PTPR PLAYER OF THE MONTH: ALI ESLAMI IS TOPS IN MARCH

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERNEWS.com

Not a bad March! After a slow start to the season - actually, no PTPR Scores since 2008 - Ali Eslami's fortunes changes in mid-March, at the Big Event at the Bike near Los Angeles, finishing second in the 10k Bounty Shootout.

Eslami then closed out the month with his WSOPC Rincon win, beating Tim West - who would have been player of the month had it not been for Eslami's Rincon victory.

Eslami is now tops on the 2011 PTPR Poker Player of the Year Leaderboard, seven points ahead of Feburary Player of the Month Alessio Isaia.


28 TOTAL TOURNAMENTS QUALIFIED FOR PTPR POINTS
Grand Slams - 0
Premier - 4
Tier 3 - 7
Prelim - 4
Challenger - 13


MARCH TOP 10

March Player of the Month:
Ali Eslami, 185 PTPR Points, 2 PTPR Scores

> The Big Event Main Event (2nd) - 60 PTPR Points
> WSOPC Rincon Main Event (1st) - 125 PTPR Points

ALI ESLAMI 185
TIM WEST 177
DMITRY GROMOV 130
ALAN STERNBERG 129
VLADIMIR GESHKENBEIN 129
ANNAND "VICTOR" RAMDIN 109
MUSTAPHA KANIT 103
ROBERTO ROMANELLO 102
MEIR DAHAN 101
PAT WALSH 100
MCLEAN KARR 100


225 different players scored PTPR Points in March. Eslami, West, Victor Ramdin and Govert Metaal all scored twice during the month.

ALI ESLAMI 2
TIM WEST 2
VICTOR RAMDIN 2
GOVERT METAAL 2