Player of the Year Update -- Schwartz And Cheong Make Moves

Notable pros made some big scores around the globe this week on the poker tournament trail. Here is a look at the ones that made the biggest impact on the 2012 Card Player Player of the Year race, sponsored by Lock Poker.

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Noah Schwartz

For the win the Florida native earned $402,970 and 1,080 POY points, moving him into 17th place in the overall POY standings. This was Schwartz’s fourth final table of the year, with a sixth-place finish in the EPT Grand Final high roller, a fourth-place showing in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic main event and a win in a $5,000 pot-limit Omaha prelim at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. All told, Schwartz has garnered year-to-date earnings of $1,076,035.

Schwartz topped a tough final table en route to victory, outlasting Lee Markholt (6th – $61,819), Hans Winzeler (4th – $106,848) and Byron Kaverman (2nd – $236,592).

Asian Championship of Poker Macau High Roller

The 2012 PokerStars ACOP Macau came to a close this past weekend, with one of the most action filled events of the series, the $250,000 HKD ($32,256 USD) no-limit hold’em high roller. A total of 39 players turned out, building a prizepool of nearly $1.2 million USD. Australian pro Jonathan Karamilikis emerged victorious, scoring $478,292 and 420 POY points for the win.

Joseph Cheong

Coming in fourth was none other than Joseph Cheong, who just last week finished third in the ACOP warm up as well. His two final tables in Macau have earned nearly $240,000 and a total of 810 POY points.

All told, Cheong has made seven final tables this year, with to-date earnings of $1,062,822. As a result of his consistent success throughout the year, Cheong has moved into fourth place in the overall POY standings with 3,590 points.

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James Carroll

Carroll had plenty of tough competition to deal with on the way to the title, including 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Randy Ohel, who finished fifth for $25,144. This was Ohel’s third final table of the year, and as a result he has moved into 121st place in the POY standings.

Other notables who made deep runs include Dan Alspach (6th – $20,238), Eric Froelich (11th – $9,199), and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (20th – $3,271).

Here is a look at the top twenty in the POY race:

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