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CardPlayer Player of the Year - How it Works

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  1. ikesallas ikesallas is offline

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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 6:42pm)

    Can someone explain to me, or point me to a website that does, how the CardPlayer player of the year point system works? Thanks in advance.
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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 6:44pm) in reply to ikesallas

    Must be over $300 buy in tourney.... $10,000+ tourney are the highest ranking... then multiply by the number of entrants in a basic fashion. The highest you can get for ONE WIN is 1,920 points.
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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 6:46pm) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    thanks. do you possibly know the exact formula? or a link to it?
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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 6:48pm) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    Please explain that MAX points to me. First out of 8800 with a 10K buy-in can only get you 1,920?

    You said you "multiply by the # of entrants in a basic fashion". 1920/8800= 0.218

    How did we arrive at 0.218 with a 10K buy-in?
     
  5. jhill3535 jhill3535 is offline

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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 6:59pm) in reply to ikesallas

    From CardPlayer.com

    <H1>2006 Scoring Criteria</H1>
    During the last three years, a few criteria changes were made to the Player of the Year system, and there are a few more this year. The criteria for 2006 follow, and the changes from last year are in boldface:

    Tournaments that count in the Player of the Year Standings will be listed in Card Player each issue. They include:

    Tournaments that have at least a $750,000 overall prize pool, 2005 land-based Player of the Year events, or tournaments in which the average prize pool per event is at least $250,000.For example, a one-event tournament (like Bellagio's Friday night tournament) will count if it has a prize pool of at least $250,000. Note: For a tournament to be grandfathered in for 2007, it must meet these new criteria.
    • <LI>Events with at least 60 players <LI>Open events - seniors, dealers, and ladies-only events do not count <LI>Main events - second-chance tournaments do not count <LI>Events with at least a $300 buy-in <LI>Invitational events with at least 60 players a prize pool of $500,000 <LI>International events with a prize pool of more than $1,500,000 will qualify </LI>
    There are three criteria when calculating points:
    1. <LI>Amount of the buy-in <LI>Number of entrants <LI>Place finished at the final table. For stud events, the final 8 will receive points. For all other game types, the final 9 will receive points. In events with at least a $10,000 buy-in, the top 27 receive points (top 24 for stud).
      Note: If there is a tie between two or more players, each receives the average number of points available. For example, if two players tie for ninth place, each receives half of the ninth-place points. Players receive points only if they are "in the money." If a tournament pays only five places, only the top five players get points. </LI>
    Total points are calculated by multiplying the point factors of the three criteria:

    Place finished: first place receives 120 points; second place, 100; third place, 80; fourth place, 60; fifth place, 50; sixth place, 40; seventh place, 30; eighth place, 20; ninth place, 10; In events with at least a $10,000 buy-in, the entire second table will receive 6 points and the entire third table will receive 3 points

    Buy-ins: $ 300-$999 = 1 point , $1,000-$2,499 = 2 points, $2,500-$9,999 = 3 points, and $10,000 and higher = 4 points. The buy-in in rebuy tournaments is calculated by dividing the total gross prize pool by the number of entrants.

    Number of entrants: 60-64 = .6 point, 65-74 = .7 point, 75-84 = .8 point, 85-94 = .9, 95-100 = 1 point. Every 10 additional number of entrants increases the number of points by 0.1. The number of entrants is rounded to the nearest 10. The maximum number of points is 4. Examples are: 57 players = 0 points, 72 players = .7 points, 132 players = 1.3 points, 135 players = 1.4 points, and 650 players = 4 points.

    Here is a hypothetical total point calculation example: You finished in eighth place in a $500 buy-in event that had 200 entrants. You receive 20 points for eighth place; the buy-in is $500, which is a 1-point event; and there are 200 entrants, which is good for 2 points. Thus, you receive 40 total points (20 x 1 x 2 = 40).
     
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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 7:19pm) in reply to jhill3535

    thank you. thank you. thank you
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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 8:15pm) in reply to ikesallas

    That was way too confusing above.. I think making it here in a simpler form is fine. 8800 players or 880 players, you can still only get 1920 points for the win.
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    Aug 8th, 2006 (8/8/2006 8:18pm) in reply to Dumb Walrus

    Yeah, they don't want the winner of the WSOPME winning the whole thing due to one tournament.
     
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