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WSOP Player of the Year Standings

by , Jun 16, 2009 | 10:23 am

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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!


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7 Comments to “WSOP Player of the Year Standings”


  1. 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


  2. 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.


  3. 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.


  4. 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.


  5. 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.


  6. DanM     says:
    June 16th, 2009 at 7:10pm

    is that because of a restructuring of the point system, or better results?


  7. 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.