Ppl

Shane in Phoenix writes in with some more info about the new Professional Poker League

Dan,

I went to a Phil Gordon book signing last night and he gave some PPL info. The format will be NLHE 300-600 blinds that don't increase. Starting stack size will be 100K for a total of about 170BB. The league will start Jan 1st.

PS. also took 5 bucks off him at roshambo!

Shane:

Daniel Negreanu apparently didn't get the memo about not revealing the results of the first ever professional poker "draft." Cool, now I'm actually curious about it. Click here to read his take on the whole thing. And below are the results. (But remember, shh, don't tell anybody.) Quick question, too ... were there any pro players surprisingly not picked?

Team 1:
Co-Captain- T.J. Cloutier
Co-Captain- Dewey Tomko
1) Chau Giang
16) Danny Alaei
17) Carlos Mortenson
32) Linda Johnson
33) Layne Flack
48) Amir Vahedi

Team 2:
Co-Captain- Chip Reese
Co-Captain- Eli Elezra
2) Patrick Antonious
15) Kenna James
18) Lee Watkinson
31) Men Nguyen
34) Esther Rossi
47) David Williams

Team 3:
Co-Captain- John Juanda
Co-Captain- Erik Seidel
3) Annie Duke
14) Antonio Esfandiari
19) Martin deKnijff
30) John D'Agostino
35) Mimi Tran
46) Phil Gordon

LAS VEGAS--The highly anticipated Professional Poker League (PPL) held it's player draft yesterday at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino. Media access was heavily restricted and those that were allowed in were sworn to secrecy. They cannot tell you that the eight teams were divided into categories: the "old guys" the "young guys", female players, European players etc. "I'll take non-bracelet winners from the Ukraine for one hundred Alex."

The names of the players by teams will not be released until the PPL is ready to play and with sponsorships still unsigned and tournament dates as yet unset; we can expect to hear a lot more "secret" media hype and perhaps "see" no PPL poker in the near future.

Secrecy is good for things like the Normandy Invasion or sleeping with your sister-in-law....otherwise it looks and sounds like you are playing 007 with a poker promotion.

Repeat after me guys:

"The media are our friends."

"There is no such thing as bad publicity when you haven't signed your sponsors yet!"