POY Update (Because I'm winning...)

Gambler:

1. James Van Alstyne XXX
2. Michael Mizrachi XXX

3. Jonathan Little XXX

4. David Daneshgar XXX

5. Theo Tran XXX

6. CK Hua XXX

7. John Cernuto 187

8. Gus Hansen XXX

9. Chris McCormack XXX

10. Tony Ma XXX

11. Nick Binger 30

12. David Levi XXX

13. Alan Myerson 80

14. Steve Wong XXX

Total: 297

Coming in at a dismal 297 points Gambler trails the field. The good news? John Cernuto, a much ridiculed pick, is singlehandedly carrying the torch. The bad news? I'm just not sure how many more $300 stud events are left until Ho-ho-hold'em in November.

MasterJ:

1. Bill Edler XXX

2. Scott Clements XXX

3. Kevin Saul XXX

4. Ryan Daut XXX

5. Travis Rice XXX

6. Ted Lawson XXX

7. Kirk Morrison XXX

8. David Baker XXX

9. Roy Winston 258

10. David Fox XXX

11. Mike Matusow XXX

12. JC Alvarado XXX

13. Dutch Boyd 260

14. Roland de Wolfe XXX

Total: 518

Master J also had a poor January with only two horses pulling in any points. And what amazing horses they were at that. The oracle and the actual insane guy. Look for more to come from Dutch - perhaps an ear biting incident or a naked bellagio fountain run. If cardplayer keeps tweaking the scoring system they might include such endeavors as point worthy.

Bag:

1. Justin Bonomo 400

2. Daniel Negreanu XXX

3. Erik Cajelais XXX

4. Barry Greenstein 78

5. Steve Sung XXX

6. Erick Lindgren 579

7. Sorel Mizzi XXX

8. Phil Hellmuth XXX

9. Lance Allred XXX

10. Thomas Fuller 192

11. Jason Stern 96

12. Joe Hachem XXX

13. Phil Ivey XXX

14. Chris Reslock 252

Total: 1597

According to the Pi odds the Bag should be in a solid last place... thanks to the heroic efforts of Thomas Fuller this is not the case! With almost half his horses cashing in for POY the Bag is still waiting on a big score but isn't in too bad of shape. Luckily, Justin Bonomo and Sorel Mizzi have been seen entering the same tournament on multiple days so this team has the capacity for rapid point growth. The unfortunate death of Lance Allred in September of '07 has the Pi oddsmakers frantically trying to come up with a prop bet on whether or not Lance's carcass will get any points. Make sure to have Barry wear a pink armband so he is not mistaken for the dead guy.

Shaniac:

1. JC Tran XXX

2. Alex Kravchenko XXX

3. Tom Dwan 1410

4. David Singer XXX

5. Cory Carroll XXX

6. Alex Jacob XXX

7. Chad Brown XXX

8. Steve Billirakis XXX

9. Nick Schulman XXX

10. Shane Schleger XXX

11. Alex Bolotin 480

12. Haralabos Voulgaris XXX

13. Eugene Katchalov XXX

14. Marco Johnson XXX

Total: 1890

Shaniac talked a lot of smack during the draft but apparently his horses didn't get the same memo. Good thing Durrr is carrying the team or he'd be in the cellar with the likes of John Cernuto and Dutch Boyd. Tied for the team with fewest horses cashing he still sits in the middle of the pack. To be blunt about it, with the likes of Shaniac, Alex Jacobs, and MrSmokey this team has the potential to get extremely high in the rankings.

Moon:

1. Gioi Luong XXX

2. John Phan 117

3. Joe Sebok XXX

4. Allen Cunningham XXX

5. Darrell Dicken XXX

6. Gavin Smith XXX

7. Joseph Cappello 960

8. Joe Tehan XXX

9. Chris Bjorin XXX

10. Matthew Casterella XXX

11. James Mackey 160

12. Matt Graham XXX

13. Jeff Madsen XXX
14. John Racener 732

Total: 1969

Last year's champ sits in third place at the moment with strong showings from his 7th and 14th pick! Congrats on the victory sir - I'll spare you any trash talk just this once.

PiMaster:

1. David Pham 1200

2. Danny Wong 384

3. Robert Mizrachi XXX

4. Scotty Nguyen XXX

5. Anna Wroblewski 249

6. Jared Hamby 120

7. Eugene Todd XXX

8. Randy Holland 112

9. Matt Brady 168

10. Scott Fischman XXX

11. Kevin Song XXX

12. Jimmy Fricke 120

13. Alex Kamberis XXX

14. Kido Pham XXX

Total: 2353

With more then half his horses garnering POY points pimaster is in great shape. The obvious number 1 draft pick is doing the expected and has already racked up 1200 points. Small cashes from many other horses show this is an active team that could make a run for the title in '08. Apparently his picking skills exceed his handicapping skills. And yes, I know it's still early. Gotta talk my shit whilst I am winning!

Wolf:

1. Nam Le 120

2. John Hoang XXX

3. Men Nguyen 1952

4. Michael Binger 1028

5. Hevad Khan 240

6. Humberto Brenes XXX

7. Nenad Medic XXX

8. Max Pescatori 33

9. Francois Safieddine XXX

10. Bertrand Grospellier XXX

11. Tom Schneider 144

12. Marcel Luske 60

13. Gavin Griffin 2400

14. Annette Obrestad XXX

Total: 5977

With 8 horses cashing in for POY points the Wolf sits in a solid first. Men the Master, a much maligned pick by some, has poured Corona on the haters with 4 final tables and 2 10ths already. Gavin Griffin, a late "home-run" style pick has hit one out of the park early on and sits with a monstrous 2400 points. Michael "the Machine" Binger also has been quite active. Picks 6 through 10 could be the weak point in this teams armor. Let's hope this team can, in the words of Wolf horse number 5, KEEEEEEEEEEEP GOIIIIIIIIING!!!! BULLDOZER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**Edit

Moon correctly pointed out that the 1200 points for David Pham do not count as they occured before the draft. However, in the time it took for this error to be recognized Mr. Pham was able to rack up 540 additional points. So Pham should be listed at 540 points. With the new scores tabulated this would put Pimaster (3:1) only slightly ahead of the Bag (17:1).