PPC Poker Tour to Launch New Season at Tampa Bay Downs
The Players Poker Championship (PPC) Poker Tour, which recently saw [Removed:65] defeat Joe Ebanks to win the 2013 PPC Aruba World Championship $2,500 Main Event, has announced that they will be headed back to The Silks Poker Room at Tampa Bay Downs from January 15-19, 2014 for the Tampa Downs Winter Fest.
��After an incredibly successful season for the PPC Poker Tour, we couldn��t be more excited to launch our new season at Tampa Bay Downs,�� said Sandy Swartzbaugh, Commissioner for the PPC. ��The players from the Tampa market have supported the tour tremendously from day one and two Tampa players final tabled the $2,500 Main Event in Aruba. Players will be able to win packages back to the PPC Aruba World Championship series in October 2014 that will garner $250,000 in guarantees.��
The 2014 Tampa Downs Winter Fest will consist of four events culminating in a $350 buy-in Main Event on Friday, January 17. The three-day event will boast a $50,000 guarantee and players will be allowed to buy into any of the four Day 1 sessions (1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday). They will then carry their largest stack into Day 2.
��Our relationship with the PPC Poker Tour continues to grow with each event,�� said Patrick Murphy, Director of Poker at Tampa Bay Downs Silks Poker Room. ��The excitement the tour generates is becoming a staple here at Silks Poker Room. The players that won packages to Aruba have been talking about the PPC Aruba ��poker-cation�� non-stop. We are looking forward to a big year with the PPC.��
To help players plan there next PPC poker trip, 20% of the Tampa Downs Winter Fest prize pool will go toward entries into the PPC Aruba World Championship.
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