Player of the Year Formula

Bluff Magazine has revised the Player of the Year formula for 2008. After soliciting feedback from many of the top poker professionals, the new formula is a complete change from what existed in the past years. The formula takes into consideration that there should be alternate scoring methodologies for shootouts, short-handed and heads-up tournaments.

Players will receive points if they play in any open tournament held by one of the following entities:

World Series of Poker, Las Vegas

World Series of Poker, Europe

World Series of Poker Circuit Events

World Poker Tour

Wynn Classic Tournaments

European Poker Tour

Asia Pacific Poker Tour

Aussie Millions

Monte Carlo Millions

* Bluff Media reserves the right to include additional tournaments of prestige.

2008 Player of the Year Scoring Formula: There are three pieces of information factored into the formula: 1. Finishing Position (Players must cash in order to receive points) 2. Amount of the Buy-in 3. Number of Entrants The points are calculated by multiplying the point factors from all three criteria.

Factoring Data Listed Below:

NUMBER OF PLAYERS
Min Players	Max Players	Multiplier
2	75	1
76	100	1.1
101	150	1.2
151	200	1.3
201	300	1.4
301	400	1.5
401	500	1.6
501	700	1.7
701	900	1.8
901	1100	1.9
1101	1300	2
1301	1600	2.1
1601	1900	2.2
1901	2200	2.3
2201	2500	2.4
2501	3000	2.5
3001	3500	2.6
3501	4000	2.7
4001	4500	2.8
4501	5000	2.9
5001	+	3

BUY-IN
Min	Max	Multiple
less than $1,000		0.25
$1,000	$1,100	1.0
$1,101	$1,600	1.1
$1,601	$2,200	1.2
$2,201	$2,750	1.25
$2,751	$3,300	1.3
$3,301	$5,500	1.5
$5,501	$6,500	1.6
$6,501	$7,500	1.7
$7,501	$8,500	1.85
$8,501	$9,500	2.0
$9,501	$10,500	2.25
$10,501	$13,000	2.35
$13,001	$16,000	2.5
$16,001	$21,000	2.6
$21,001	$26,000	2.7
$26,001	$40,000	2.8
$40,001	$49,999	2.9
$50,000	+	3.0

Hold'em & Omaha Tournaments
Finishing Pos	Points
1	100
2	70
3	50
4	44
5	38
6	33
7	28
8	24
9	20
remaining top 20%	15
next 30%	10
bottom 50%	5

Hold'em & Omaha Tournaments w/ 5,000 or greater players
Finishing Pos	Points
1	100
2	70
3	50
4	44
5	38
6	33
7	28
8	24
9	20
remaining top 5%	17.5
>5% - 10%	15.625
>10% - 15%	13.75
>15% - 20%	11.875
>20% - 50%	10
bottom 50%	5

Shootouts:
Finishing Pos	Points
1	100
2	70
3	50
4	44
5	38
6	33
7	28
8	24
9	20
remaining cashing players	7.5

Heads-Up Tournaments
Finishing Pos	Points
1	100
2	70
3,4	47
5-8	30.75
9-16	15.63
remaining cashing players	7.5

Short-Handed
Finishing Pos	Points
1	100
2	70
3	50
4	44
5	38
6	33
7-12	24
remaining top 20%	15
next 30%	10
bottom 50%	5

Stud Tournaments (including HORSE):
Finishing Pos	Points
1	100
2	70
3	50
4	44
5	38
6	33
7	28
8	24
remaining top 20%	15
next 30%	10
bottom 50%	5

Sample Tournament: 2007 World Series of Poker, Event 13 – Pot Limit Hold-em. $5,000 buy-in. 398 players.
1	Allen Cunningham	$487,287	225
2	Jeffrey Lisandro	$294,620	157.5
3	Humberto Brenes	$197,348	112.5
4	Jason Lester	$132,813	99
5	Joe Patrick	$99,142	85.5
6	Raymond (Travis) Rice	$78,565	74.25
7	Gavin Griffin	$58,924	63
8	Keith Lehr	$43,959	54
9	Alan Jaffray	$31,800	45
10	Chris Sandrock	$21,512	22.5
11	Joe Sebok	$21,512	22.5
12	Mike Hauptman	$21,512	22.5
13	Chris (Jesus) Ferguson	$19,641	22.5
14	Eric Lynch	$19,641	22.5
15	Gary Rabin	$19,641	22.5
16	Scott Fischman	$17,771	22.5
17	Dan Alspach	$17,771	22.5
18	Jan Christoph Von Halle	$17,771	22.5
19	John Dwyer	$15,900	11.25
20	Freddy Bonyadi	$15,900	11.25
21	Matthew Gianetti	$15,900	11.25
22	Michael Binger	$15,900	11.25
23	Aviv Shaham	$15,900	11.25
24	Maxwell Greenwood	$15,900	11.25
25	Doug Dearborn	$15,900	11.25
26	Paul Zuzelo	$15,900	11.25
27	Alexander Kravchenko	$15,900	11.25
28	Ivin Mladen	$14,030	11.25
29	Steve Billirakis	$14,030	11.25
30	Shawn Buchanan	$14,030	11.25
31	Guy Bowles	$14,030	11.25
32	Ryan Aguilar	$14,030	11.25
33	Kirill Gerasimov	$14,030	11.25
34	Craig Marquis	$14,030	11.25
35	Alex Veldhuis	$14,030	11.25
36	Tad Jurgens	$14,030	11.25