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Published: 22nd June 2016 Written by WSOP, WSOP 2016
Updated: 11th December 2023

wsop player of the year 2016WSOP Player of the Year 2016 Jason Mercier tops the leaderboard at the halfway point of the World Series of Poker having won two bracelets from four final table appearances and cashing five times.

He currently tops the 2016 WSOP POY standings with a 262.7 point lead on Ryan Laplante who is just a few points ahead of multi-bracelet winner Ian Johns.

Mercier’s hot streak has earned him a total of $907,818 from his five WSOP cashes. This is only half the amount of what he could get from his $1.8 million three bracelet prop-bet with Vanessa Selbst.

His sheer determination to win three WSOP bracelets this year will no doubt keep him on top of the leaderboard for the rest of the series if he continues on this sick run.

WSOP Player of the Year 2016

At the halfway point of the series the WSOP Player of the year 2016 Standings are as follows:

PlayerPoints
Jason Mercier1,195.98
Ryan Laplante933.28
Ian Johns912.59
Bart Lybaert881.41
John Edward Monnette844.60
Daniel Weinman826.80
Paul Volpe807.00
Yueqi Zhu803.43
Michael Semenov789.75
Robert Mizrachi735.04

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Below are the stats for the top three players in the WSOP Player of the year 2016 leaderboard, note stats are only current at the time of writing this article.


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Jason Mercier

So far, Jason Mercier has won two bracelets with four final table appearances and has five WSOP cashes at the 2016 World Series of Poker.

WSOP Bracelets: 5
WSOP Cashes: 51
WSOP Earnings: $4,496,221

EventDatePlaceWinnings
Event 15: $1500 Eight Game Mix (6-Handed)6/10/201635th$3,404
Event 16: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit)6/11/20161st$273,335
Event 20: $10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship6/13/20162nd$168,936
Event 24: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship6/15/20161st$422,874
Event 32: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship6/19/20168th$39,269

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Ryan Laplante

So far, Ryan Laplante has won one bracelet with one final table appearances and has eight WSOP cashes at the 2016 World Series of Poker.

WSOP Bracelets: 1
WSOP Cashes: 22
WSOP Earnings: $515,876

EventDatePlaceWinnings
Event 2: $565 Colossus II No-Limit Hold’em6/2/201694th$7,164
Event 8: $1500 H. O. R. S. E.6/7/201680th$2,481
Event 10: $1500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em6/8/2016176th$2,283
Event 12: $565 Pot-Limit Omaha6/9/20161st$190,328
Event 14: $1500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold’em6/10/20161016th$2,250
Event 17: $1000 No-Limit Hold’em6/12/2016155th$1,988
Event 22: $1500 Limit Hold’em6/14/201621st$5,155
Event 26: $1500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better6/16/2016105th$2,317

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Ian Johns

So far, Ian Johns has won two bracelets with two final table appearances and has three WSOP cashes at the 2016 World Series of Poker.

WSOP Bracelets: 3
WSOP Cashes: 20
WSOP Earnings: $1,009,023

EventDatePlaceWinnings
Event 8: $1500 H. O. R. S. E.6/7/20161st$212,604
Event 24: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship6/15/201621st$15,088
Event 28: $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship6/17/20161st$290,635