by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Jan 07, '26

Jesse Lonis is the Card Player Player of the Year! Discover how the 30-year-old pro surged to the top of the game in 2025.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 06, '26

Here is a closer look at the best of the best from the 2025 Card Player POY race, with in-depth info on the 5th-2nd place finishers.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jan 05, '26

With 2026 underway, Card Player looks back at the top ten from the final 2025 Player of the Year race standings.

by Erik Fast | Published: Dec 26, '25

The 2025 MSPT Player of the Year race came down to the wire, with Jacob Long barely edging out back-to-back winner Umut Ozturk in the end.

by Erik Fast | Published: Jul 21, '25

39-year-old poker pro wins 2025 points race, becomes second to ever win the WSOP Player of the Year twice.

by Card Player News Team | Published: Feb 18, '26

The PokerGO Tour Last Chance series was aptly named. The festival not only gave several players a final shot at qualifying for the season-ending PGT $1,000,000 Championship, it also resulted in a buzzer beater in the PGT points race that locked up the tour’s Player of the Year award for Alex Foxen. The New York […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Feb 04, '26

It’s been a steady, but meteoric climb to the top for Jesse Lonis, who has risen from a mid-stakes tournament grinder to high roller crusher in less than five years. Lonis first popped up on the radar in the 2021 Card Player Player of the Year race, ending the year in 43rd place. He improved […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Aug 20, '25

It came down to the wire, but Shaun Deeb accomplished his mission this summer as the winner of the 2025 World Series of Poker Player of the Year race. This is the second POY triumph for Deeb, joining Daniel Negreanu (2004, 2013) as the only multi-winner of the award. Deeb has been a perennial contender […]

by Erik Fast | Published: Feb 04, '26

New year, new race. The points have officially been tallied for the final 2025 Card Player Player of the Year standings presented by CoinPoker, and it was another massive year on the live circuit. The top 10 finishers alone collectively accumulated more than $84 million in POY earnings. As the 2026 campaign gets underway, we […]

by Tim Fiorvanti | Published: Mar 18, '26

Yuri Dzivielevski completed one of the most incredible streaks in mixed game tournament history with a victory in the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Mixed Games. The 34-year-old secured the $1.3 million first-place prize to cap off a stretch in which, in rapid succession, he won a $15,000 event and finished second twice on […]