at the chest, painted waist-up in a yellow and green ornate frame at upper centre of the playfield |
| Other | Four large silver flipper-bat shapes printed on the lower left and right playfield artwork, mirrored in pairs |
| Vehicle | One small yellow vintage car printed near the upper right of the playfield |
Full-length playfield under glass, dominated by casino and poker imagery on blue and green baize. At centre-upper a blonde woman in a black top clasps her hands before a fan of playing cards, flanked by stacked yellow arrow markers reading RIVER, TURN and FLOP and a vertical POKER HANDS legend. A wide yellow banner reads TEXAS HOLD 'EM above a grid of small white rectangular lamps. Below it YOUR HAND caps a maroon vertical panel of venue names running WPT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, ARUBA, LOS ANGELES, BAHAMAS, PARIS, ATLANTIC CITY down to a green-and-gold LAS VEGAS shield. Symmetrically flanking that panel are four silver flipper-bat shapes ringed by circles labelled FLUSH ROYAL, FULL HOUSE and FOUR OF A KIND, red-capped pop bumpers, two real red flippers, and LIGHT CHIP TRICK inlays. Lower corners carry mirrored HOLD EITHER FLIPPER BUTTON FOR EXTRA INFO arrows; the apron reads WORLD POKER TOUR.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- green
- black
- white
Fingerprint: texas hold 'em, big chrome-gradient WORLD POKER TOUR title arches across top with letters W P T stacked vertically on two grey side pillars, three sharply-lit poker-player portraits center-frame: blonde woman in scarlet halter dress front and center flanked by bespectacled older man in suit and smirking younger man in open blue shirt, fan of five spade cards 10 J Q K A lower left, stack of TEXAS poker chips lower right, casino gambling aesthetic
A big chrome-gradient WORLD POKER TOUR title arched across the top, with the letters W, P and T also stacked vertically on two grey side pillars. Three sharply-lit poker-player portraits centre-frame: a blonde woman in a scarlet halter dress front and centre, flanked by a bespectacled older man in a suit and a smirking younger man in an open blue shirt. A fan of five spade playing cards showing 10, J, Q, K, A at lower left and a leaning stack of TEXAS poker chips at lower right, with heaps of dollar bundles strewn across a green felt table at the bottom.
Setting
- Arched casino window frame in red and blue
- Dark auditorium with blurred blue spotlights above the arch
- Green felt poker table with white curved rail at the bottom
- Grey vertical w/p/t pillars at both edges
Symbols
- Playing cards fanned: 10, j, q, k and a of spades
- Stacked blue, red and black poker chips marked texas
- Bundles of us dollar banknotes
- Red diamond shape
- Large spade symbol
- Heart symbol
- Arched window frame
- Blue spotlight glows
Lettering
- Top title in large chrome-gradient sans-serif block capitals with heavy black drop shadow and a registered trademark symbol; bottom title in white italic script with black outline laid over card-suit shapes; corner marks in small condensed capitals inside red rectangular badges.
Themes
- Poker
- Card game
- Casino
- Tournament
- Money
- Gambling
Title on it
- Texas hold 'em
Text on it
- WORLD POKER TOUR
- W
- P
- T
- Texas Hold 'Em
- STERN
- PINBALL INC
- SRP
- Steve Rhodes Productions
- TEXAS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young adult blonde woman, shoulder-length straight hair, broad smile, scarlet low-cut halter dress with thin straps, left hand on hip, standing centre foreground facing the viewer |
| Man | Older man with short grey hair and wire-rimmed glasses, dark navy suit, white shirt, red and navy striped tie, arms folded, serious expression, standing behind her right shoulder |
| Man | Middle-aged brown-haired man, tanned, dark jacket over an open-collared pale blue shirt, slight smirk, standing behind her left shoulder |
Translucent backglass with a large arched casino-window frame in red and blue, flanked by two grey vertical pillars carrying the stacked letters W, P and T. Across the top, big chrome-gradient block capitals with black drop shadow read WORLD POKER TOUR with a small circled R at the right. Three figures stand centre: a blonde woman in a low-cut scarlet halter dress, smiling front-on with her left hand on her hip; to her left an older man with grey hair and glasses in a dark suit, white shirt and red striped tie, arms folded; to her right a younger brown-haired man in a dark jacket and open blue shirt, smirking. Lower left a fan of playing cards, ranks 10, J, Q, K and A of spades. Lower right a leaning stack of blue, red and black poker chips lettered TEXAS. The bottom third is a green felt table with an arc of white rail, scattered bundles of US dollar notes, and the italic white script title Texas Hold 'Em over a red diamond, a spade and a heart. Corners carry a red STERN PINBALL INC. plate left and a red SRP Steve Rhodes Productions plate right. Airbrushed photographic-composite style.