The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious event in\nthe professional poker world, and Player of the Year is a coveted title. This\nyear\u2019s race has been an exciting one, and Daniel Negreanu has just thrust\nhimself into the Number 1 spot. If he manages to hold on, this could be the\nthird time that he wins POY \u2013 an incredible achievement in the world of poker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The World Series of Poker Europe is currently taking place,\nand Negreanu has had a great time so far. While he hasn\u2019t placed first in any\nof the events, he managed to snag sixth place in the \u20ac25,000 Mixed Games Championship \u2013 which is exactly where he\nneeded to land in order to push him to the top of the Player of the Year\nleaderboard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While his last bracelet win came in 2013, Daniel Negreanu\ncontinues to be one of the world\u2019s most successful poker players. He has six WSOP\nbracelets, and has cashed in 133 events. Recently, he has launched his own\nMasterclass series, helping other poker players learn the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He last won the WSOP Player of the Year title in 2013 \u2013 the year\nthat he managed to win the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the Asia Pacific\nWorld Series of Poker as well as the \u20ac25,600 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller at\nthe WSOPE. 2004 was the first time he won WSOP POY, when he won the $2,000 Limit\nHold\u2019em event for $169,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the WSOPE started earlier this month, the POY race has\nbeen very close. When the event started, Robert Campbell was in the lead, but\nlost it to Shaun Deeb for a couple of days. Eventually, he regained the position\nwhen he made it to the final table in the \u20ac25,500 Platinum High Roller No-Limit\nHold’em event. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Main Event is currently on, and winners of these types of tournaments tend to provide players with over 1000 points. So, anyone in the top 15 places on the POY list could end up with the final honour. The current Top 10 is: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Daniel Negreanu: 3,971.54 points
2. Robert Campbell: 3,857.97 points
3. Shaun Deeb: 3,710.64 points
4. Phillip Hui: 3,186.17 points
5. Daniel Zack: 3,126.13 points
6. Dash Dudley: 2,799.44 points
7. Chris Ferguson: 2,790.42 points
8. Phil Hellmuth: 2,742.43 points
9. Anthony Zinno: 2,718.15 points
10. Asi Moshe: 2,685.53 points <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Series of Poker is the most prestigious event in the professional poker world, and Player of the Year is a coveted title. This year\u2019s race has been an exciting one, and Daniel Negreanu has just thrust himself into the Number 1 spot. If he manages to hold on, this could be the third […]","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[144,406,593],"class_list":["post-9897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-player","tag-daniel-negreanu","tag-poker","tag-wsop"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n