Should the prize pool balloon up to at least $4 million, 1,400 points will be in play for the winner.

The $2 million guarantee from the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open Championship ensures a minimum of 1,200 points is to be awarded to the champion this week. Starting this week at Seminole Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, at least 1,000 points will be up for grabs over the each of the next three stops. Papazyan holds a gaudy point total, but there are more than enough chances for him to be caught. Zamani maintained a similar lead at this stage last season. Poker Classic in his hometown of Los Angeles on February 24, but nevertheless, his name holds true at the top of the Season XVI Hublot WPT Player of the Year leaderboard. It remains unknown when Papazyan will register another WPT event before the WPT L.A. Papazyan entered the WPT bestbet Bounty Scramble and the WPT Five Diamond Poker Classic, but did not cash in either event. The two wins Papazyan earned this season came in the first two WPT events he ever played, first at WPT Legends of Poker and second at WPT Maryland at Live! Casino. Papazyan’s 2,400 points are 150 fewer than Season XV Hublot WPT Player of the Year winner Ben Zamani finished with. The 2018 North American leg of the WPT’s 16th season is officially underway with the start of the WPT Lucky Hearts Poker Open and Papazyan starts the year with a 1,000-point lead over the competition. Art Papazyan’s stranglehold on the Season XVI Hublot WPT Player of the Year race extends into 2018.

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