Winners Win! Talking WSOP Player of the Year This not a rebuke of @WSOP: the 2025 WSOP was fantastic! Well done Staff, Floor People and Dealers! This is not a rebuke of @shaundeeb: he had a great year, and won the POY (Player of the Year) fair-and-square by the rules posted This a rebuke of WSOP POY Formula. Normally, I would have been behind @BennyGlaser winning POY: winners win! And he won THREE WSOP Bracelets! But, @TheGrinder44 did even better! He won the two most prestigious WSOP tourneys: The Main Event and the “Poker Players Championship.” Given a vote by the top 100 tourney players in the world, I am certain 90% would have given Grinder POY. The last 10% would have given it to Benny. How then, did Shaun win (Shaun’s close friends tell me that even he is a little embarrassed). Because the formula is flawed! Here are two specific suggestions—simple ones—for improving the formula: - Twice as many points for your second bracelet won - three times as many points for your third bracelet won Folks, it is hard to win!! Does anyone remember who finished 2nd in the Masters (McIllroy won)? Let’s reward those that take home the gold medals, the gold bracelets. I told @realkidpoker I would trade in my 14 2nd place finishes at WSOP for ONE gold bracelet! Winners win! #POSITIVITY