Here is the final points list for the CSOP Most Valuable Player for 2010.  The Points are determined by what place you finish in the tournament, the buy in of the tournament, and the amount of players in the tournament.  So if you played in the $20 Early Bird with 100 players in it and took first place, you would not get as many points if you played in the $100 Deepstack with 100 players and took first place.

The Chicago Series of Poker MVP will take home a $500 CCG Prize Package.  Congratulations to Jose Escamilla who is the 2010 CSOP MVP!  This was a much closer race than the points do justice for.  Jose’s play on Friday before the main event at the VFW in Oak Lawn catapulted him into the top three on the points list.  He chopped the Deepstack on Friday three ways for first place, and then final tabled the Deepstack on Sunday at the Mexican Grille.  Those two key finishes, along with an outright win in event #9 ($100 Deepstack), gave Jose the crown as CSOP MVP in 2010.

Thank you to all the players who came out to support the hosting charities poker fundraisers that work with Chicago Charitable Games.  The charity poker players at Chicago Charitable Games are arguable the best poker players in the state of Illinois.  I cannot thank everyone enough for all your help and support the last few years.  Good luck at the tables, and keep those bad beats to a minimum.

Remember the awards ceremony for the Chicago Series of Poker is at the VFW in Batavia on Friday April 9th.

CHICAGO SERIES OF POKER MVP POINTS LIST 2010
1    Jose Escamilla    1018
2    Robert Moreno    798
3    Bradley Henkin    756
4    Paul Gooding    563
5    Arthur Martin    559
6    Paul Smith    457
7    Bryan Skreens    439
8    Rohit Gupta    425
9    Joshua Sigale    384
10    Katya    377
11    Mac Antigua    376
12    David Hammerschmidt    373
13    David Schultz    373
14    Richard Crystal    325
15    Karl Sederberg    319
16    Ray Mancini    310
17    James Yario    308
18    Terry Holmes    301
19    Renee Gibbon    288
20    Syed Ahmed    266
21    Kevin    266
22    Jeffery Pearson    264
23    Shari Klien    264
24    John Castillo    264
25    Ed Blazer    262