The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update for 4-20-14
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as we've mentioned before it was a heated affair between current leader Ole Schemion and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst. However, that race may over as Schemion took down the the EPT10 Sanremo €10,000 High Roller earlier today. Once that win is reflected on the leaderboard, the 21-year-old German may be too far out in front for anyone to catch, but who knows what will happen in Monte Carlo.
As you know players have been accumulating points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop have been eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Since yesterday, the only changes were than both Schemion and Vanessa Selbst added to their totals, while Stephen Chidwick cracked the top ten and pushed Jose Carlos Garcia out of it.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 916.25 pts |
| 2 | Vanessa Selbst | 803.87 pts |
| 3 | Thomas Muhloecker | 748.82 pts |
| 4 | Alex Bilokur | 664.48 pts |
| 5 | Dominik Panka | 608.60 pts |
| 6 | Adrian Mateos Diaz | 605.16 pts |
| 7 | Jeff Rossiter | 590.27 pts |
| 8 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | 577.93 pts |
| 9 | Olivier Busquet | 565.26 pts |
| 10 | Stephen Chidwick | 560.85 pts |
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
. Westmorland made it 385,000 with 
in the small blind. The big blind folded, Benelli made the call.
on the flop and Westmorland made a 325,000 bet. Benelli called and the turn was the 
. Both players now played the same hand (sixes, nine, queen and the ace) so it was a split pot would it come to show down like that.
and Vicky Coren Mitchell called in the big blind with 
. Coren Mitchell checked and Westmorland continued for 150,000. Coren Mitchell called.
and Coren Mitchell check called a bet of 150,000.
and again Coren Mitchell checked. When Westmorland bet 275,000 Coren Mitchell folded.
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and Team PokerStars Pro Vicky Coren Mitchell flatted from the small blind with 
. The 
flop saw Coren check-call a bet of 165,000, and then both players checked the 
turn. When the 
peeled off on the river, Coren Mitchell led out for 300,000 and Benelli called with his rivered two pair.
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appeared on the turn, Benelli shut down with a check and then folded when Fundaro moved all in.
. Andrea Benelli in the big blind moved all in with 
for 970,000. It was about 20% of Fundaro’s stack to call, another 775,000.
and Fundaro spiked his queen on the flop to shoot ahead and eliminate Benelli.
and Westmorland made it 325,000. Coren Mitchell didn't need much time to announce allin for 1,965,000 total. Westmorland was just as quick with his action as he folded before Coren Mitchell actually had her chips in the middle.
and the seconds were ticking down towards the break.