“From Florida to Amsterdam, and Australia to Las Vegas, every time a player sits down to play a World Poker Tour branded event, they’re going to be competing to become Player of the Year,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska in a press release. This means events on, say, the WPTDeepStacks tour will now be part of the POY calculus, not just the “big name” events on the Main Tour. The big change is that all WPT-sponsored events will now count toward the Player of the Year race. All changes are in effect right now, starting with the current WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open at the Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida.
The World Poker Tour announced on Friday that it has revamped its Player of the Year points system and prizes.
