It’s the end of December, which means the various Player of the Year races will come to a close. One leaderboard that has already wrapped up is for the WPT DeepStacks Player of the Year. Longtime PocketFiver Tristan Cre8ive Wade (pictured) took it down with 712 points, 118 more than the second place player.

Wade opened the year by finishing 25th at the WPT DeepStacks Hollywood event in Florida before exiting in fifth place from the tournament series’ stop in Iowa. Then, he recorded top-25 finishes in Immokalee, San Diego, and Redding, adding to his Player of the Year score.

All told, he cashed in seven DeepStacks events, with finish positions of 25th, 15th, 5th, 11th, 12th, 23rd, and 37th. He played in 14 of 16 WPT DeepStacks events this season and, accordingly, cashed in half of them.

Wade is actually a WPT DeepStacks Ambassador and, as such, the sponsorship package that goes to the winner of the Player of the Year leaderboard will instead be awarded to Rex Clinkscales, who finished second.

Here’s how the top 10 of the WPT DeepStacks Player of the Year looked. The leaderboard is powered by the Global Poker Index:

Wade commented in a blog post about his win, “It was a great experience to travel and play for most of the season of the tour. I went to a lot of different places, met a bunch of great people, learned a ton, had a blast playing poker and representing the DeepStacks brand… Traveling the tour and getting to know the people who play our events has given me a lot of wisdom to help grow the poker circuit. I’m excited to put the new knowledge I’ve learned to good use.”

Wade told PocketFives on Saturday, “I feel great about winning Player of the Year for Season 2 of the WPT DeepStacks tour. I have worked diligently on my poker game over the years, from playing to studying to coaching others. It’s always nice to have success and your efforts recognized. Winning the POY has opened more doors for me. I plan on taking advantage of the opportunities that present themselves. Also, the support I’ve received is amazing. Thank you. I want to keep the momentum going.”

The Floridian has $1.4 million in career live winnings, according to the Hendon Mob, the largest of which was worth $292,000 and came in 2011 via a fourth place finish in a Six-Max event at the World Series of Poker. He won a WSOP Circuit ring in 2014 in West Palm Beach and won a WSOP bracelet in Cannes in a Shootout event in 2011. Wade’s bracelet was one of 23 won by PocketFivers that year.

Wade is #33 on the all-time live money list for Florida and #258 worldwide in the Global Poker Index.

PocketFives has tracked another $1.4 million in online winnings for Wade, the largest of which was worth $47,000 for final tabling the PokerStarsSunday 500 in 2010. He pocketed $46,000 one year prior after a third place finish in the Full Tilt $1K Monday. He has won the PokerStars Sunday $109 Rebuy multiple times.

Congrats to Wade on winning the WPT DeepStacks Player of the Year race!

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