Player of the Year Race
Nivel 36
: 250,000/500,000, 50,000 ante
If Greg Merson wins the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, then he will also win the 2012 Player of the Year race. Phil Hellmuth, who currently sits in first place in the points standings, finished runner-up last year to Ben Lamb and in 2006 to Jeff Madsen, and is fervently anti-sweating Merson: