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Card Player Player of the Year Update
The Card Player Player of the Year Race is brought to you by Bodog
1: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000
2: Tyler Reiman — 2,500
3: Mike McDonald — 2,240
4: Barry Shulman — 2,000
5: Jake Cody — 1,920
5: Tyron Krost — 1,920 (pictured left)
7: Teodor Caraba — 1,600
7: Frederik Jensen — 1,600
9: Dwyte Pilgrim — 1,560
10: Benjamin Zamani — 1,500
This Week in Poker
Aussie Millions Main Event Adds Two New Players to the Top 10
Tyron Krost has jumped into a tie for fifth place with Jake Cody in the Card Player Player of the Year standings thanks to his big win in Australia. Krost topped a field of 745 other players to take home $1,784,525 and 1,920 points in the Aussie Millions $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. Frederik Jensen was the runner-up in the event, and he took home a handsome consolation prize worth $981,489 along with 1,600 points, which puts him in a tie for seventh place with Teodor Caraba. One other player was awarded a four-digit POY prize in the event and that was third-place finisher Sorel Mizzi. The young poker professional took home $638,004 and 1,280 points, which puts him in 15th place.
Headlines:
Tyron Krost Wins the Aussie Millions Main Event
Aussie Millions: Erik Seidel Wins the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Event
Borgata Winter Open Main Event Draws 766 Players
L.A. Poker Classic Preliminary Update
Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza Begins
Looking Ahead
L.A. Poker Classic
WSOP Circuit — Harrah’s Tunica
PokerStars ANZPT Adelaide
Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza I
Euro Finals of Poker
Mega Stack Challenge
PokerStars UKIPT Manchester
Oklahoma State Championship of Poker
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