There is life outside of the poker orgy that is the World Series. The World Poker Tour (remember them?) has announced the official launch of its new online real money and “play for fun” gaming site, WorldPokerTour.com.

WPT executives are in London to celebrate the launch and invite players from around the globe to register and receive the $1500 “You Play, We Pay” bonus program, one of the industry’s largest bonuses ever offered.

Five years ago televised poker sparked the global poker boom and skyrocketed the online gaming business into a multi-billion dollar-per-year industry, yet gaming laws prompted WPT to tailor its rules accordingly and not accept US bets.