2015 Card Player Player of the Year Update -- Blake Bohn Wins In IowaA Look At The Biggest Poker Tournament Results Of The Week |
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The World Series of Poker wrapped up for the summer a few weeks ago now, and although there has been a bit of a lull, things are starting to heat up again in the 2015 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here’s a look the tournaments that most impacted the standings over the last week:
2015 Iowa State Poker Championship MSPT Main Event
A total of 410 entries were made in the $1,100 buy-in 2015 Mid-States Poker Tour Meskwaki Casino main event, the centerpiece of the Iowa State Poker Championship. As a result the event grew a total prize pool of $396,200.
In the end Blake Bohn emerged victorious, capturing his second career MSPT title and the $101,229 first-place prize just weeks after finishing 23rd in the World Series of Poker main event for $262,574.
Bohn was also awarded 720 Player of the Year points for the win. This was his third final table showing of 2015, and as a result he climbed to 168th place in the overall POY standings with 1,064 total points and year-to-date earnings of $395,758.
With latest score Bohn increased his lifetime live tournament earnings to more than $2.2 million.
Florida State Poker Championship
The 2015 Florida State Poker Championship $1,500 buy-in main event drew 550 players to build a sizable $742,500 prize pool. In the end Joseph Couden walked away the champion, taking home $154,762 and 840 POY points for the win.
Finishing third in that event was Hunter Cichy, who took home $104,500 and 560 points. This was Cichy’s fourth final table finish of the year, including his runner-up showing in the inaugural $1,000 buy-in WSOP online bracelet event for $116,066 and 760 points.
He also finished sixth in the 2015 WPT500 Aria event, navigating his way through a field of 5,113 entries in the $565 buy-in event to score $60,000 and 220 points.
As a result of his latest deep run he climbed to 53rd place in the POY rankings with 1,730 points and $306,666 in earnings so far in 2015.
Here is a look at the current top 20 in the POY standings:
| Rank | Player | POY Points | Earnings |
| 1 | Anthony Zinno | 6,488 | $3,418,327 |
| 2 | Joe Kuether | 3,778 | $1,490,557 |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | 3,580 | $2,018,058 |
| 4 | Jason Mercier | 3,520 | $1,369,206 |
| 5 | Taylor Paur | 3,144 | $1,446,344 |
| 6 | Ivan Luca | 3,117 | $1,172,535 |
| 7 | Nick Petrangelo | 3,104 | $1,332,571 |
| 8 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | 3,030 | $991,139 |
| 9 | Dominik Nitsche | 2,840 | $905,223 |
| 10 | Benjamin Zamani | 2,801 | $785,647 |
| 11 | Justin Liberto | 2,608 | $876,582 |
| 12 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | 2,598 | $2,568,415 |
| 13 | Paul Volpe | 2,521 | $839,834 |
| 14 | Keven Stammen | 2,516 | $659,643 |
| 15 | Dan Smith | 2,508 | $1,011,332 |
| 16 | Javier Zarco | 2,460 | $989,239 |
| 17 | Scott Seiver | 2,450 | $7,528,868 |
| 18 | Connor Drinan | 2,436 | $4,408,385 |
| 18 | Mike Gorodinsky | 2,436 | $1,684,470 |
| 20 | Steve O’Dwyer | 2,416 | $2,711,783 |
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