WPT release details of the roll call for the PPT
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
The World Poker Enterprise’s professional poker tour, or PPT as it
is known, will kick off on the 9th of November at the Foxwoods
Resort Casino. WPT have now published its list of eligible players,
with the final count coming to around the 200 mark.
The World Poker Enterprise’s professional poker tour, or PPT as it
is known, will kick off on the 9th of November at the Foxwoods
Resort Casino. WPT have now published its list of eligible players,
with the final count coming to around the 200 mark. The list
comprised of champions from tournaments including the World Poker
Tour, the World Series of Poker and European Poker competition.
The PPT differs from the WPT in that only those who qualify are
able to play. Participation is by invite to the most successful
poker players on the circuit. The criteria for eligibility
includes: having won or reaching a final table at APT event or
championship; by ranking in the top ten point leader table in the
WPT Player-of-the-Year rankings; by becoming a member of the Poker
hall of Fame; securing a spot on either CardPlayer Magazine’s Card
Player of the Year Top 10 list, or Poker Europa’s Top 10; or by
winning or placing highly in the US$10,000 buy in event at the
World Series of Poker.
President of WPT Enterprises, Steve Lipscomb, explained the
strict rules regarding entry to the PPT: 'This qualifying process
ensures that the television audience will have a chance to
consistently see the most exciting, skilled poker played by the
sport's All-Stars. The PPT will be a league of poker Titans.' The
names of those qualifying include: Doyle Brunson, Howard Lederer,
Phil Ivey, Johnny Chan, Annie Duke, Phil Hellmuth, Gus Hansen, Phil
Gordon, Men 'The Master' Nguyen, Chris Moneymaker, Antonio
Esfandiari, Bobby Baldwin, Daniel Negreanu, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson,
Jennifer Harman, David 'Devilfish' Ulliott, Samy Farah, Mel Judah,
Scotty Nguyen, Erick Lindgren, Phil 'The Unabomber' Laak, Huck
Seed, Tom McEvoy, Layne Flack, Carlos Mortensen, Chip Reese, Erick
Seidel, Lyle Berman, Kathy Liebert, T. J. Cloutier, Ted Forrest and
Linda Johnson.
The event in November will mark the first year of the
Professional Poler Tour, which will feature five US$500,000
free-roll tournaments. After Foxwoods, the tour moves to Bellagio
in Las Vegas, the Goldstrike Casino in Tunica, Commerce Casino in
California and back to Las Vegas at The Mirage. The action will be
broadcast on the Travel Channel in the US on Wednesdays at 9pm,
with more television partners still to be announced.
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