{"id":30329,"date":"2022-01-12T05:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T11:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=30329"},"modified":"2022-01-12T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T15:43:47","slug":"wsop-poy-points-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wsop-poy-points-system\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does The WSOP Player Of The Year Points System Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The World Series\nof Poker is best known for its bracelets since winning one of these golden\ntrinkets is a dream of many poker players, amateurs and professionals alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, there\nis another competition for the top pros every year at the WSOP that the general\npopulation doesn\u2019t know too much about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, I\u2019m\ntalking about the Player of the Year race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019ve been a\nWorld Series fan, you probably know about the POY race, as it\u2019s often mentioned\nduring tournament broadcasts and players themselves frequently reference it in\ntheir tweets, blog posts and vlogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Player of\nthe Year race is supposed to determine the best or the most successful player\nof the entire series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every tournament\non the WSOP schedule is a part of the race, and players can earn points for the\nPOY leaderboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end, the\nplayer with the highest number of points wins the prestigious title, alongside\nthe cash prize, which was $15,000 for the 2021 series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That honor went\nto Josh Arieh, but it was a really close race all the way to the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years,\nthere has been a lot of discussion on how the POY system could be improved,\nwith some prominent figures from the poker world frequently pointing out both\nflaws and advantages of the current setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article,\nI\u2019ll explain everything you need to know about the WSOP Player of the Year\npoints system as it is now and will also look back at some of the criticism it\nhas received over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

WSOP Player of the Year Leaderboard \u2013 The Basics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the simplest\nof terms, the WSOP Player of the Year race should produce the best, most\nsuccessful player of that year\u2019s series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To achieve this, the organizers<\/a> have put a certain points system in place. It has its flaws but with so many moving parts, it\u2019s hard to come up with a perfect solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact, after\nsome heavy criticism during previous years, WSOP decided to change things\naround for the 2018 series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They implemented\nbig changes to the old scoring system and replaced it with a fairly successful\none they\u2019ve been using for the WSOP Circuit for several years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The biggest\nchange saw a significant increase in points awarded for bracelet winners while\nreducing the number of points for min cashes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While WSOP still\nwanted to reward consistency, the overall feeling was that the discrepancy\nbetween making money and winning an event wasn\u2019t big enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, new\nrules created new problems and led to new criticism, but more on that a bit\nlater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, let’s dig\ninto the actual ranking system to see how it works. If you were following the\n2021 series and weren\u2019t sure where the movements on the POY leaderboard were\ncoming from and why players were awarded a certain number of points, this\nexplanation should help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WSOP POY Points Formula<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

One interesting\nthing about the whole Player of the Year race is that the WSOP doesn\u2019t actually\nhave a spreadsheet for players to refer to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, every\nevent has its own calculator, which can tell you an approximate number of\npoints you can expect for different finishing positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the\norganizers explain, the formula is loosely based on the WSOP Circuit POY system\nand scaled appropriately to accommodate for much larger fields in the World Series\ntournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For WSOPC\nevents, points are awarded as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n