PPI Persepective - Good Luck

PPI Perspective below is offered by Eric Siegel,  Director of Marketing and Player Development PPI 

As the 2012 Borgata Poker Open closes in on the televised $3 Million Guaranteed WPT Borgata Poker Open Championship event, it is clear that the field for the Championship will be massive and exceptionally competitive. The buzz around Borgata is electric as satellites and the larger buy-in events wind down for the start of the Championship event. 

Such poker catch phrases as, "Are you playing the Main?", are often exchanged at the Borgata Poker Open for, "How many bullets do you have?" or "Are you playing day1a or 1b?"

There is no question that every poker player's dream and determination drives them to play the Borgata Poker Open Championship event. Whether it is the enormous prize pool, the notoriety of being crowned WPT Borgata Poker Open Champion, the opportunity to compete on one of poker's biggest stages against the world's most elite competition, this is one tournament no poker player wants to miss.

Many poker players have padded their bankrolls and confidence throughout this year's BPO series. Long Island favorite, and friend to many Borgata regulars, Benny Bianco scored over $300k and the trophy for event #1 ($560 Deep Stack NLH) defeating a field of over 3,700 players.

Several PPI Players (Poker Players International) have done exceptionally well at this years BPO. Including both Vinny Pahuja, who won event #17 ($1650 8/7/6 Max NLH) for over $58k; and Allen Kessler, winning the title in event #19 ($00 Omaha H/L 8B) for over $17k. 

PPI players will be in full force for the Championship event - and as always deep runs, final table appearances and event winners are expected from this highly skilled group of players.

Poker Players International established its representation of a core group of players here at Borgata, and through the years has gone on to become the largest poker player representation agency and poker marketing company in the world. PPI represents hundreds of top US and International players, along with many individuals within the poker media, publishing and entertainment sectors. 

Our roster of players include WSOP Main Event winners Jamie Gold, Jerry Yang and Tom Mcevoy; WPT Champions Will "The Thrill" Failla and Tommy Vedes; November Niners Ylon Schwartz, Joseph Cheong, John Racener and Greg Merson; WSOP Bracelet winners Ryan Eriquezzo, T.J Cloutier, Chris Tryba, Jason Young, Ronnie Bardah, Frank Kasella; Poker Ambassadors Barry Schulman, Linda Johnson and Lon Mceachern; Elite poker pro instructors Lee Childs and Casey Jarzebak; and scores of other top pros like including Chris Moorman.
Wishing continued luck to all Borgata Poker Open Players!

Here is your PPI LeaderBoard through Event #21:

349.738:  VINEET PAHUJA

281.725:  KENNY NGUYEN

266.920:  ALLEN KESSLER

245.888:  MARGUERITE SPAGNUOLO

242.075:  MICHAEL DENTALE

192.138:  STEVEN DANNENMANN

184.000:  GEORGE MEDRANO

177.263:  KAREN PEREZ

161.088:  MICHAEL SICA

149.563:  MATTHEW MAZZEO

144.225:  DAVID INSELBERG

142.625:  ADAM LIPPERT

135.580:  ROBERT HWANG

121.963:  CARL RESTIFO

121.500:  GORDON ENG

119.888:  YLON SCHWARTZ

118.288:  JAMIE KERSTETTER

109.755:  JOSHUA BRIKIS

106.688:  CONCETTA RINALDI

86.800:  JONATHAN SORSCHER

84.900:  MATTHEW CHANG

80.438:  JAMES BOYLE

78.850:  SHEREE BYKOFSKY

77.260:  ALBERT RICCOBONO

71.050:  EMANUEL FAILLA

70.000:  MICHAEL CASTALDO

61.238:  ANTHONY CASAGRANDE

53.138:  KELLY ARMENTROUT

50.988:  LISA PICKELL

48.175:  DAVID ZEITLIN

41.500:  ANDREW KLOC

41.400:  CHRIS RESLOCK

38.500:  IAN PALOMO

35.313:  ANTHONY CAMPAGNA

25.138:  ESTHER TAYLOR

20.400:  FRANK CIERI

11.400:  CARLOS COLON

9.425:  JAMES SALTERS

9.200:  MICHAEL BORCHETTA

8.400:  BRENT KELLER

8.250:  ADAM GERBER