Online Poker -- OPOY Update, Feb. 20, 2009

Another week has come and gone, and once again the Full Tilt Online Poker Series XI (FTOPS) has caused a shakeup this week in the top 10 of the Online Player of the Year race.

You can click on the links to read about this week's Sunday Majors and the $1K Roundup.

Steve "gboro780" Gross took a huge lead in the rankings last week when he took down FTOPS event No. 10 for just over $275,000. Since then, he managed another final table in the two-day, $5,000 event for another $45,000 and 100 points. His lead is not what it once was, but he's still comfortably ahead of the pack by 344 points.

The biggest jump this week belongs to second-place resident Adam "csimmsux" Geyer (pictured at right), who won the FTOPS main event last Sunday for $456,000. This was Geyer's third FTOPS victory and allowed him to surpass Halfrek on the all-time FTOPS money list. Geyer has two other final tables this year, both in $100 rebuy tournaments.

Dropping one spot to No. 3 this week was Scott "stpauli111" Hall, who failed to pick up any qualifying points. He is still just 54 points behind Geyer, however.

Another newcomer to the top 10 and in fourth place is Chris "Moorman1" Moorman, who started off last weekend with a final table appearance in event No. 23 and then won a $100 rebuy to move up a few more spots. Moorman has 10 final tables on the year and a win in the $65,000 guarantee.

Moving back into the top 10 this week is Dan "Wretchy" Martin (pictured at left), who took second in Full Tilt's $200,000 guarantee with rebuys. The $53,000 he pocketed went along with 600 OPOY points. Martin only has five final tables on the year, but all have been high-profile events with large enough prize pools to accumulate 2,196 points on the year.

Chris "Universe112" Leveroni dropped three spots to No. 6 thanks to a quiet week. Leveroni did final table the Nightly Hundred Grand for 100 points, but it wasn't enough to keep him in the top five.

Shawn "jordankickz" Busse is new to the top 10 after chopping the Absolute Poker $150,000 guarantee. This was Busse's second win in that tournament, and he also took second in event No. 17 of the FTOPS for $164,000.

The four remaining players in the top 10, Steven "Zugwat" Silverman, Mike "SowersUNC" Sowers, BigDennys, and Aditya "Intervention" Agarwal are all in a four-way tie for eighth place with 2,040 points.

Here is a look at the full leader board:
 

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