POY Standings: Everett Carlton surges to top
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Everett Carlton
If you play poker in Minnesota and don’t know who Everett Carlton is yet, start taking notes.
After finishing 4th at the Minnesota State Poker Tour event at Grand Casino Mille Lacs last month, Carlton has followed up with a victory in the Running Aces $150 weekly POY tourney, and a 4th place finish in the Canterbury $200 event. Carlton earned over $4,000 combined for his efforts in the two tournaments, and he vaulted himself to the top of the Minnesota Poker Magazine Player of the Year race, ahead of both Jeremy Dresch and Dan Dow.
Geoff Hayes II and Darren Ficek are both tied for the most POY cashes with five apiece.
| Name | Total | POY Cashes | |
| 1 | Everett Carlton | 61 | 4 |
| 2 | Jeremy Dresch | 53 | 2 |
| 3 | Dan Dow | 51 | 4 |
| 4 | Bill Sather | 42.5 | 1 |
| 5 | Bev Paulson | 40 | 1 |
| Ron Imgrund | 40 | 3 | |
| 7 | Steve Bissett | 35 | 2 |
| 8 | Steve Buettner | 32.5 | 1 |
| 9 | Andy Sjolund | 27.5 | 1 |
| 10 | Jody Cluever | 25.5 | 2 |
| 11 | Mark Dunbar | 25 | 1 |
| 12 | Tyler Caspers | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | Geoff Hayes II | 22.5 | 5 |
| 14 | Nes Coburn | 21 | 3 |
| Tom Burandt | 21 | 2 | |
| Leroy Martin | 21 | 3 | |
| 17 | Darren Ficek | 20.5 | 5 |
| 18 | Adam Dahlin | 20 | 1 |
| Roger Guzek | 20 | 1 | |
| 20 | Toan Pham | 19.5 | 2 |
| 21 | Chris Dolan | 19 | 2 |
| 22 | Bill Weber | 18 | 2 |
| 23 | Yong Choi | 17.5 | 1 |
| Tuong Dao | 17.5 | 1 | |
| 25 | Darren Childs | 17 | 3 |
| John Hooper | 17 | 4 | |
| 27 | Jeff Havenor | 16.5 | 2 |
| Scott Bullock | 16.5 | 2 | |
| Scott Heiligman | 16.5 | 3 | |
| 30 | Dave Danielson | 16 | 4 |
| 31 | Robert Minor | 15 | 2 |
| John Morgan | 15 | 2 | |
| Andy Tiegs | 15 | 1 | |
| Robert Dillon | 15 | 1 | |
| Jason Banfi | 15 | 1 | |
| Todd Cunningham | 15 | 1 | |
| Wes Freiberg | 15 | 1 | |
| John Mosey | 15 | 1 | |
| 39 | Kevin Marcotte | 14 | 2 |
| Isaac Thomas | 14 | 2 | |
| 41 | Jim Walsh | 13.5 | 2 |
| Pete Baker | 13.5 | 2 | |
| Gal Elishvili | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Todd Melander | 13.5 | 3 | |
| Gordon Mohr | 13.5 | 2 | |
| Steve Hammerschmidt | 13.5 | 1 | |
| 47 | Ryan Moldestad | 13 | 3 |
| David Mandt | 13 | 4 | |
| Todd Breyfogle | 13 | 2 | |
| Peixin Liu | 13 | 2 | |
| 51 | Lonny Krych | 12.5 | 1 |
| Chad Poitra | 12.5 | 1 | |
| 53 | Brad Wheeler | 12 | 1 |
| Scott Hanson | 12 | 1 | |
| 55 | Ken Gjerde | 11 | 3 |
| Duane Raze | 11 | 3 | |
| Amir Tavanae | 11 | 3 |
March 13th, 2010 at 7:03 pm
The Minnesota POY is a great idea and concept. But glaring absent from the POY eligible tournaments are the two HPT this year @ the Shooting Star Casino. More than likely these will be the second and third largest tournaments (both size and prize pools) in Minnesota in 2010 behind Canterbury’s Fall Classic. A true POY race should include all big tournaments in Minnesota.
March 14th, 2010 at 10:48 pm
I understand your thought process and we have thrown it around. The issue is that the HPT is now a National Tour brand with a national player base. Much like if the WPT or the NAPT rolled into town, we wouldn’t include that as POY either.
We tend to think of the HPT as local because they started in or around Minnesota but they have now branded themselves a national tour and they even state that specifically on their site in the “About HPT” page. Although we won’t be awarding POY points for HPT events we definitely support the HPT as they have done great things for poker in this area. I personally have enjoyed some great success in HPT events and enjoy playing in that atmosphere.
March 16th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Hi, just wondering when the standings get updated…if it’s like a monthly thing or weekly?
March 17th, 2010 at 12:50 am
Weekly, or sometimes more often.