Player of the Year Update
Kou Vang continues to lead the 2012 Player of the Year race but Greg Rahn has been playing some great poker as well to start the season. Rahn Just cashed for the 4th time, earning 51 points in the process to place him 2nd behind Vang on the MNPokerMag POY leaderboard. There will be a ton of points up for grabs at next week’s Running Aces BLUFF MSPT event.
| Rank | Player | POY Points | # of POY Cashes |
| 1 | Kou Vang | 70 | 2 |
| 2 | Greg Rahn | 51 | 4 |
| 3 | Todd Breyfogle | 50 | 1 |
| 4 | Dan Hendrickson | 48 | 2 |
| 5 | Rob Steinmetz | 47.5 | 1 |
| 6 | Lee Surma | 42.5 | 1 |
| Derek Crooks | 42.5 | 3 | |
| 7 | Eswaramoorthy Kaliappan | 37.5 | 1 |
| 8 | Kevin Knutson | 35 | 1 |
| 9 | Brian Koskey | 32.5 | 1 |
| 10 | Leo Fussy | 32 | 2 |
| 11 | Erick Wright | 30.5 | 3 |
| 12 | Kyle Gruis | 30 | 1 |
| 13 | Greg Huest | 28.5 | 1 |
| 14 | Dan Homan | 27 | 1 |
| 15 | Tony Swanson | 25.5 | 1 |
| 16 | Thomas Westbrock | 24 | 1 |
| Shawn Aaberg | 24 | 3 | |
| 17 | Russ Louwagie | 22.5 | 1 |
| Mike Wilmes | 22.5 | 1 | |
| 18 | Joe Osterbauer | 21 | 2 |
| Adam Dahlin | 21 | 1 | |
| 19 | Joseph Konstan | 20 | 2 |
| 20 | Peter Yang | 19.5 | 1 |
| Yen Pham | 19.5 | 2 | |
| 21 | Tim O’Donovan | 18.5 | 2 |
| 22 | Jackson Vue | 18 | 1 |
| 23 | Ed Janezich | 17.5 | 1 |
| 24 | Aaron Johnson | 17 | 2 |
| Nate Fair | 17 | 2 | |
| 25 | Frank Whitecalfe | 16.5 | 2 |
| Theodore Zalesiak | 16.5 | 2 | |
| 26 | Ray Dickerson | 15 | 2 |
| Steven Buie | 15 | 1 | |
| Tim Mieczkowski | 15 | 1 | |
| Kathy Wegner | 15 | 1 | |
| Binh Nguyen | 15 | 1 | |
| 27 | Gary Drotts | 14 | 3 |
| 28 | Bill Weber | 13.5 | 1 |
| Jason Sirek | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Robert Spizman | 13.5 | 1 | |
| Tony Ertman | 13.5 | 1 | |
| 29 | Richard Hoffman | 13 | 2 |
| David Ramirez | 13 | 4 | |
| 30 | Scott Montgomery | 12.5 | 1 |
| 31 | Steve Buie | 12 | 1 |
| Matt Alexander | 12 | 1 | |
| Todd Melander | 12 | 1 | |
| 32 | Dedrick Henderson | 10.5 | 1 |
| Kong Lee | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Gerald Starr | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 33 | Andy Redleaf | 10 | 1 |
| Kenneth Culotta | 10 | 1 | |
| Tom Sadowski | 10 | 2 | |
| Doug Fink | 10 | 2 | |
| Bee Vang | 10 | 2 | |
| Ron Freeman | 10 | 1 | |
| Derek Knisley | 10 | 2 | |
| Leon Lussier | 10 | 2 | |
| Michael Mulvihill | 10 | 2 | |
| Ed Eberle | 10 | 1 | |
| Erica Wiebusch | 10 | 1 | |
| Eric Hartfiel | 10 | 1 | |
| 34 | Tom Edmister | 9 | 1 |
| John Reading | 9 | 1 | |
| Brian Finch | 9 | 1 | |
| Steve Kostohryz | 9 | 1 | |
| Marie Jennings | 9 | 1 | |
| Dan Allgood | 9 | 1 | |
| Jon Mostrom | 9 | 1 | |
| Jesse Olberding | 9 | 2 | |
| Nick Wilkens | 9 | 1 | |
| 35 | Jared Heldt | 8 | 1 |
| Chris Klavetter | 8 | 1 | |
| Teng Thao | 8 | 1 | |
| Joseph Stegeman | 8 | 1 | |
| Mike Kasapidis | 8 | 2 | |
| Trevor Birdsall | 8 | 2 | |
| Robert Isakson | 8 | 1 | |
| Thomas Koch | 8 | 1 | |
| 36 | Lindy Clark Jr. | 7.5 | 1 |
| Dominic Petrangelo | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Kevin Baum | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Eddie G | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Nathan Kovalchuk | 7.5 | 1 | |
| LeRoy Martin | 7.5 | 1 | |
| Chris Wallace | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 37 | Paul Ackerman | 7 | 1 |
| Joe Erickson | 7 | 3 | |
| Tim Moot | 7 | 1 | |
| Henry Mlekoday | 7 | 1 | |
| Durwin Matuska | 7 | 1 | |
| Alan Carty | 7 | 1 | |
| Jia Hu | 7 | 1 | |
| Jerry Wallen | 7 | 1 | |
| Jed Bentson | 7 | 2 | |
| Chase Williams | 7 | 1 | |
| Steve Crotty | 7 | 1 | |
| 38 | Jerry Phillips | 6 | 1 |
| Mark Glendening | 6 | 1 | |
| Nick Burke | 6 | 1 | |
| Jeffrey Heer | 6 | 1 | |
| Dale Owens | 6 | 1 | |
| Ron Spain | 6 | 1 | |
| Randy Oyarzabal | 6 | 2 | |
| Bryan Mileski | 6 | 1 | |
| Tom Marsland | 6 | 1 | |
| Leroy Dewald | 6 | 1 | |
| Jeffery Heer | 6 | 1 | |
| Nicolette Henkel | 6 | 1 | |
| Richard Brekke | 6 | 1 | |
| Terry Synousia | 6 | 1 | |
| Dick Livingston | 6 | 1 | |
| 39 | Jerry Klemz | 5 | 1 |
| Bill Criego | 5 | 1 | |
| Paul Ratajcyk | 5 | 1 | |
| Larry Barbetta | 5 | 1 | |
| Abby Geotz | 5 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Wussow | 5 | 2 | |
| Don Winter | 5 | 1 | |
| Casey Jackson | 5 | 1 | |
| Jerry Starr | 5 | 1 | |
| John Kampa | 5 | 1 | |
| Matt Hyland | 5 | 1 | |
| Travis Malterud | 5 | 1 | |
| Ken Kiffmeyer | 5 | 2 | |
| Edward Janezich | 5 | 1 | |
| Burke Veazey | 5 | 2 | |
| Kris Peterick | 5 | 1 | |
| Rose Kahnke | 5 | 1 | |
| Charles Wieser | 5 | 1 | |
| Adam Bailey | 5 | 1 | |
| Josh Sexton | 5 | 1 | |
| 40 | Brian Knoop | 4.5 | 1 |
| Brian Turensky | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Yer Vang | 4.5 | 1 | |
| John Alexander | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Garrett Whitecalfe | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Jerry Synousia | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 41 | Chuck Ackerman | 4 | 1 |
| Kevin Ghtolu | 4 | 1 | |
| Ron Fink | 4 | 1 | |
| Chris Muller | 4 | 1 | |
| Brian Kowalski | 4 | 1 | |
| Shawn Nelson | 4 | 1 | |
| Bob Sipsas | 4 | 1 | |
| John Ripstra | 4 | 1 | |
| David Haberman | 4 | 1 | |
| Ray Johanson | 4 | 1 | |
| Joel Tinker | 4 | 1 | |
| James Goltz | 4 | 1 | |
| Thai Dinh | 4 | 1 | |
| John Zindler | 4 | 2 | |
| Duane Raze | 4 | 1 | |
| Ross Baker | 4 | 1 | |
| Dale Franke | 4 | 1 | |
| Matt Leshovsky | 4 | 1 | |
| Troy Lang | 4 | 1 | |
| Blaise Poupare | 4 | 1 | |
| Erik Kimble | 4 | 1 | |
| Donald Geng | 4 | 1 | |
| Gary Halopka | 4 | 1 | |
| Michael Nguyen | 4 | 1 | |
| Curtis Larson | 4 | 2 | |
| 42 | Mike Nguyen | 3 | 1 |
| George Perpich | 3 | 1 | |
| Ed Anderson | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Schroeder | 3 | 1 | |
| Jacob Woggan | 3 | 1 | |
| Nate Kovalchuk | 3 | 1 | |
| Alan Oakes | 3 | 1 | |
| Ben Rosvold | 3 | 1 | |
| Chad Poitra | 3 | 1 | |
| David Margulies | 3 | 1 | |
| Christopher Korent | 3 | 1 | |
| Scott Nelson | 3 | 1 | |
| Adin Barley | 3 | 1 | |
| Robert Peppe | 3 | 1 | |
| Harvey Youngs | 3 | 1 | |
| Dale Runston | 3 | 1 | |
| Adam Cooley | 3 | 1 | |
| Martin Beckner | 3 | 1 | |
| Brandon Beery | 3 | 1 | |
| Doug Eastman | 3 | 1 | |
| Travis Debumgie | 3 | 1 | |
| Paul Otto | 3 | 1 | |
| Nick Hondel | 3 | 1 | |
| Scott Hendrickson | 3 | 1 | |
| Jason Burke | 3 | 1 | |
| Bill Mischke | 3 | 1 | |
| Brad Demotts | 3 | 1 | |
| Vern Filliman | 3 | 1 | |
| Renee Kessell | 3 | 1 | |
| 43 | Joseph Maas | 2.5 | 1 |
| 44 | Tony Dobinson | 2 | 1 |
| Tom Sharp | 2 | 1 | |
| Glenn Dobberstein | 2 | 1 | |
| Matt Linn | 2 | 1 | |
| Dan Harris | 2 | 1 | |
| Chris Nelson | 2 | 1 | |
| Don Cordie | 2 | 1 | |
| Landon Young | 2 | 1 | |
| Nater Heller | 2 | 1 | |
| Alan Rasmussen | 2 | 1 | |
| Greg Twight | 2 | 1 | |
| Doug Monson | 2 | 1 | |
| Dale Lawless | 2 | 1 | |
| Amy Blake | 2 | 1 | |
| Matt Folstrom | 2 | 1 | |
| Alan Whiteford | 2 | 1 | |
| Ron Lynn | 2 | 1 | |
| Dan Stewart | 2 | 1 | |
| Charles Dodson | 2 | 1 | |
| Brandon Turk | 2 | 1 | |
| Lou Lucas | 2 | 1 | |
| Pat Nelson | 2 | 1 | |
| Jonas Northbird | 2 | 1 | |
| Charles Benson | 2 | 1 | |
| Tom Gerchy | 2 | 1 | |
| Glenn Dobberstein | 2 | 1 |
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