OBOODI IS SEPTEMBER'S PTPR PLAYER OF THE MONTH

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WPT Borgata Open Champ Bobby Oboodi earns PTPR Player of the Month honours for the month of September.

This marks another month where a single-score player picks up POM honours. Oboodi finished ahead of star players Benjamin Spindler, Matthew Waxman and Matt Giannetti. Michel Leibgorin's double wins earned him sixth place on our charts.

Congrats to Jean Thorel, the only player to pickup three PTPR Scores during the month of September.


24 TOTAL TOURNAMENTS QUALIFIED FOR PTPR POINTS
Grand Slams - 0
Premier - 5
Tier 3 - 3
Prelim - 4
Challenger - 12

SEPTEMBER TOP 10

September Player of the Month:
Bobby Oboodi, 138 PTPR Points, 1 PTPR Score
> WPT Borgata Poker Open (Champion) - 138 PTPR Points

138 BOBBY OBOODI
131 BENJAMIN SPINDLER
128 MATTHEW WAXMAN
127 MATT GIANNETTI
113 BRONSON TUCKER
110 MICHEL LEIBGORIN
106 CRAIG CASINO
100 ROBERTO ROMANELLO
100 ANTHONY LELLOUCHE
88 JIN HWANG

A total of 207 different players scored PTPR Points in September. Jean Thorel was the only player to collect three scores. Six other players were able to collect two PTPR Scores in September:

3 JEAN THOREL
2 MICHEL LEIBGORIN
2 OLEKSII KOVALCHUK
2 BYRON KAVERMAN
2 TRISTAN CLEMENCON
2 WILL "THE THRILL" FAILLA
2 MARVIN RETTENMAIER

AT THIS POINT LAST SEASON

At this point in September 2010, Frank Kassela was still our PTPR Player of the Year leader while Thomas Marchese was making a move towards #1 ... here is how the Top 10 looked like:

316 KASSELA FRANK
312 MIZZI SOREL
296 MARCHESE THOMAS
292 MORTENSEN CARLOS
278 MIZRACHI MICHAEL "THE GRINDER"
274 SELBST VANESSA
269 BERDA TOMER
265 JUANDA JOHN
258 CODY JAKE
252 BAKER DAVID "BAKES"

Finally, here is a look at the Top 10 countries who visited the PTPR site in September:
1. USA, 2. Canada, 3. Germany, 4. UK, 5. Russia, 6. France, 7. India, 8. Spain, 9. Italy, 10. Romania

WE'RE BACK WITH A DOUBLE DOSE OF WPT RESULTS!

PHOTO/SOURCE: WPT.com

We're back with a mega update! Two WPT Main Event Champions in less than 24 hours? You bet!

NOVEMBER NINER GIANNETTI GRABS GOLD
Let's start in Malta where current WSOP November Niner Matt Giannetti decided he couldn't wait until November to pickup some hardware. Giannetti picks up the title at WPT Malta, defeating Cecilia Pescaglini heads up. Pescaglini was trying to become the first woman to win an open WPT Main Event - she was one of the lead horses throughout the tournament but Giannetti scooped up his first major victory at her expense.

Former 2011 PTPR Tournament Player of the Year #1 ranked player Mad Marvin - Marvin Rettenmeier - earned his fourth PTPR Score of the 2011 season, his first since March.

Christofer Williamson, Isaac Haxton and Pierre Milan all earned their second score of 2011, Tristan Clemencon captured his first.

The Phil Hellmuth - Tony G buzz was all for not as neither player was able to earn PTPR Points in Malta.

OBOODI SHINES AT BORGATA
Bobby Oboodi was confident he would win the WPT Borgata Poker Open, and he did. Now, Oboodi has his eyes set at becoming a two-time champion, declaring that is going for the 25K WPT World Championship and taking it home. Oboodi was never really in any trouble en route to his first PTPR Score of the year.

What a year it's been for Will "The Thrill" Failla - and it's far from over. Failla's 11th place finish earns him his sixth PTPR Score of the year and The Thrill now sits fourth overall on the PTPR Leaderboard, seven points away from Jason Mericer.

Darren Elias, Dan Colman and Matt Glantz all pickup their fourth PTPR Scores of 2011 and each one of them surpass the century mark for points this season.

Daniel Buzgon, Kevin Calenzo, Miami John Cernuto and Wade Woelfel were other notables picking up PTPR Points in the event.

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open
WPT Borgata Poker Open NLH Main Event w/Re-Entry
September 18-23, 2011

Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa | Atlantic City
Buy-in: $3,500 | Prizepool : $4,192,913 | Entries: 1,313

FINAL RESULTS:
BOBBY OBOODI 138
JIN HWANG 88
DANIEL BUZGON 58
FRED GOLDBERG 48
DARREN ELIAS 43
RICKY HALE 38
DOUG KIM 38
JOE DITTMAR 23
KEVIN CALENZO 23
DAN COLMAN 23
WILL FAILLA 23
MATT GLANTZ 21
BRANDON SCHAEFER 21
JOHN CERNUTO 21
RICHARD MARSHALL JR. 21
JACK SCHANBACHER 18
WADE WOELFEL 18
ANTHONY RIVERA 18

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
World Poker Tour Malta
WPT Malta NLH Main Event w/Re-Entry
September 20-24, 2011

Casino at Portomaso | Malta
Buy-in: $4,450 | Prizepool : $970,800 | Entries: 240

FINAL RESULTS:

MATT GIANNETTI 127
CECILIA PESCAGLINI 77
FILIPPO BIANCHINI 47
SIMON TRUMPER 37
TRISTAN CLEMENCON 32
FABIEN SARTORIS 27
CHRISTOFER WILLIAMSON 27
MATS KARLSON 12
MANFRED SIERKE 12
SALVATORE BIANCO 12
ANTONIO AGNELLO 12
ISAAC HAXTON 10
ARMNADO GRAZIANO 10
FABIO MONTANARI 10
VIKTORS VOROBJOVS 10
MARVIN RETTENMEIER 7
PIERRE MILAN 7
MICHAEL FINDERUP 7