**Exhibit 31.1**

**CERTIFICATIONS**

I, Steven Lipscomb,certify that:

1.              I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q ofWPT Enterprises, Inc.;

2.              Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does notcontain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statement made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this quarterly report;

3.              Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, andother financial information included in this quarterly report, fairly presentin all material respects the financial condition, results of operations andcash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in thisquarterly report;

4.              WPT Enterprises, Inc.’s other certifying officer and Iare responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls andprocedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for WPT Enterprises, Inc., and have:

a.               designed such disclosure controls and procedures, orcaused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to WPT Enterprises,Inc., including its subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within thoseentities, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report isbeing prepared;

b.              designed such internal control over financial reporting,or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed underour supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.               evaluated the effectiveness of WPT Enterprises, Inc.’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.              disclosed in this report any change in WPTEnterprises, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting that occurredduring WPT Enterprises, Inc.’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materiallyaffected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, WPT Enterprises, Inc.’sinternal control over financial reporting;

5.              WPT Enterprises, Inc.’s other certifying officer and Ihave disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control overfinancial reporting, to WPT Enterprises, Inc.’s auditors and the auditcommittee of WPT Enterprises, Inc.’s board of directors (or persons performingthe equivalent functions):

a.               all significant deficiencies and material weaknessesin the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting whichare reasonably likely to adversely affect WPT Enterprises, Inc.’s ability torecord, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.              any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in WPT Enterprises,Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting.
| Date: November 8, 2007 |   | /s/ Steven Lipscomb                   |
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|                   |   | Steven Lipscomb                       |
|                   |   | President and Chief Executive Officer |

 

 

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