This Week in Poker -- May 1 – 7

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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: Thomas Marchese — 3,902
2: Sorel Mizzi — 3,542 (pictured right)
3: Dwyte Pilgrim — 3,116
4: Harrison Gimbel — 3,000
5: Sam Stein — 2,826
6: Allan Baekke — 2,760
7: Tyler Reiman — 2,640
8: Mike Beasley — 2,560
9: Liv Boeree — 2,438
10: Andras Koroknai — 2,400
10: Nicolas Chouity — 2,400

This Week in Poker

EPT Grand Final High Roller Event Leads to a lot of Leader Board Movement

The biggest ramifications in the POY race this week took place on May 1 at the EPT Grand Final €25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event. Both the current POY runner-up Sorel Mizzi and leader Thomas Marchese made the final table in Monte Carlo from a field of 113 players. Mizzi busted in sixth place and took home 264 points along with $190,905 to increase his 2010 total to 3,542. Marchese finished a few spots higher in fourth place, and he took home $350,125 and 396 points to increase his lead to a total of 3,902 points. So while Marchese distanced himself from Mizzi, they both ran ahead of the field by hundreds of points.

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PokerStars EPT Grand Final – Tobias Reinkemeier Wins High Roller Event
California State Poker Championship Begins

Looking Ahead

WPT Grand Prix de Paris

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PokerStars APPT Macau

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WSOP Circuit – Bayou Poker Challenge

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California State Championship

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Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge

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