The 2016 World Series of Poker has already crossed the halfway point, with the 2016 WSOP Player of the Year race as powered by the Global Poker Index continuing to take shape as it does. Remember with no WSOP series happening elsewhere this year, the 2016 WSOP POY will be wholly determined by the open bracelet events playing out at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino.
Jason Mercier continues to add cashes and maintain a healthy lead in the POY race. While he understandably couldn’t match the previous week’s two bracelets and one runner-up finish, Mercier still had a strong week adding four more cashes, including another final table in a $10,000 buy-in event, Event #32: Omaha Hi-Low Split Eight-or-Better Championship where he finished eighth.