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Jake Schwartz Leads WSOP POY Going into Main Event

Written by Jennifer Newell
Last updated on November 6th, 2021
Jennifer Newell

Most years, the Main Event of the World Series of Poker is the culmination of the series. It is the final – or one of the final – tournaments on the schedule with points that could affect the Player of the Year leaderboard. Of course, the WSOP Europe events can shake it up as well, but most players know where they stand as the Main Event brings the Las Vegas series to a close.

This year is, obviously, different in so many ways from years past. The 2021 WSOP Main Event is Event 67 out of 88 total events. Events with restricted fields like ones dedicated to casino employees, women, seniors, and tag teams are excluded. However, the 10 online events offered in October and November for players in Nevada and New Jersey do count. That puts the official total of qualifying events at 93.

Some of those tournaments that haven’t even started yet can have a significant impact on the POY race.

At this point, however, the only tournament running is the Main Event. It will not reach the money until next week. This is a rare time during the 2021 World Series, one that allows us to look at the POY leaderboard without daily fluctuations.

Current POY Standings

It is a fairly tight race. Not only are the top 10 players fairly close to each other, there are others in the top 25 with a lot of momentum and potential.

Ranking Name Points Results
1 Jake Schwartz 2711.43 13 cashes, 5 final tables, 0 wins
2 Josh Arieh 2687.38 6 cashes, 3 final tables, 2 wins
3 Kevin Gerhart 2643.28 7 cashes, 3 final tables, 2 wins
4 Anthony Zinno 2627.88 8 cashes, 2 final tables, 2 wins
5 Phil Hellmuth 2598.59 6 cashes, 5 final tables, 1 win
6 Shaun Deeb 2518.89 13 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
7 Ben Yu 2441.55 11 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
8 Ari Engel 2379.41 11 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
9 Daniel Negreanu 2291.85 14 cashes, 2 final tables, 0 wins
10 Tommy Le 2194.53 4 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
11 Daniel Zack 2181.56 15 cashes, 2 final tables, 0 wins
12 Ryan Leng 2110.05 7 cashes, 3 final tables, 1 win
13 Jeremy Ausmus 2080.80 8 cashes, 2 final tables 1 win
14 Dylan Linde 2053.09 9 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
15 Cole Ferraro 2032.64 5 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
16 Pete Chen 1826.68 8 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
17 Georgios Sotiropoulos 1758.58 6 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
18 Anatolii Zyrin 1737.75 3 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
19 Daniel Lazrus 1721.70 4 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
20 Scott Ball 1720.06 8 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
21 Maxx Coleman 1719.72 11 cashes,  2 final tables, 0 wins
22 Joao Vieira 1672.52 8 cashes, 3 final tables, 0 wins
23 Jason Koon 1666.20 3 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
24 John Racener 1621.63 10 cashes, 2 final tables, 0 wins
25 Brian Yoon 1610.22 6 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win

 

Another day, another big change in the #WSOP POY race! @golferjosh won his 4th bracelet (2nd of the 2021 series) and jumped into the 2nd place spot. @Jake11291 still holds the top spot while @KevinGerhart slips into 3rd.

Top 10 list found in the thread! pic.twitter.com/qKDrVz4V0b

— PokerNews (@PokerNews) November 6, 2021

Current NL VELO Standings

This is a new leaderboard this year, and it bears the name of one of the WSOP’s primary sponsors this year – Velo. This listing tracks only No Limit Hold’em bracelet events, both live at the Rio and online for Nevada and New Jersey players in October and November.

There are some crossovers from the Player of the Year to this NL leaderboard, but not all of them make both lists.

Ranking Name Points Results
1 Cole Ferraro 2032.64 5 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
2 Pete Chen 1826.68 8 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
3 Daniel Lazrus 1721.70 4 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
4 Jason Koon 1666.20 3 cashes, 2 final tables, 1 win
5 Ben Yu 1642.10 6 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
6 Scott Ball 1624.61 7 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win
7 Ran Ilani 1599.14 11 cashes, 1 final table, 0 wins
8 Ren Lin 1586.60 9 cashes, 1 final table, 0 wins
9 Georgios Sotiropoulos 1559.82 5 cashes, 1 final table 1 win
10 Carlos Chang 1531.85 4 cashes, 1 final table, 1 win


Other Interesting Stats

These contests are worth more than recognition, as each leaderboard offers $25K in cash prizes. The winner of the POY and NL Velo leaderboards will each win $15K, with second place winning $7,500 and third place taking home $2,500.

At this point in the 2021 WSOP, three players have each won two bracelets during this series: Anthony Zinno, Kevin Gerhart, and Josh Arieh.

As for the most cashes, Daniel Zack tops the list with 15 thus far, though Daniel Negreanu and Roland Israelashvili each show 14 cashes. Shaun Deeb and Jake Schwartz each have 13, and Ben Yu has 12.

Tournament earnings so far in this series track bracelet events only. Shaun Deeb tops that list with $1,341,353 on the books. Michael Addamo of Australia followed with $1,132,968, and Daniel Lazrus is next with $1,023,837.

Ladies Championship winner Lara Eisenberg is – so far – the only woman to win a bracelet this year. She tops the earnings list, too, with $118,094. However, JJ Liu registers the most cashes with ten so far, followed in a distance by Kindah Sakkal with 6.

Obviously, considering travel restrictions and general pandemic insanity, the United States is leading all of the WSOP categories:

USA = 56 bracelets

Taiwan = 2 bracelets

Canada = 2 bracelets

France = 2 bracelets

Israel = 2 bracelets

The US shows more than $85M in earnings. Canada is second in that category with $3.3M, followed by France with $2.9M and Israel with $2.4M. The UK shows $1.9M, Russia with $1.5M, and Australia with $1.3M. Those are the only countries weighing in with more than $1M.

By cashes, the USA is also far ahead with 11,668. Canada is second there as well with 528, followed in the distance by France with 225 and Israel with 204.

 

 

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