 Creator of the World Poker Tour has recently launched the Professional Poker Tour. The first season is packed full of mega line-ups and the premier event was held at the Foxwoods Resort Casino on November 9-10. The final table contestants were Chris Bigler, Jennifer Harman, Daniel Harrington, John Juanda, Casey Kastle, and Ron Rose, all of whom played on November 19 for the first PPT title.
Launched by WPT Enterprises, Inc., the creator of the World Poker Tour(TM) (WPT), Professional Poker Tour reflects the evolution of poker as a sport. Whereas anyone can play on the WPT, only the game's professional elite that qualify will compete on the PPT. The PPT is unique because players can earn PPT Tour Cards throughout the WPT season and begin free-roll tournament play immediately. To be eligible to play on the Professional Poker Tour Professional Poker Tour, players must have proven themselves in past poker competition: By winning or making a Final Table at a WPT event or a WPT Championship, by scoring as a top 10 point leader in WPT Player-of-the-Year rankings, by winning or placing highly in the $10K buy-in event at the World Series of Poker, by securing a spot on either CardPlayer Magazine's Card Player of the Year Top 10 list or Poker Europa's Top 10, or by being a member of the Poker Hall of Fame.
Events scheduled for 2005 include:
| Tournament Date | Final Table Date | Location | | January 11-12 | January 28 | Horseshoe Casino & Gold Strike Casino, Tunica MS | | February 8-9 | February 25 | Commerce Casino, Commerce CA | | May 10-11 | May 27 | Mirage, Las Vegas NV |
President of the WPT, Steve Lipscomb also comments that the strict entry rules help to provide the television audidience with more chances to see the consistent and more exciting skilled poker players. The PPT will be a league for the best of the best. Initially the qualifying names are: 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. | |
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