But the main reason for the prevalence of high-roller. The player of the year race favors these players because the formula is partly (though not linearly) weighted by buy-in. Zack tops a list of players that are primarily high roller regulars. Zack’s PoY win not only gets him a trophy and a banner at the next WSOP (though hopefully not in a back corridor to the toilets as happened to hugely unpopular 2017 winner Chris “Jesus” Ferguson’s) but also a 2023 Main Event seat worth $10k. The 2022 World Series of Poker Player of the year is Dan Zack. WSOP Player of the Year 2022 Top 10 standings
In third spot currently is last year’s WSOP Main Event champ, Koray Aldemir, on 3275.02 points, while serial contender Shaun Deeb is in 4th spot and David Peters in 5th. Zack ensured a 23-year WSOP streak of a player winning at least two WSOP golds at the same series continued when he took down the $10k Omaha Hi/Lo Championship event, followed by the $10k Stud Hi/Lo bracelet, those two victories worth $775,000.Īdding two further final tables and 14 more cashes over the summer series doubled that amount, and brought Zack 4530.64 points in the leaderboard race, which at one early point in the series saw GGPoker cheat Jake Schindler in the lead.Īlthough there are a few events still to conclude, nobody in the chasing pack can catch Zack, with Daniel Weinman – who also notched up two bracelets wins this year – his closest contender on 4040.20.
