Player of the Year Update
We’re just 9 days into the new season, the excitement is in the air as every poker player in the state has a fresh start to becoming the next MNPokerMag Player of the Year! 
Phil Gulden is off to the quickest start, already accumulating 2 cashes and 19.5 pts. MSPT’s Chris “Fox” Wallace (pictured) earned a win last night to place him 2nd overall.
2012 POY Erick Wright is on the board with a win at the Optimum tourney last Sunday and a win at Grand Casino Mille Lacs over the weekend (though Grand Casino has not yet submitted official results).
Gonna be a fun year!
| Rank | Name | Total Pts | POY Cashes |
| 1 | Phil Gulden | 19.5 | 2 |
| 2 | Chris Wallace | 15 | 1 |
| Ryan Hohenstein | 15 | 1 | |
| 3 | Derek Oakley | 13.5 | 1 |
| 4 | Aaron Johnson | 12.5 | 2 |
| 5 | Hung Ngo | 12 | 1 |
| Sam Ourada | 12 | 1 | |
| 6 | Dennis Petronack | 11 | 2 |
| 7 | Jacob Ourada | 10.5 | 1 |
| Tim Mieczkowski | 10.5 | 1 | |
| 8 | Alan Carty | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | Paul Pederson | 9 | 1 |
| Tom Hammers | 9 | 1 | |
| Sam Desilva | 9 | 1 | |
| 10 | Robert Strand | 8.5 | 2 |
| 11 | Reiner Gellrich | 8 | 1 |
| 12 | Mark Sandness | 7.5 | 1 |
| Erick Wright | 7.5 | 1 | |
| 13 | Leroy Martin | 7 | 1 |
| 14 | Dara Gault | 6 | 1 |
| Patrick Kenney | 6 | 1 | |
| Chris Butterfield | 6 | 1 | |
| 15 | Todd Soluri | 5 | 1 |
| Dennis Carey | 5 | 1 | |
| Chris Schuldze | 5 | 1 | |
| 16 | Mike Kreutzer | 4.5 | 1 |
| Ryne Zenner | 4.5 | 1 | |
| 17 | David Ramierz | 4 | 1 |
| James Martimo | 4 | 1 | |
| Kevin Pedelty | 4 | 1 | |
| Nancy Anderson | 4 | 1 | |
| 18 | Nick Anderson | 3 | 1 |
| Allen Trempe | 3 | 1 | |
| Denis Sremcevic | 3 | 1 | |
| David Vogelgesan | 3 | 1 | |
| Dan O’Shaughnessy | 3 | 1 | |
| Tom Swanson | 3 | 1 | |
| Willis McClary | 3 | 1 | |
| Andrew Alms | 3 | 1 | |
| 19 | Joe Prigge | 2 | 1 |
| Dan Meyers | 2 | 1 | |
| Brian Mikesh | 2 | 1 | |
| Joyce Evans | 2 | 1 | |
| Christian Pham | 2 | 1 | |
| 20 | Fred West | 1.5 | 1 |
| Bill Criego | 1.5 | 1 | |
| Burke Veazey | 1.5 | 1 | |
| 21 | Jamie Martin | 1 | 1 |
| Shawn Nelson | 1 | 1 | |
| Joseph Brooks | 1 | 1 | |
| Pete Bigelow | 1 | 1 | |
| Joe Stegeman | 1 | 1 |
January 11th, 2013 at 1:20 pm
What a good looking guy!! I have heard people refer to him as “MN’s best poker player”. They are right! Way to go FOX
January 12th, 2013 at 9:55 am
Dang, I make the player of the year list and they spell my name wrong.
Chris Schuldze……lose the d in the last name please and thank you.