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Player of The Year: A major change in the classification
The results of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) brought a big change in the different poker rankings in the world. In the Player of The Year ranking, the impact of this major tournament is already perceived. Thus, among players who accumulated a large number of points following their performance at the WSOP, there are Phil Ivey, Oleskii Kovalchuk, Kevin Calenzo and Michael Gathy. Regarding the Ukrainian, he acceded to the 18 th position and has a total gain of over $ 2.1 million. The young player of 22 years proved his talent for playing poker by winning his second WSOP bracelet, which allowed him to improve his position in the ranking. David Baker also won some points and moved up to the 46 th place after winning victory in the eight-game mix event of $ 2,500. Michael Gathy managed for his part to rank 20 th, which is a great progression.
As for Phil Ivey, the fact of having participated in several final tables allowed him to ascend to the 6 th place. He pocketed $ 572,933 between June 8 and June 20, 2012 and currently holds $ 2,723.393 gain. For the moment, the first place goes to Oliver Speidel. Vadzim Kursevitch ranks second while Marvin Rettenmaier ranks third. John Dibella, Daniel Kelly, Davidi Kitai, Farah Jaka, Jonathan Duhamel and Dan Smith are ranked 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th.
Source: Jack SMITH
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
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