World Series of Poker Player of the Year Standings

Written By: TheFullTiltReferralCode.com

With 42 events in the books and only 15 events remaining, the player of year race is starting to heat up. This year’s race has turned into a bit of a 3 horse race, with Jeff Lisandro and Ville Wahlbeck tied atop the leaderboard with 255 points and poker legend and Full Tilt Poker pro Phil Ivey breathing down their necks with 242 points. That being said you also cannot count out John Brock Parker or James Van Alstyne who are both still within striking distance with 220 points apiece.

Jeffrey Lisandro is really making a name for himself this World Series with two bracelet wins and 5 cashes already racked up. Jeff was able to take down the $1500 seven card stud event as well as the $10K World Championships of seven card stud 8 or better. In total Jeff has already won $619,131 from the 2009 World Series of Poker and is in my opinion the leading contender for the Player of the Year award.

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The other 255 point man is Ville Wahlbeck, who has one less bracelet and one less cash than Lisandro, but came very close to having three bracelets, with second and third place finishes. Wahlbeck broke through in the $10K World Championship mixed event, winning the first bracelet of his career. Wahlbeck may be behind Lisandro in bracelets and cashes, but he is pretty far ahead in earnings. Wahlbeck has won $849,785 so far in the 2009 World Series of Poker.

Then of course we cannot forget about the legendary Phil Ivey, who is commonly referred to as the best poker player in the game today. Ivey has won 2 bracelets thus far and has 5 cashes, similar to Lisandro. Ivey quickly won the $2.5K 2-7 triple draw event, then went on to also win the $2.5K Omaha/seven card stud eight or better event. Even with all these wins and cashes Ivey has only earned $356,994 in the World Series because he has been playing the smaller field events.

Also within striking distance are John Brock Parker and James Van Alstyne with 220 points apiece. Parker has 2 bracelets and 5 cashes, while Van Alstyne has 1 bracelet and 3 cashes, but each of these cashes has been a final table appearance. Another big score from either of these players could quickly put them into the top overall position on the leader board.

The race is still wide open and it’s going to be interesting to see who will come out on top in the end.