Card Player Releases POY Scoring Criteria for 2008

Card Player magazine revised portions of its Player of the Year scoring criteria for 2008. The new rules give players who go deep in several marquee international events POY points and also outline changes to heads-up and short-handed events.

The complete scoring criteria follows, but the changes new to 2008 are:

• The championship events of the following international tourneys all count toward POY standings: European Poker Tour, Asian Pacific Poker Tour, Aussie Millions, and World Series of Poker Europe.
• At least the final six players in sixhanded events will receive points. In events that have buy-ins of $10,000 or more, the top 18 will receive points.
• Players in heads-up events will now receive points. For events with a cap of 64 entrants, the top four will receive points. For 65-128 entrants, the top eight will receive points; for 129-plus entrants, the top 16 will receive points (point values are listed below).

The full set of rules follows:

2008 Scoring Criteria

Tournaments that count in the Player of the Year standings will be listed in Card Player magazine each issue. Events must meet all criteria to qualify.

• Events in a tournament series with at least $750,000 in the overall prize pool or single events with at least $250,000 in the prize pool
• Events with at least 60 players
• Events with at least a $300 buy-in
• 2007 brick-and-mortar (land-based) casino Player of the Year events with at least a $300 buy-in and at least 60 players
• Invitational events must have at least $500,000 in the prize pool
• International events must have at least $1.5 million in the prize pool (The following international events will automatically qualify: EPT main events, APPT main events, Aussie Millions main events, and WSOPE main events)
• Online events with a prize pool of more than $5,000,000 (only players who release their real names -- with site verification -- will receive points)
• Second-chance events do not count

There are three criteria when calculating points:

1. Place finished

• For stud events, the final eight will receive points.
• For sixhanded events, the final six will receive points.
• For heads-up events with up to 64 entrants, the top four will receive points; for 65-128 players, the top eight will receive points; for 129-plus entrants, the top 16 will receive points
• For all other game types, the final nine will receive points.
• In events with at least a $10,000 buy-in, the top 27 receive points will normally receive points. The exceptions are for stud, wherein the top 24 receive points, and sixhanded events, wherein the top 18 receive points.

2. Amount of the buy-in
3. Number of entrants

Total points are calculated by multiplying the point factors of the three criteria. Here is a hypothetical total point calculation example: You finished in eighth place in a $500 buy-in event that had 200 entrants. You receive 20 points for eighth place; the buy-in is $500, which is a 1-point event; and there are 200 entrants, which is good for 2 points. Thus, you receive 40 total points (20 x 1 x 2 = 40).

The breakdown of the point-distribution is as follows:

Place finished: first place receives 120 points; second place, 100; third place, 80; fourth place, 60; fifth place, 50; sixth place, 40; seventh place, 30; eighth place, 20; ninth place, 10. In events with at least a $10,000 buy-in, the entire second table receives 6 points and the entire third table receives 3 points. In heads-up events with 64 entrants, first place receives 120 points; second place, 100; semi-finalists, 60 points. In heads-up events with 65-128 entrants, first place receives 120 points; second place, 100; semi-finalists, 60 points; quarter-finalists, 20 points. In heads-up events with 129-plus entrants, first place receives 120 points; second place, 100; semi-finalists, 60 points; quarter-finalists, 20 points; places nine through 16, 6 points.

Note: If there is a tie between two or more players, each receives the average number of points available. For example, if two players tie for ninth place, each receives half of the ninth-place points. Players receive points only if they are in the money. If a tournament pays only five places, only the top five players get points.

Buy-in: $300-$999 = 1 point, $1,000-$2,499 = 2 points, $2,500-$9,999 = 3 points, $10,000-$24,999 = 4 points, $25,000 or more = 5 points. The buy-in in re-buy tournaments is calculated by dividing the total gross prize pool by the number of entrants.

Number of entrants: 60-64 = 0.6 point, 65-74 = 0.7 point, 75-84 = 0.8 point, 85-94 = 0.9 point, 95-100 = 1 point. Every 10 additional number of entrants increases the number of points by 0.1 up to 3.9, with the number of entrants rounded to the nearest 10. 400-1,999 entrants = 4 points, 2,000-3,999 entrants = 5 points, 4,000-plus entrants = 6 points. The maximum number of points is 6. Examples are: 57 players = 0 points, 72 players = 0.7 points, 132 players = 1.3 points, 135 players = 1.4 points, 382 players = 3.8 points, 650 players = 4 points, 8,565 players = 6 points.

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