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

POKER ROUND-UP: LEIBGORIN IS ON ONE HECK OF A HEATER!

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Kiev, Sydney, Marrakech, Melbourne and California - here we come! Five-event update in this edition of the PTPR Poker Round-Up!

RUSSIAN POKER SERIES KIEV
Results are finally in from the Russian Poker Series Kiev Main Event. Oleg Prohorov picks up the victory, besting Vadim Ostomatij heads up. 322 players entered the event that carried a prize pool of +718k.

SYDNEY POKER CHAMPIONSHIP
Sydney, Australia played host to the Sydney Poker Championship series earlier in September. The Main Event was won by Errolyn Strang. 2010 ANZPT Sydney 4th place finisher Michael O'Grady finished fourth in this event as well.

MARRAKECH OPEN
Michel Leibgorin is on one heck of a heater! A week after picking up the win at a Partouche side event, Leibgorin makes it two for two in tournament play, earning the victory at the Marrakech Open Main Event. This second win in a week propels Leibgorin over the 100 PTPR Point mark for the 2011 season.

ANZPT MELBOURNE
Veteran poker pro Lee Nelson wrapped up ANZPT Melbourne with a Main Event win. Nelson outlasted 309 players, including APPT Melbourne second place finisher Phil Willcocks, who earned a fifth place finish in this event.

COMMERCE POKER SERIES
Alexandru Masek earned his second PTPR Score of the season with the win at the Commerce Poker Series Championship. 2010 NAPT LA Main Event winner Joe Tehan finished fourth, picking up his fourth PTPR Score of 2011..


PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Russian Poker Series Kiev
RPS Kiev NLH Main Event
September 6-10, 2011

Kreschatyk Club | Kiev
Buy-in: $2,500 | Prizepool: $718,382 | Entries: 322

FINAL RESULTS:
OLEG PROHOROV 35
VADIM OSTOMATIJ 18
ANTON PONOMAREV 10
LEVAN KARAMANISHVILI 8
PAVEL LI 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Sydney Poker Championship
NLH Championship
September 8, 2011

Star City Casino | Sydney
Buy-in: $1,600 | Prizepool: $501,523 | Entries: 315

FINAL RESULTS:
ERROLYN STRANG 35
JOHN DONOHUE 18
RAMYAR EKRAMI 10
MICHAEL O'GRADY 8
GRAHAM HOUNSELL 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Marrakech Open
NLH Main Event
September 23, 2011

Casino de Marrakech | Marrakech
Buy-in: $4,085 | Prizepool: $281,810 | Entries: 178

FINAL RESULTS:
MICHEL LEIBGORIN 35
GERALD BENHAIM 18
TOUHAMI ZERKHNINI 10
MOHAMED HARROUCHY 8
OLIVIER BLANCHARD 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Australia New Zealand Poker Tour Melbourne
ANZPT NLH Main Event
September 24-26, 2011

Crown Casino | Melbourne
Buy-in: $2,135 | Prizepool: $635,845 | Entries: 310

FINAL RESULTS:
LEE NELSON 35
NICK GEORGOULAS 18
DANIEL CHEVALIER 10
KAREN PUNJABI 8
PHILLIP WILLCOCKS 5

PTPR CHALLENGER EVENT
Commerce Hold'em Series
NLH Main Event
September 16-18, 2011

Commerce Casino | California
Buy-in: $2,085 | Prizepool: $428,800 | Entries: 220

FINAL RESULTS:
ALEXANDRU MASEK 35
BRETT RADIN 18
JOE TEHAN 10
GIOI LUONG 8
TERRENCE WILLIAMS 5

PTPR ROUND-UP: CLOSING OUT BORGATA, PARTOUCHE

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Results from side events from two recent Main Event happenings are out! We close out the Borgata Poker Open and the Partouche Poker Tour Main series ...

BORGATA POKER OPEN SIDE EVENTS
Borgata hosted a NLH event on September 15 and 16. Kunal Patel collected the victory, earning his third PTPR Score of the year, crossing the 100-point barrier for 2011. 2010 November Niner John Racener finished third in the event.

The six-max event took place on September 16 and 17. Spiro Markatos picked up the win while Anthony Ruberto and Aalok Arora both earn their second PTPR Scores of 2011.

PARTOUCHE POKER TOUR MAIN EVENT SIDE EVENTS
Michel Leibgorin wins the September 14-16 1.5K NLH event, while Marvin Rettenmeier seems to be back on pace, earning his fifth PTPR Score of the season with his 3rd place finish. Rettenmeier has surpassed the 200-PTPR Point mark for the year.

Erich Kollmann picks up his fourth score of the year while Laurent Polito, Pascal Cohen and Stefan Raffay all earn their second PTPR Scores of the year.

Meanwhile, Patrik Hirvonen, defeated Sebastien Winkler heads up to win the September 15 to 17 3K NLH event - both players earned their second scores of the season.

Byron Kaverman continued his strong play in 2011 with a 6th place finish, good enough for his sixth PTPR Score - joining a few other players with the second most PTPR Scores of 2011. Jean Thorel also continues to impress - collecting his 5th score of 2011.


PTPR PRELIM EVENT
World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open
No Limit Hold'em Event
September 15-16, 2011

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa | Atlantic City
Buy-in: $1,650 | Prizepool: $369,000 | Entries: 246

FINAL RESULTS:
KUNAL PATEL 75
ORSON YOUNG 40
JOHN RACENER 25
MARK BAATZ 15
NORMAN ZAPCZYNSKI 10
KRISTIAN LEE 8
KENNETH FAGIOLI 5
ANTHONY CASALE 5
KENNETH ADAMS 5

PTPR PRELIM EVENT
World Poker Tour Borgata Poker Open
No Limit Hold'em Six-Max Event
September 17-18, 2011

Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa | Atlantic City
Buy-in: $1,090 | Prizepool: $410,000 | Entries: 410

FINAL RESULTS:
SPIRO MARKATOS 75
MAKSIM KVITKO 40
WILL JAFFE 25
JOSEPH COUDEN 15
ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN 10
ANTHONY RUBERTO 8
VINEET PAHUJA 5
ALEX APOSTOL 5
AALOK ARORA 5

PTPR PRELIM EVENT
Partouche Poker Tour Main Event
No Limit Hold'em Event
September 14-16, 2011

Le Palm Beach | Cannes
Buy-in: $2,020 | Prizepool: $645,542 | Entries: 310

FINAL RESULTS:
MICHEL LEIBGORIN 75
DOBROMIR NIKOV 40
MARVIN RETTENMEIER 25
LAURENT POLITO 15
ERICH KOLLMANN 10
PASCAL COHEN 8
MOHAMED KERKENI 5
STEFAN RAFFAY 5
YURY GULYY 5

PTPR PRELIM EVENT
Partouche Poker Tour Main Event
No Limit Hold'em Event
September 15-17, 2011

Le Palm Beach | Cannes
Buy-in: $4,045 | Prizepool: $544,361 | Entries: 130

FINAL RESULTS:

PATRIK HIRVONEN 75
SEBASTIEN WINKLER 40
PHILLIPE BAROUK 25
VARAS YUNIS 15
GREGORY HAIRABEDIAN 10
BYRON KAVERMAN 8
ERIC HALK 5
JEAN THOREL 5
JORMA VUOKSENMAA 5