Kyna England took down the Season 12 Player of the Year title after winning the MSPT Winter Poker Classic at Canterbury Park in December. She held off a late charge by Taylor Howard in the finale event of the year to become the first female Player of the Year in MSPT history.
Since its inception in 2009, the MSPT has done a great job keeping track of player stats. As a result, they have one of the best player databases in the industry.
On their "Leaderboards" page, the MSPT tracks such things as Career Earnings, Main Event Cashes, Main Event Final Tables, Main Event Titles, Total Cashes, Most Cashes/Final Tables in a Season, Most Final Tables All-Time, and much more.
Here's a look at the final standings in the Season 12 points race.
Anthony Pitesa shoved his 292,000 into the middle and Barbod Salimi jammed his short stack from the next seat over. Action folded to Ken Morey in late position, who made the call with both players covered.
Barbod Salimi:
Anthony Pitesa:
Ken Morey:
"I nearly folded!" Salimi said as he say the disappointing news.
The board ran out and Pitesa's aces held to secure a giant pot on Day 2. Pitesa is marching up the leaderboard after starting the day with 140,000.