Professional Poker Tour Teams Drafted
Published: Thursday, October 12, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
PROFESSIONAL POKER TOUR TEAMS DRAFTED
Made-for-television series will see the big guns in poker competing
The structure and team make-up of the upcoming Professional Poker League (PPL) was decided this week by 64 top professionals who gathered at the Venetian in Las Vegas.
Competitors in the PPL enter by invitation only in the made-for-television series, competing against each other in eight teams.
Those invited are some of the top cash game and tournament poker players on the planet, and include T.J. Cloutier and Dewey Tomko; Chip Reese and Eli Elezra; John Juanda and Erik Seidel; Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey; Chris Ferguson and Ted Forrest; Negreanu and Jennifer Harman; Mike Sexton and Cyndy Violette; and Doyle and Todd Brunson in captaincy positions.
The Venetian meeting set up a draft in which six pools of eight players each were formed from which teams would be chosen. During each round captains were allowed to pick one player, and only pick one player from each pool of players.
The final team choices look like this:
Team One
Co-captains T.J. Cloutier and Dewey Tomko
Chau Giang
Daniel Alaei
Carlos Mortensen
Linda Johnson
Layne Flack
Amir Vahedi
Team Two
Co-captains Chip Reese and Eli Elezra
Patrik Antonius
Kenna James
Lee Watkinson
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Esther Rossi
David Williams
Team Three
Co-captains John Juanda and Erik Seidel
Annie Duke
Antonio Esfandiari
Martin de Knijff
John D'Agostino
Mimi Tran
Phil Gordon
Team Four
Co-captains Barry Greenstein and Phil Ivey
David Benyamine
Vanessa Rousso
Chad Brown
Josh Arieh
Tuan Le
Mike Caro
Team Five
Co-captains Chris Ferguson and Ted Forrest
Gus Hansen
Phil Laak
Joe Cassidy
Jack Fox
Clonie Gowen
Paul Darden
Team Six ("The Professionals")
Co-captains Daniel Negreanu and Jennifer Harman
Gabe Thaler
Freddy Deeb
David Chiu
Nick Schulman
Mike Matusow
Evelyn Ng
Team Seven
Co-captains Mike Sexton and Cyndy Violette
Scotty Nguyen
Robert Williamson
Michael Mizrachi
Gavin Smith
Jennifer Tilly
Liz Lieu
Team Eight
Co-captains Doyle Brunson and Todd Brunson
Hoyt Corkins
Isabelle Mercier
Humberto Brenes
Michael Gracz
Chip Jett
Tony Guoga
This tournament of stars is scheduled to begin taping in January on a set with a 700 seat theater at the Venetian.
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