Sunday, January 30, 2011

PPI UPDATE

PPI (POKER PLAYERS INTERNATIONAL)is proud to be part of the 2011 Borgata Winter Open. Now after two weeks of exciting events filled with huge fields of talented poker players the Championship Main Event is upon us. With Day 1A starting today, scores of PPI players are poised to make deep runs in pursuit of the title in this prestigious event.
PPI Players have had amazing success at this years BWO with Mike Castaldo , Steve Dannenmann, Bill Stradely, and Ryan Eriquezzo all capturing 1st place titles throughout the preliminary events. Several others including Jason Young, Matt Mazzeo, David Zeitlin, Katie Stone and James Boyle all made final tables as well.

At this year's BWO, PPI introduced the PPI "Play for the Main" which will award the PPI player with the most points accumulated through participation, cashes, and final table appearances a seat into the Borgata Winter Poker Open Championship Event. It was a tight race that found James Boyle, Matt Mazzeo, and Ryan Eriquezzo competing against a tough field and themselves in the $1k 6-handed final preliminary event for the "Play for the Main" title. While Ryan went on to win 1st place in the event, James Boyle cashed and accumulated enough points to win the Main Event Seat.

Gene Castro, Eric Siegel, James Boyle,
Tab Duchateau & Ray Stefanelli


We would like to wish all players participating in the Main Event the best of luck . We also thank Tab, Ray, Stan and the entire Borgata Poker staff for another amazing series of events at this years BWO.

You can check out our roster of players and bios, news, charity organizations we support, and see the trailer for the PPI produced documentary film On The Line: John Racener at www.ppipoker.com.

PTS: PLAYER
135: JAMES BOYLE
120: RYAN ERIQUEZZO
110: MATTHEW MAZZEO
95: JASON YOUNG
90: JOSEPH CUTLER
90: ALBERT RICCOBONO
85: LAURENCE GOLDSTEIN
70: MICHAEL SICA JR
65: MICHAEL DENTALE
65: ADAM LIPPERT
60: JOSHUA BRIKIS
60: BRENT KELLER
55: STEVEN DANNENMANN
55: DAVID INSELBERG
55: CARL RESTIFO
50: KATHRYN DOUGHERTY
50: IAN PALOMO
45: VINEET PAHUJA
40: MICHAEL CASTALDO
40: VINEET PAHUJA
40: DAVID ZEITLIN
35: JAMES SALTERS
30: MICHAEL CASTALDO
30: CARLOS DELAFUENTE
30: CHRIS RESLOCK
30: JAMES STENELLA
25: ANTHONY CASAGRANDE
25: GORDON ENG
20: KELLY ARMENTROUT
20: EMANUEL FAILLA
20: EUGENE TODD
20: JONATHAN WERZ
15: MICHAEL BROWN
15: ALEXANDER CUKAR
15: ROBERT HWANG
15: LISA PICKELL
10: ELIZABETH GREY-PARDO
10: ROSLYN QUARTO
10: JEFFREY VANCHIRO
5: ANTHONY CAMPAGNA
5: CARLOS COLON
5: ADAM GERBER
5: CHARLES MARCHESE
5: JONATHAN SORSCHER