To say that the race to become the 2019 WSOP Player of the Year was an intriguing race would be to present the understatement of the poker year. It had everything; Shaun Deeb and Daniel Negreanu going head-to-head across the world, multiple bracelet winners like Robert Campbell and Kahle Burns from Australia, old stagers like Phil Hellmuth and Chris Ferguson and the possibility of a late winner courtesy of surge to a final event win, such as Anthony Zinno’s near miss.
Now, it has some extra controversy after the 115 WSOP events have finished.
Yes, with the winner’s photo pics from the final event in Rozvadov not yet dry, the World Series of Poker have announced their mistake in awarding Daniel Negreanu too many points and therefore having got it all wrong. It turns out Robert Campbell is this year’s champion.
Confused? Welcome to the club.