There were some big shake ups this week within the 2016 Card Player Player of the Year race. Here's a have a look at the events that almost all impacted the standings:

WPT bestbet Jacksonville $25,000 High Roller

A $25,000 no-limit hold’em high roller event was added to the tournament schedule on the 2016 World Poker Tour bestbet Bounty Scramble this past week. A COMPLETE of nineteen entries were made within the event, building a prize pool of $456,000.

In the tip Chance Kornuth emerged victorious, capturing his third title of the year at his 12th final table. For the win Kornuth earned $186,672 after creating a maintain Sam Soverel heads-up. Kornuth also added 420 Player of the Year points, bringing his totals at the year to 4,794 points and $2,279,017 in earnings as far as. a result Kornuth has climbed into third place at the POY leader board.

Soverel, who was at his ninth final table of the year, earned $178,128 and 350 POY points for his latest deep run. The cash-game pro ahs had a breakout year at the tournament circuit, highlighted by winning his first WSOP gold bracelet in a $1,000 pot-limit Omaha tournament. With 4,165 points and $1,444,522 in year-to-date earnings he has moved into seventh place within the overall standings.

WPT bestbet Jacksonville Bounty Scramble Main Event

The 2016 World Poker Tour bestbet Bounty Scramble $5,000 no-limit hold’em main event drew a complete of 379 entries to construct a last prize pool of $1,762,350.

In the top Sam Panzica came out on top, earning his first WPT title, the highest prize of $354,335 and 1,200 POY points. This was his sixth final table finish and third title of 2016, having won both a €10,300 high roller on the European Poker Tour Dublin festival and the 2016 Florida State Poker Championship $1,500 main event. With 3,383 total points and $1,001,908 in year-to-date earning Panzica has climbed into 17th place within the overall POY standings.

Third-place finisher Ankush Mandavia also made a move to sign up for the highest 20 within the POY standings on account of this event. He earned $152,766 and 800 points for his latest deep run. Mandavia has now made six final tables in 2016, including a title run within the $5,000 turbo no-limit hold’em event at this years WSOP for his first gold bracelet, the highest prize of $548,139 and a whopping 1,680 POY points. With 3,176 points earned and $1,547,456 in year-to-date scores he now sits in 20th place within the rankings.

Here is a glance on the current top 20 within the POY standings:

Rank	Player	POY Points	Earnings
1	Fedor Holz	6,758	$15,988,834
2	David Peters	5,101	$4,998,685
3	Chance Kornuth	4,794	$2,279,017
4	Connor Drinan	4,512	$3,196,592
5	Justin Bonomo	4,470	$2,420,823
6	Ari Engel	4,369	$1,615,365
7	Sam Soverel	4,165	$1,444,522
8	Ivan Luca	3,958	$1,768,778
9	Cary Katz	3,930	$2,328,953
10	Tony Dunst	3,740	$1,125,803
11	Joseph Mckeehen	3,738	$2,972,270
12	Nick Petrangelo	3,711	$1,923,678
13	Paul Volpe	3,671	$932,213
14	Dan Smith	3,629	$4,402,105
15	Bryn Kenney	3,579	$3,711,932
16	Steve O’Dwyer	3,409	$3,368,708
17	Samuel Panzica	3,383	$1,001,908
18	Andjelko Andrejevic	3,332	$1,329,682
19	Anthony Gregg	3,223	$1,775,529
20	Ankush Mandavia	3,176	$1,547,456

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