With Day 2 in the books and six rounds of Modern ahead of us Saturday, we now have a much clearer picture of where the Deadly Dozen (Dependable Dozen? Durable Dozen? unDefeatable Dozen?) stand in the Player of the Year race.
To recap, twelve players came in with a mathematical shot to take home the coveted POY trophy. Owen Turtenwald led the field, but could be overtaken if he falls short of the finals. Anything less and one of these other 11 Pros could step in and swipe the prize out from under him.
So, without further ado, here's how the POY hopefuls stand after 12 rounds of Standard and Draft, along with the pro points they had coming in.
- Josh Utter-Leyton, 40 Points
9-3, 16th place - David Sharfman, 40 Points
6-6, 150th place - Paulo Vitor Damo da Rosa, 41 Points
10-2, 5th place - Paul Rietzl, 41 Points
5-7, 255th place - David Ochoa, 35 points (U.S. team member)
7-5, 117th place
Team USA: 76, 4th place - Vincent Lemoine, 38 points (Belgian team member)
5-6-1, 231st place
Team Belgium: 46, 38th place - Shuuhei Nakamura, 45 points
7-5, 98th place - Shouta Yasooka, 47 points
8-4, 32nd place - Ben Stark, 48 points
9-3, 23rd place - Luis Scott-Vargas, 49 points
10-2, 4th place - Martin Juza, 52 points
6-5-1, 143rd place - Owen Turtenwald, 59 points
9-3, 27th place
The lessons to take away at this point?
Turtenwald still controls his own destiny. He can very easily make the Top 8 from where he currently sits. He's tied with a slew of people at 27 for 9th place, but he has the worst breakers of the bunch.
Scott-Vargas and da Rosa at 10-2 are both within shouting distance of the Top 8. With their track records as two of the very best in the world, it would be pretty foolish to bet against them. Scott-Vargas controls his own fate if Owen doesn't Top 8, but he still has to win the whole thing. Da Rosa will need some help from several other contenders plus Owen to take the title.
