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Card Player Player of the Year Update

Final 2009 POY Standings

1: Eric Baldwin (pictured right)

Points: 6,994
Cashes: 17
POY Money Won: $1,494,494
Final Tables: 17
Tournament Wins: 4
Average Money Won per POY Cash: $87,911

2: Cornel Cimpan
2009 POY Place: 2
Points: 5,934
Cashes: 6
POY Money Won: $2,807,781
Final Tables: 5
Tournament Wins: 3
Average Money Won Per POY Cash: $467,964

3: Yevgeniy Timoshenko (pictured right)

Points: 5,509
Cashes: 5
POY Money Won: $3,948,098
Final Tables: 3
Tournament Wins: 2
Average Money Won Per POY Cash: $789,620

4: Vitaly Lunkin

Points: 4,473
Cashes: 6
POY Money Won: $3,151,602
Final Tables: 5
Tournament Wins: 2
Average Money Won Per POY Cash: $525,267

5: Soheil Shamseddin

Points: 4,283
Cashes: 10
POY Money Won: $939,039
Final Tables: 9
Tournament Wins: 2
Average Money won per POY Cash: $93,904

6: Daniel Alaei

Points: 4,142
Cashes: 4
POY Money Won: $2,059,913
Final Tables: 4
Tournament Wins: 2
Average Money won per POY Cash: $514,978

7: Jason Mercier (pictured right)

Points: 4,130
Cashes: 11
POY Money Won: $1,245,876
Final Tables: 9
Tournament Wins: 5
Average Money won per POY Cash: $113,261

8: Faraz Jaka

Points: 3,950
Cashes: 3
POY Money Won: $1,746,770
Final Tables: 3
Tournament Wins: 0
Average Money won per POY Cash: $582,257

9: Brock Parker

POY Points: 3,838
2009 POY Cashes: 4
POY Money Won: $854,107
Final Tables: 4
Tournament Wins: 2

10: Joseph Cada

POY Points: 3,600
2009 POY Cashes: 1
POY Money Won: $8,546,435
Final Tables: 1
Tournament Wins: 1
Average Money Won Per POY Cash: $8,546,435

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