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Card Player Player of the Year Update
1: Eric Baldwin — 6,202
2: Anonymous — 5,934
3: Yevgeniy Timoshenko — 5,509
4: Vitaly Lunkin — 4,473
5: Jason Mercier — 4,104 (pictured right)
6: Soheil Shamseddin — 4,085
7: Brock Parker — 3,772
8: Joseph Cada — 3,600
9: Mike Leah — 3,497
10: Angel Guillen — 3,492
This Week in Poker
Jason Mercier Makes Some Moves
Jason Mercier was busy this past week in preliminary events at the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic and he jumped from seventh to fifth place on the Card Player Player of the Year leader board in the process. He made the final table of a $1,000 no-limit hold’em with rebuys event to gain 78 points and move ahead of Brock Parker on Sunday. On Wednesday, he won his fifth poker tournament of the year, a $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. He was awarded $100,280 in prize money and 288 points, and surpassed Soheil Shamseddin with the win. Mercier now holds 4,130 points total.
Headlines:
Asia Pacific Poker Tour — Aaron Benton Wins in Sydney
European Poker Tour — Jan Skampa Wins Prague Main Event
Looking Ahead
Five-Diamond World Poker Classic
WSOP Circuit – Harrah’s Atlantic City
Winter Bayou Poker Challenge
Foxwoods Mega Stack Challenge
