Player of the Year & the $5k w/rebuys Lowball Event

The WSOP player of the year came down to an exciting end during event 54 last week. The battle was between Tom Schneider, and Jeffery Lisandro. The situation was simple. For Lisandro to win, he needed to cash (top 7) with Schneider not to. It became very exciting once Schneider was eliminated. Lisandro was in the top 5 at that point, but was unable to hold onto his chips, and didn't cash.

This left the current POY standings as they were, and Tom Schneider was the victor.

WSOP POY standings as follows:

                                              Points     Prize Money

Tom Schneider                   255          $416,829
Jeffrey Lisandro                 225          $462,149
Robert Mizrachi                 210          $861,138
Scotty Nguyen                    180          $201,573
Phil Hellmuth                      170          $743,564
Scott Clements                    167          $327,904
Chris Bjorin                          165          $305,415
Rene Mouritsen                  160          $612,874
Alexander Kravchenko      155          $268,184
William Durkee                   155          $619,201


On another note, Erik Seidel won the event, his 8th WSOP Bracelet, and $538,835 in prize money. Well done!

Final results as follows:

1. Erik Seidel $538,835
2. Chad Brown $324,777
3. Shahram (Shawn) Sheikhan $206,676
4. Lamar Wilkinson $162,389
5. Andrew Black $118,101
6. Kassam (Freddy) Deeb $73,813
7. Todd Brunson $51,669