Calling the Clock: Cate’s consolation; Sexton snubbed; REG raising

You couldn’t take a leak without the World Poker Tour (WPT) waving a flag out of your pee-pee hole this week.

They announced plans to host their first Main Event in Beijing China as part of the Ourgame Chess and Card festival. The event will have a 400 player cap and will take place in April.

Linda Johnson became the first person to be handed the WPT Honours Award. The First Lady of Poker, who did a spot of commentary for the tour back in the day, was treated to a slap-up meal in Beverly Hills.

On the tournament front, Darren Elias won a record-tying third WPT Main Event when he took the top prize of $335,436 in the WPT Fallsview event. Sergio Castelluccio won the WPT National Main Event in Brussels, Belgium for €105,000. And James Poper took down the WPTDeepstacks Event in Parx Casino for $201,991.