See Condi, the bracelets matter to me. But what matters most is winning the Wicked Chops Player of the Year Award.
Time for our final 2011 Wicked Chops Award: Player of the Year.
How do we determine our POY? Same rules apply as last year:
…we were looking for a combo of things: overall results, overall impact (or potential impact) on the game, sponsorship appeal, and the amorphous “more.”
Yes, results do matter. But we’re looking for a little more than just BLUFF or Card Player‘s statistical take on the overall performer on the circuit.
In 2010, our POY came down to two players: Vanessa Selbst, and the man the myth the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim. Selbst won out, having captured two major events and representing a lot of what had been missing from successful poker players recently: personality, pursuit of respectable non-poker career paths, and a vagina.
This year, (with apologies to Eugene Katchalov) it comes down to two individuals as well. First, let’s start with second.
From a sheer financial perspective, nobody outperformed Erik Seidel in 2011. His first four months of the year were utterly insane, capturing over $5M in high roller events and at the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship. He cashed six times during the WSOP. He made two Epic final tables. His overall one-year financial haul many never be equaled by a non-Main Event winner.
However, Seidel fell just short of landing our award. And by just short, we mean by a hair. While his overall performance was unbelievable, most of the cashes came in smaller fields with only a few tables (or invite-only events). Seidel absolutely generated buzz with his performances, but it was nowhere near the levels of our Player of the Year during his impressive summer run.
And with that, for the first time in 2011, Phil Hellmuth will not finish second, as he’s our Player of the Year.
Here’s why…
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