Professional Poker Tour
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The Professional Poker Tour (PPT) is a series of televised poker tournaments, spinning off from the World Poker Tour (WPT) television series. It bills itself as the first professional poker league, and is limited to players who have established themselves on the World Poker Tour, World Series of Poker, or major participation on the poker circuit.
Matt Corboy is the lead commentator, with poker pro Mark Seif as color commentator and Kaye Han as floor reporter. The first season, taped in 2005, began airing regularly on July 5, 2006.
Television Format
Events will be telecast across five shows each. The first four shows are labeled as quarters, from 1st Quarter to 4th Quarter, reflecting early-round play in the event. The final six-player table is the fifth show of the cycle.
Qualifying
Although entry into the tournaments is free, only certain players can compete in them.
First Season Qualifiers
3 year entry
- All WPT winners
- Any player that made more than one WPT final table in a single season
- Top three places in WPT Championship
- Top ten places on WPT Season 2 Player of the Year list
- All previous winners of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event
- Top three places in 2003 and 2004 WSOP Main Event
- Top ten places on CardPlayer Player of the Year list
- Top ten places on Phil Hellmuth Jr Champion of the Year list
- Members of the World Poker Tour Walk of Fame
- Members of the Poker Hall of Fame
2 year entry
- Fourth, fifth and sixth place finish in WPT Championship
- Fourth, fifth and sixth place finish in WSOP Main Event during 2003 or 2004
1, 2 or 3 year entry
- Players selected by the PPT Advisory Committee
- Top ten places on Poker Europa List for 2004
- WPT commentators
Second Season Qualifiers
Because the second season will be played 18 months after the first, the qualifier lists reflect major results of the 2005 and 2006 poker seasons.
3 year entry
- All WPT event champions from all 4 seasons
- Anyone who made more than one WPT Season 4 final table
- Top three finishers in the 2005 (Season 3) and 2006 (Season 4) WPT Championship
- Top ten players on the 2005 and 2006 WPT Player of the Year Points Lists
- Top three finishers in the 2005 and 2006 WSOP Main Events
- Top 10 players in each of these 2005 Player of the Year lists:
- * Card Player Magazine
- * PokerPages.com
- * BLUFF Magazine
- * ALL-IN Magazine
- Inductees into the WPT Poker Walk of Fame
- Inductees into the Poker Hall of Fame
- PPT tournament winners
- Participants in 2 or more PPT final tables in one season
2 year entry
- Fourth through sixth place finishers in the 2005 and 2006 WPT Championships
- Fourth through sixth place finishers in the 2005 and 2006 WSOP Main Events
- Any PPT Season 1 3-year cardholder who didn't otherwise qualify
1 year entry
- Top 20 players on 2005 European Poker List
- Anyone who played 13 WPT main events in 2005 or 2006
- One-time PPT final table participants
- Any PPT Season 1 2-year cardholder who didn't otherwise qualify
- WPT announcers Mike Sexton, Vince Van Patten, and Linda Johnson
PPT has withdrawn entry from otherwise-qualified players who didn't play at least 2 of the 5 PPT Season 1 events and didn't play at least half of the WPT Season 3 and 4 events. Among the well-known players who have been excluded from PPT Season 2 under this rule are Johnny Chan, Sam Farha, Phil Gordon, Chris Moneymaker, and Amarillo Slim.
Second Season Tournaments
| Host Casino | First Day of Tournament (tournament takes 2 days) | Final Table |
|---|---|---|
| Borgata Atlantic City, NJ | September 11, 2006 | September 20, 2006 |
| Foxwoods Resort Casino Mashantucket, CT | November 7, 2006 | November 15, 2006 |
| Bellagio Las Vegas, NV | November 29, 2006 | December 20, 2006 |
| Commerce Casino Los Angeles, CA | February 12, 2007 | March 6, 2007 |
Results
| Season | Event | Winner | Prize | Other Finalists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | World Poker Finals | John Juanda | 5,000 | |
| 1 | LA Poker Classic | Erick Lindgren | 5,000 |
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| 1 | Bay 101 | Tom McEvoy | 5,000 |
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| 1 | 3rd Annual Five Star World Poker Classic | Lee Markholt | 5,000 |
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| 1 | Mirage Poker Showdown | Ted Forrest | 5,000 |
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External links
| Poker tournament>Major poker tournaments |
| World Series of Poker (1970 World Series of Poker>'70 - '71 - '72 - '73 - '74 - '75 - '76 - '77 - '78 - '79 - '80 - '81 - '82 - '83 - '84 - '85 - '86 - '87 - '88 - '89 - '90 - '91 - '92 - '93 - '94 - '95 - '96 - '97 - '98 - '99 - '00 - '01 - '02 - '03 - '04 - '05 - '06 – Circuit – TOC) |
| World Poker Tour (World Poker Tour season 1 results>1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5) --- European Poker Tour (1 - 2) --- Late Night Poker (1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6) |
| Professional Poker Tour --- Poker Million --- Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament>Poker Superstars (1 - 2 - 3) --- Poker Nations Cup |
| World Heads-Up --- National Heads-Up --- Ultimate Poker Challenge (1 - 2 - 3) --- VC Cup --- Grand Prix |
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