Player of the Year Update
Shawn Aaberg continues to lead the MNPokerMag Player of the Year race. Aaberg’s 3 POY cashes also leads the state in the early going.
2011 Player of the Year Nate Fair is working hard to defend his title. He’s already cashed twice and sits in the 4 spot. Erick Wright was 9th on the list last year and he’s off to a solid start this year as well, currently 3rd.
| Rank | Player | POY Points | # of POY Cashes |
| 1 | Shawn Aaberg | 24 | 3 |
| 2 | Greg Rahn | 23 | 2 |
| 3 | Erick Wright | 20 | 2 |
| 4 | Nate Fair | 17 | 2 |
| 5 | Frank Whitecalfe | 16.5 | 2 |
| 6 | Steven Buie | 15 | 1 |
| Ray Dickerson | 15 | 2 | |
| 7 | Bill Weber | 13.5 | 1 |
| Jason Sirek | 13.5 | 1 | |
| 8 | Gary Drotts | 12 | 2 |
| Leo Fussy | 12 | 1 | |
| Todd Melander | 12 | 1 | |
| 9 | David Ramirez | 11 | 3 |
| 10 | Gerald Starr | 10.5 | 1 |
| Yen Pham | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 11 | Tom Sadowski | 10 | 2 |
| Ron Freeman | 10 | 1 | |
| Ed Eberle | 10 | 1 | |
| Aaron Johnson | 10 | 1 | |
| Eric Hartfiel | 10 | 1 | |
| Derek Knisley | 10 | 2 | |
| 12 | Nick Wilkens | 9 | 1 |
| Steve Kostohryz | 9 | 1 | |
| Jon Mostrom | 9 | 1 | |
| Brian Finch | 9 | 1 | |
| Dan Allgood | 9 | 1 | |
| Joe Osterbauer | 9 | 1 | |
| John Reading | 9 | 1 | |
| 13 | Teng Thao | 8 | 1 |
| Robert Isakson | 8 | 1 | |
| Thomas Koch | 8 | 1 | |
| Chris Klavetter | 8 | 1 | |
| 14 | Eddie G | 7.5 | 1 |
| Lindy Clark Jr. | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Dominic Petrangelo | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 15 | Durwin Matuska | 7 | 1 |
| Paul Ackerman | 7 | 1 | |
| Chase Williams | 7 | 1 | |
| Steve Crotty | 7 | 1 | |
| Richard Hoffman | 7 | 1 | |
| Jia Hu | 7 | 1 | |
| Alan Carty | 7 | 1 | |
| 16 | Jeffrey Heer | 6 | 1 |
| Richard Brekke | 6 | 1 | |
| Dick Livingston | 6 | 1 | |
| Terry Synousia | 6 | 1 | |
| Derek Crooks | 6 | 1 | |
| Leroy Dewald | 6 | 1 | |
| Jed Bentson | 6 | 1 | |
| Ron Spain | 6 | 1 | |
| Nicolette Henkel | 6 | 1 | |
| Tom Marsland | 6 | 1 | |
| 17 | Jerry Starr | 5 | 1 |
| John Kampa | 5 | 1 | |
| Bill Criego | 5 | 1 | |
| Bee Vang | 5 | 1 | |
| Abby Geotz | 5 | 1 | |
| Don Winter | 5 | 1 | |
| Jerry Klemz | 5 | 1 | |
| Kris Peterick | 5 | 1 | |
| Joseph Konstan | 5 | 1 | |
| Paul Ratajcyk | 5 | 1 | |
| Mike Kasapidis | 5 | 1 | |
| Travis Malterud | 5 | 1 | |
| Charles Wieser | 5 | 1 | |
| Josh Sexton | 5 | 1 | |
| 18 | Yer Vang | 4.5 | 1 |
| Garrett Whitecalfe | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Brian Turensky | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 19 | David Haberman | 4 | 1 |
| Erik Kimble | 4 | 1 | |
| Bob Sipsas | 4 | 1 | |
| Trevor Birdsall | 4 | 1 | |
| Matt Leshovsky | 4 | 1 | |
| Duane Raze | 4 | 1 | |
| Donald Geng | 4 | 1 | |
| James Goltz | 4 | 1 | |
| Shawn Nelson | 4 | 1 | |
| John Zindler | 4 | 2 | |
| Ray Johanson | 4 | 1 | |
| Ken Kiffmeyer | 4 | 1 | |
| Dale Franke | 4 | 1 | |
| Chris Muller | 4 | 1 | |
| Ross Baker | 4 | 1 | |
| Michael Nguyen | 4 | 1 | |
| Ron Fink | 4 | 1 | |
| Blaise Poupare | 4 | 1 | |
| Joe Erickson | 4 | 2 | |
| Gary Halopka | 4 | 1 | |
| Kevin Ghtolu | 4 | 1 | |
| John Ripstra | 4 | 1 | |
| 20 | Burke Veazey | 3 | 1 |
| Scott Nelson | 3 | 1 | |
| Vern Filliman | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Otto | 3 | 1 | |
| Dale Runston | 3 | 1 | |
| Alan Oakes | 3 | 1 | |
| Scott Hendrickson | 3 | 1 | |
| Nick Hondel | 3 | 1 | |
| Nate Kovalchuk | 3 | 1 | |
| Renee Kessell | 3 | 1 | |
| Robert Peppe | 3 | 1 | |
| Jason Burke | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Schroeder | 3 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Wussow | 3 | 1 | |
| Travis Debumgie | 3 | 1 | |
| Joseph Erickson | 3 | 1 | |
| Bill Mischke | 3 | 1 | |
| Brad Demotts | 3 | 1 | |
| Adin Barley | 3 | 1 | |
| Ben Rosvold | 3 | 1 | |
| David Margulies | 3 | 1 | |
| George Perpich | 3 | 1 | |
| Martin Beckner | 3 | 1 | |
| Dan Hendrickson | 3 | 1 | |
| 21 | Matt Folstrom | 2 | 1 |
| Ron Lynn | 2 | 1 | |
| Landon Young | 2 | 1 | |
| Alan Rasmussen | 2 | 1 | |
| Curtis Larson | 2 | 1 | |
| Dale Lawless | 2 | 1 | |
| Matt Linn | 2 | 1 | |
| Chris Nelson | 2 | 1 | |
| Doug Monson | 2 | 1 | |
| Nater Heller | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Sharp | 2 | 1 | |
| Brandon Turk | 2 | 1 | |
| Glenn Dobberstein | 2 | 1 | |
| Jonas Northbird | 2 | 1 | |
| Dan Harris | 2 | 1 | |
| Charles Benson | 2 | 1 | |
| Tim O’Donovan | 2 | 1 | |
| Tony Dobinson | 2 | 1 | |
| Amy Blake | 2 | 1 | |
| Pat Nelson | 2 | 1 | |
| Jesse Olberding | 2 | 1 | |
| Alan Whiteford | 2 | 1 | |
| Lou Lucas | 2 | 1 | |
| Don Cordie | 2 | 1 | |
| 22 | Donald Doolittle | 1.5 | 1 |
| Ryan Hohenstein | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 23 | Ed LaPage | 1 | 1 |
| Harry Behling | 1 | 1 | |
| Dan Zulla | 1 | 1 | |
| Scott Wilson | 1 | 1 | |
| Roger Nordgren | 1 | 1 | |
| Greg Brenny | 1 | 1 | |
| John Farrell | 1 | 1 | |
| Alex Winter | 1 | 1 | |
| Tashawn Shively | 1 | 1 | |
| Dan Donahue | 1 | 1 | |
| Larry Christensen | 1 | 1 | |
| Jake Reitmeier | 1 | 1 | |
| Randy Oyarzabal | 1 | 1 | |
| Damian Petrin | 1 | 1 | |
| Susan Pearson | 1 | 1 | |
| Ben Ries | 1 | 1 | |
| Richard Byers | 1 | 1 | |
| Wally Goodrich | 1 | 1 | |
| Doug Fink | 1 | 1 | |
| Kevin Stumpf | 1 | 1 | |
| Jody Cluever | 1 | 1 |
January 27th, 2012 at 9:37 am
Looks Like I have work to do!