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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: Thomas Marchese — 2,880
3: Tyler Reiman — 2,500
4: Sam Stein — 2,480
5: Dwyte Pilgrim — 2,448
6: Andras Koroknai — 2,400 (pictured right)
7: Mike McDonald
8: Barry Shulman — 2,000
8: Raymond Dolan — 2,000
10: Jake Cody — 1,920
10: Tyron Krost — 1,920
10: Anton Wigg — 1,920
This Week in Poker
The World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic Adds Andras Koroknai and Raymond Dolan to the Top 10
The World Poker Tour L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 no-limit hold’em main event ended on Thursday and thanks to the massive field of 745 players there was a lot of money and Card Player Player of the year points up for grabs. The champion was Hungarian Andras Koroknai, who took home the first-place prize of $1,788,001. He also took home 2,400 points and jumped up to sixth place in the standings for the victory. The runner-up at Commerce Casino was Raymond Dolan. He was awarded $1,002,710 and 2,000 points to move into eighth place on the leader board. The tournament turnout produced so many POY points that even the third-place finisher is now close to cracking the top 10. Tri Huynh was awarded 1,600 points and he took home $665,136 in prize money. He is currently tied for 14th place.
Headlines:
WPT –- Andras Koroknai Wins L.A. Poker Classic Championship Event
PokerStars EPT Berlin — Day 3 Recap
WPT — LeRon Washington Wins Celebrity Invitational
Latin American Poker Tour — Chile Event Canceled
L.A. Poker Classic — Scott Seiver Wins High Roller Championship
Looking Ahead
WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star
WSOP Circuit Event – Caesars Atlantic City
Wynn Classic
Winnin’ O the Green
Macau Poker Cup
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