Now that the dust has actually settled from the 2023 World Series of Poker, it is time to return to the fights that the competition poker world is dealing with. The 100-plus occasions (counting the online competitions) of the 2023 WSOP certainly impacted the standing in both significant Player of the Year races. The issue is neither of them settle on who the very best gamer in competition poker for 2023 is at this point in the season.
Bin Weng Snags CardPlayer POY Lead …
On the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year leaderboard, Bin Weng set himself up well even prior to the 2023 WSOP began. Weng remained in the position to win 2 World Poker Tour occasions in late May, the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown, which he did win, and the WPT Choctaw. Therefore, you might state that Weng’s summer season was currently rather great, however he made it even much better without winning a WSOP bracelet.
Not to state that Weng didn’t attempt. Weng would go on to money in 7 WSOP occasions, however another WPT celebration was the one that really made his year. Weng would remove the WPT EveryOne for OneDrop champion, with that $10,000 buy-in (with re-entry) occasion blowing away its $10 million warranty and making Weng a $2.2-million-plus payday. It likewise selected him up 2700 points for the CardPlayer POY, bringing his overall to 8238 points.
That significantly surpasses among the bracelet winners of 2023, Isaac Haxton. In winning his very first bracelet in the $25,000 Eight-Handed No Limit Hold ’em competition at the WSOP, Haxton made 1512 points for the success. It was the points that Haxton made in the $111,111 Alpha8 for OneDrop, nevertheless, that enabled him to pass Jose “Nacho” Barbero for the second-place slot on the CardPlayer ladder.
Haxton’s 6807 points eked previous Barbero’s 6735 points, however both guys have a long method to the leading if they are going to pursue Weng. Here’s the rest of the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year race’s Top Ten as we prepare to begin the 2nd half of the competition poker season:1. Bin Weng, 8238 points
2. Isaac Haxton, 6807
3. Jose “Nacho” Barbero, 6735
4. Ren Lin, 6115
5. Chris Brewer, 5687
6. Stephen Chidwick, 5246
7. Aram Oganyan, 5189
8. Alex Foxen, 5015
9. Jeremy Ausmus, 4977
10. Michael Watson, 4832
… While “Nacho” Takes GPI POY Lead
You will see a few of the exact same names on the Global Poker Index Player of the Year leaderboard that you see on the CardPlayer rankings, however they remain in a various order. Why? The GPI rankings have an intricate system of scoring that takes just the very best thirteen efficiencies of a gamer over the period of the competition season, instead of a built up point overall. Hence, a gamer can acquire a variety of outstanding surfaces however, if it does not go through the calculator for more points than among the gamer’s previous efforts, then it is not counted towards the points. It is likewise the factor that the GPI POY race is much closer than the CardPlayer POY is.
On the GPI POY, Barbero has actually had the ability to get the computer system to spit out a much better lineup of competitions than Weng, enough so that Barbero holds the leading slot. Barbero has 4044.07 points up until now in 2023, much better than the 4006.63 that Weng has actually had the ability to acquire with his thirteen surfaces. Haxton drops to 3rd behind these 2 gentlemen with his 3857.94 points, while Lin (3705.69) and Brewer (3650.19) hang on to the exact same positions that they hang on the CardPlayer board.
Here’s a take a look at the whole of the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race at the midway pole of 2023:1. Jose “Nacho” Barbero, 4044.07 points
2. Bin Weng, 4006.63
3. Isaac Haxton, 3857.94
4. Ren Lin, 4705.69
5. Chris Brewer, 3650.19
6. Stephen Chidwick, 3508.68
7. Jeremy Ausmus, 3471.45
8. Aram Oganyan, 3423.19
9. Michael Watson, 3401.10
10. Jesse Lonis, 3279.40
Simply for enjoyable, it is intriguing to see what the brand-new World Champion, Daniel Weisman, did concerning his triumph in the largest-ever WSOP Championship Event. On the CardPlayer list, Weinman went from not even ranked to the 19th location slot on their leaderboard. It is much more sensational on the GPI rankings, as Weinman went from # 8254 to just # 926 for the fiscal year; he presently beings in 968th location, although I do not believe he cares with that $12.1 million in the bank.
There’s no rest for the wicked, a minimum of according to Cage the Elephant (which little thing called the Book of Isaiah), and competition poker gamers are not taking any post-WSOP rest. Starting today, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel in Hollywood, FL, will be beginning its Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Among the most popular occasions on the European Poker Tour, their drop in Barcelona, Spain, is showing up in August, and the WPT has a variety of WPT Prime occasions in Provence, Taiwan, and Lichtenstein.
This is not counting the huge competitions at the Wynn nor the Venetian, nor the competitions on the WSOP Circuit or the “High Roller” occasions. It is going to be a slog as the gamers make the go to completion of the fiscal year, and we have actually simply set the lineup for the gamers to view who has the very best chance at removing the Player of the Year awards.
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