WSOP Player of the Year Standings
by Dan Michalski, Jun 16, 2009 | 10:23 am
As we get near the halfway point — through 27 events — here’s how the WSOP Player of the Year race is shaping up:
250 – Ville Wahlbeck
220 – Brock Parker
220 – Phil Ivey
175 – Pete “the Greek†Vilandos
160 – Steve Sung
155 – Daniel Negreanu
150 – Jeffrey Lisandro
147 – Jason Mercier
145 – Roland de Wolfe
135 – Scott Clements
Click here for the full list and point totals. Personally, I think the best bet is probably Lisandro, who has been in this spot multiple times before … and maybe Negreanu, who really wants to win … oh, and Phil Ivey, too!
Kevin Mathers says:
June 16th, 2009 at 12:20pm
Phil Ivey is now in 2nd by himself with his mincash in the $2,500 PLO
BJ Nemeth says:
June 16th, 2009 at 2:26pm
The best bet is a guy who needs to win a bracelet just to tie the current points leader? I’ll take that bet!
Ville is a threat to hold on, as is Brock Parker. But I think you’d be a fool to bet against Phil Ivey at this point.
Poker Shrink says:
June 16th, 2009 at 4:36pm
The last few years there was this type of close race and then everyone at the top just stopped earning points and the race finished under a caution flag.
DanM says:
June 16th, 2009 at 4:44pm
That’s not totally true, Shrink, unless you define a few as two.
I happened to follow the 2007 race pretty darn closely, and it came down to the very last event — $5k 27NL-1D w/rebuys — in which Jeff Lisandro both made the money, and Tom Schneider coulda locked it up by finishing in the money … Tom got like 13th, and Lisandro made the final table … but did not get the 5th place finish he needed to pass Tom.
Kevin Mathers says:
June 16th, 2009 at 7:00pm
An additonal note, Ville Wahlbeck already has earned more points than Erick Lindgren did last year to win POY.
DanM says:
June 16th, 2009 at 7:10pm
is that because of a restructuring of the point system, or better results?
Kevin Mathers says:
June 16th, 2009 at 7:46pm
Same point structure as last year, so it’s better results at the moment for Ville.