We’re down to the last 6 weeks of 2023 and the 2 Player of the Year races in competition poker want to have actually boiled down to 2 males. Both males have actually been amongst the Top Five for the majority of the year if not the Top Two, so it isn’t a surprise that they are contending for the crown. What will be of interest is to see if anybody amongst the Top Ten can make a charge, specifically with some significant occasions on the horizon, and knock off our leading 2 entertainers to make a late-year take of the crown.

Bin Weng Leads ‘Nacho’ Barbero on CardPlayer POY

In the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year race, Bin Weng has actually continued to hold down the leading slot on the leaderboard. For the majority of gamers, cashing 47 times in a year would be unprecedented, however Weng has actually ravaged the competition poker world over the last twelve months. Because mix of money, Weng has actually removed a World Poker Tour title, won the WPT’s EveryOne for One Drop, and made the last table of another WPT competition. All those efforts have actually put Weng as the only gamer over 10,000 points on the CardPlayer leaderboard (10,180, to be precise), which would have squashed previous POY champs (safeguarding champ Stephen Chidwick, for instance, scored 6499 points on his method to winning in 2022).

With that stated, Weng does not have a lock on the CardPlayer title.

Behind Weng has actually been a consistent bane, Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero. Barbero does not have the resume that Weng has, however he’s succeeded for himself with his 37 money through 2023. 2 runner-up surfaces in the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series– one in August in London, one in October in Monte Carlo– have actually reserved Barbero over $5.6 million alone. He’s within shooting range of Weng as we pertain to the close of 2023, holding 9492 points and just a competition win far from passing Weng.

The other males in the Top Five are nipping at Barbero’s heels. Isaac Haxton (9467 ), Chris Brewer (9305 ), and Chidwick (8775) are competitors for the POY crown. They may require a bit more than simply one win to take control of the POY lead, nevertheless, as would anybody else who remains in the Top Ten rankings.

With just 6 weeks staying in the 2023 competition poker season, here’s how the CardPlayer Magazine Player of the Year race measure:1. Bin Weng, 10,180 points
2. Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero, 9492
3. Isaac Haxton, 9467
4. Chris Brewer, 9305
5. Stephen Chidwick, 8775
6. Ren Lin, 8685
7. Danny Tang, 8108
8. Alex Foxen, 6973
9. Jason Koon, 6620
10. Jeremy Ausmus, 6112

Weng, Barbero Battle for GPI POY

The tune stays the very same on the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race because the leading 3 guys are all the very same. The distinction is that, since of the manner in which the GPI calculates the points for their race, they are much better together and a money of any type may be adequate to move somebody up– or down– the leaderboard. It’s still much better to be the Lead Dog, nevertheless, and Weng is that here likewise.

Weng has actually put together 4485.16 indicate this mark in 2023, however he’s starting to lack low-hanging fruit to rub out. With just thirteen efficiencies counting towards the GPI POY, you need to take a look at the “low end” of Weng’s efficiencies. A money that Weng made at The Lodge’s High Roller occasion in Round Rock, TX, back in May (152.3 points) and a surface at the Potomac Poker Open Main Event in August (163.74 points) are the 2 low marks, which may be difficult to beat for Weng unless it is a huge rating.

Remarkably, it may be Barbero who remains in a harder area here than Weng. Of Barbero’s thirteen surfaces, all are in between 210.22 and 556.72 points. That’s a big variety of indicate need to leading, specifically with the variety of competitions, their size, and their gamer numbers being significant elements of the GPI calculations.

Haxton deals with a circumstance rather comparable to Barbero. Haxton’s variety goes in between 232.15 and 583.57 points, implying that Haxton would need to win among the significant occasions left on the schedule to even inch his points amount to up. Therein lies the issue for Haxton– there aren’t that numerous occasions left that would provide him that numerous points.

As the calendar states there are 6 weeks to the end of 2023, here’s the Top Ten on the Global Poker Index Player of the Year standings:1. Bin Weng, 4485.16 points
2. Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero, 4387.82
3. Isaac Haxton, 4168.62
4. Danny Tang, 4047.65
5. Chris Brewer, 4013.23
6. Ren Lin, 3978.52
7. Stephen Chidwick, 3904.93
8. Jesse Lonis, 3695.39
9. Jason Koon, 3673.79
10. Daniel Dvoress, 3571.33

Some beast occasions are being available in the next 6 weeks that may impact both races. Naturally, there’s the WPT World Championship at the Wynn in December, with its $40 million ensured Main Event, which makes sure to draw a crowd of gamers. There is likewise the World Series of Poker attempting to sculpt into that video game with their trek to The Bahamas for the WSOP Paradise. For the Europeans who do not wish to need to get on an airplane for their poker repair, the European Poker Tour’s extremely popular drop in Prague’s Hilton Hotel must be simply the response. Furthermore (despite the fact that it may not get approved for the POY races) the PokerGO Tour has a slate of competitions, finishing up with their PGT Championship at the end of the year (restricted field size may disqualify it). It’s going to be an enjoyable fight as poker’s most popular gamers attempt to exercise who will stroll off with the significant Player of the Year races for 2023.

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