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Originally Posted by newguyhere
I would think any serious player is trying to win POY.
It's not like it's a popularity contest where the winner gets voted by the fans. At least not to my knowledge.
dude... why are you speculating on this? you aren't even sure how it is determined and yet assume anyone who is serious tries for it?
it requires 6+ figures of buyins, grinding every day, often playing multiple tournies at the same time running between tables, and then doing it all over again for the european leg
chasing poy is -ev for poker, it's very valuable for a few guys for legacy/sponsorship/vanity purposes but for the vast majority of people it's just lighting money on fire and inducing a massive amount of needless stress
so no, it's maybe a dozen at most who genuinely chase it and only a handful at the very end once there's a clear leaderboard established