Mike Matusow earns his three year card for the PPT

The Professional Poker Tour announced the schedule for the second season of it's very successful tournament series. PPT's Season II features a field of 265 and one new site on the tour -- Borgata in Atlantic City, NJ. In addition to Borgata, the four PPT tournaments will be filmed at some of America's true palaces of poker: Foxwoods Resort Casino, Commerce Casino and Bellagio.

The field of poker All-Stars competing in the PPT continues to grow even stronger with the addition of newly qualified players, whose performances over the past two years have landed them one, two or three-year PPT-Tour cards.

Mike "The Mouth" Matusow is guaranteed plenty of face time for the next three years on this tournament circuit as he was one of 61 poker pros to be awarded a three year card (similar to the PGA) to compete on the circuit. Other notables that got three year cards include Doyle Brunson, Chris Ferguson, Freddy Deeb, Phil Ivey, and Ted Forrest.

Keep an eye on the Travel Channel next month as the first season of the PPT will air on July 5th.

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