Professional Poker League

[wins_pot]

Does anyone know anything about this? My impression is that they've put the brakes on this, but I haven't heard much about it.

[olivert]

I heard from a source that the PPL is putting together its eligibility list.

I had heard that Evelyn Ng made the cut, but Clonie Gowen and Liz Lieu did NOT.

[Willy]

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I heard from a source that the PPL is putting together its eligibility list.

I had heard that Evelyn Ng made the cut, but Clonie Gowen and Liz Lieu did NOT.

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If true, it's just another invitational.

[mooselee]

Check out Daniel Negreanu's blog entry about the league.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/blog_entry/142

[olivert]

http://olivertsepoker.com/PPL_PPT.aspx

Evelyn Ng and Liz Lieu are IN.

Greg Raymer and Kathy Liebert are OUT.

[BenTurpen]

Did this start today? Pokerpages live updates noted Men Nguyen got a refund for his USPC buyin and went to the PPL. Plus the field is missing several regulars.

[Kevmath]

The draft is on Saturday. Oliver Tse mentioned in a post in the tournament circuit forum, many of the names that are expected to be in the draft will be at the Venetian for TV exposure.

[olivert]

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Did this start today? Pokerpages live updates noted Men Nguyen got a refund for his USPC buyin and went to the PPL. Plus the field is missing several regulars.

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Most of the "64 of the best poker players in the world" who "mastered the art of playing the poker game behind the poker game" in order to secure their selection to the PPL chose to "skip" the USPC so that they can be at the Venetian Las Vegas on Saturday for the PPL "inaugural draft" in order to get GUARANTEED TV EXPOSURE TIME.

The USPC took a hit from the PPL, but not that big a hit. 261 players, about 1/2 the size of the field compared to the WPT at the Borgata 2 weeks ago.

The PPL succeeded in being the "PPT-killer", but didn't really succeed as the "USPC-killer".

[StrayBullet]

:U

[Kevmath]

A comparison between Borgata Poker Open and the USPC:

2005: WPT 515 USPC 226
2006: WPT 540 USPC 261