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2012 WSOP Player of the Year: An intermediate result


Source: pkrace.com

49 tournaments are played, 12 to go. So we take a look at the WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard.

Rank Name Nationality Points Results

1 Phil Ivey USA 539.70
Phil became 118th in event #14, 7th in event #15, 2nd in event #17, 3rd in event #24, 5th in event #32 and 8th in event #35. Really great results for Phil with 5 final table finishes this year. Can Phil defend his narrow margin to the end of this series?

2 John Monnette USA 524.25
John became 12th in event #4, won event #10, 3rd in event #15, 94th in event #27 and 2nd in event #32. The victory in event #10 brought him his second bracelet.

3 Michael Mizrachi USA 486.20
Michael reached three final tables in this year. He became 5th in event #4, 4th in event #30 and won the Poker Players Championship with a buy-in of $50,000 and his third bracelet.

4 Andrew Frankenberger USA 406.66
Andrew became 6th in event #3, 79th in event #16, 1st in event #17, 165th in event #33, 152nd in event #43 and 97th in event #47. He earned over $1 million and his second bracelet in this season.

5 Phil Hellmuth USA 368.70
Phil became 61st in event #2, 52nd in event #8, 15th in event #15, 1st in event #18 and 4th in event #32.

6 Andy Bloch USA 340.50
Andy became 1st in event #7, 21st in event #15 and 3rd in event #45. He was able to win his first WSOP bracelet in this year.

7 Jan-Peter Jachtmann Germany 325.63
Jan-Peter is the first non American in this list. He became 43rd in event #26 and won event #39 and his first bracelet.

8 Michael Gathy Belgium 321.25
Michael won event #21 and became 5th in event #35. He earned his first bracelet in event #21.

9 David (Bakes) Baker USA 317.94
David became 63rd in event #8, 1st in event #32 and 31st in event #36. He holds two bracelets now.

10 David (ODB) Baker USA 314.88
David became 3rd in event #22, 33rd in event #35, 1st in event #37 and 10th in event #45. He also won his first bracelet.

You can see the full list here: http://www.bluffmagazine.com/wsop-poy/

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