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Professional Poker Tour -Selection Process
Professional Poker Tour (PPT) kicked off at Foxwoods Resort Casino on Nov. 9, the field will includes poker's All-Stars - champions from WORLD POKER TOUR™ (WPT), World Series of Poker, and European Poker competitions. More than 200 players qualified when the PPT announced its list of eligible players based on input from the PPT Advisory Committee.
"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," said Steve Lipscomb, President of WPT Enterprises. "The PPT will be a league of poker Titans."
| All Winners of World Series of Poker $10K event |
| First, Second, or Third place in 2003 or 2004 World Series of Poker $10K event |
| Top Ten Players on CardPlayer Player of the Year list (2002, 2003) |
| Top Ten Players on Phil Helmuth Champion of the Year List (2002, 2003) |
| Member WPT Poker Walk of Fame |
| Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth place in the $25K WPT Championship event |
| Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth place in the $10K World Series of Poker event – 2003-2004 |
| Players selected by the PPT Advisory Committee |
| Top Ten Players on Poker Europa list (2004) |
| Eight (8) for the hosting Casino (Based on PPT direction) |
| Ten (10) for WPTE QUALIFICATION TO PLAY IN FUTURE PPT SEASONS: Automatic Qualification: 1 |
| All WPT Champions (i.e. winners of any WPT Regular Season Event) |
| Anyone who makes more than one Final Table in a particular season of the WPT |
| First, Second, or Third place in the $25K WPT Championship event |
| Top Ten (10) Players on WPT Player of the Year list |
| First, Second, or Third place in World Series of Poker $10K event |
| Top Ten (10) Players on CardPlayer Player of the Year list |
| Inductees into WPT Poker Walk of Fame |
| Inductees into Poker Hall of Fame |
| Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth place in the $25K WPT Championship event |
| Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth place in the $10K World Series of Poker event 3. |
| Top Ten (10) Players on European Poker list Other Ways to Qualify: |
| Win a PPT event; Three-Year Card |
| Make it to a PPT Final Table; One-Year Card |
| Make two or more PPT Final Tables; Three-Year Card |
| WPTE will continue to have (10) exemptions per event |
| Number of WPT events players play in will be considered as a factor when determining close calls and tiebreakers. The Rest of the Field: will be determined by money earned on the World Poker Tour during the previous season. First Season Card Members will total approximately 200 (unless automatic qualifiers increase the pool). |
All rules, criteria and/or qualifications announced herein are subject to change at the sole discretion of WPT
Enterprises, Inc. (WPTE) and nothing in this announcement is intended to be a guarantee or contract of any kind.
WPTE may at any time decide to end or suspend the PPT without any obligation.
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Mon, Nov 23, 2009 - 09:30pm CST
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