Poker POY races tighten during 2013 WSOP

Going into the World Series of Poker Paul Volpe was leading all three major Player of the Year leader-boards, but with a rather pedestrian WSOP up to this point Volpe has seen his star fade after being ousted from the #1 spot in the Bluff Magazine POY race, and his lead on both the Cardplayer Magazine and Global Poker Index leader-boards shrink.

One player threatening Volpe is Daniel Negreanu, who has had a lackluster WSOP in his own right, while other challengers have also emerged like Steve “zugwatt” Silverman and even a resurgent Erick Lindgren. In fact, the race is so tight on Bluff that a mere21 points separates the Top 5, which should make for one of the most interesting finishes to a POY race in recent memory.

In addition to the Player of the Year races, there is also the World Series of Poker Player of the Year leader-board which is now starting to come into focus with less than 10 events still to be played (along with the WSOP Europe series as well). We’ll get you updated on all four of these leader-boards below: Here is a look at the current POY races:

Bluff Magazine 2013 Player of the Year leader-board (accurate as of 7/1/2013):

1. Daniel Negreanu – 670.36 points
2. Paul Volpe – 668.07 points
3. Steve Silverman – 652.86 points
4. Scott Seiver – 652,57 points
5. Mike Watson – 649.04 points
6. Aaron Lim – 606.65 points
7. Dimitar Danchev – 578.55 points
8. Erick Lindgren – 576.88 points
9. Blake Bohn – 575.30 points
10. Ole Schemion – 556.20 points

Cardplayer Magazine 2013 Player of the Year leader-board (accurate as of 7/1/2013):

1. Paul Volpe — 3,530 points
2. Daniel Negreanu – 3,198 points
3. Steve O’Dwyer – 2,848 points
4. Erick Lindgren — 2,800 points
5. Dimitar Danchev — 2,676 points
6. Jason Duval — 2,386 points
7. Anthony Gregg – 2,330 points
8. Kevin Eyster – 2,280 points
9. Michael Watson – 2,224 points
10. Martin Finger – 2,168 points

Global Poker Index 2013 Player of the Year leader-board (accurate as of 7/1/2013):

1. Paul Volpe – 767.76 points
2. Steven Silverman – 670.01 points
3. Daniel Negreanu – 656.41 points
4. Ole Schemion – 651.74 points
5. Igor Kurganov – 617.18 points
6. Michael Watson – 579.07 points
7. Scott Seiver – 569.77 points
8. Daniel Shak – 568.57 points
9. Sorel Mizzi – 564.45 points
10. Jason Mercier – 564.05 points

All three ranking systems use a different criterion to determine the Player of the Year:

• Cardplayer Magazine focuses on a player’s results over the course of the entire calendar year.
• Bluff Magazine takes into account a player’s results from the previous calendar year (weighted at about 50% of the current year)
• The Global Poker Index uses a players top cashes from different quarters of the year only, all other results are discounted

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/player-of-the-year/%20

http://www.bluff.com/poker-player-of-the-year

http://www.globalpokerindex.com/player-of-the-year/

WSOP Player of the Year Leader-Board (accurate as of July 1, 2013):

1. David (Bakes) Baker — 475.35 points
2. Daniel Negreanu — 470.53 points
3. Tom Schneider — 438.51 points
4. Marco Johnson — 430.63 points
5. Chris Klodnicki — 400.80 points
6. Anthony Gregg — 390.00 points
7. Jared Hamby — 368.73 points
8. Daniel Kelly — 344.70 points
9. Jason Duval — 328.85 points
10. Mark Radoja — 327.75 points