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A number of players are starting to separate themselves from their peers in the Online Poker Player of the Year race on both Bluff and Card Player, and even though we are only in late February, 2011 we are already seeing the contenders for the OPOY title take shape.

Here is a look at both the Bluff Magazine and Card Player Magazine leader-boards for the 2011 Online Player of the Year race:

CARD PLAYER MAGAZINE ONLINE PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP 10:

1.     Paul ‘paulgees81′ Volpe — 2,624 points — $416,800

2.     Mike ‘CuteIsWhatIAim4′ Telker — 2,514 points — $496,481

3.     Nick ‘Grippolio’ Grippo — 2,486 points — $246,651

4.     Eric ‘blizair’ Blair — 2,392 points — $226,716

5.     James ‘mig.com’ Mackey — 2,228 points $233,905

6.     Shaun ‘tedsfishfry’ Deeb — 2,100 points $382,573

7.     adametes — 2,060 points — $246,569

8.     Joseph ‘JBlaze20′ Chaplin — 2,050 points — $256,334

9.     Jason ‘jdpc27′ Wheeler — 2,038 points — $163,016

10.  Sam ‘KingKobeMVP’ Stein — 2,012 points — $254,292

BLUFF MAGAZINE ONLINE PLAYER OF THE YEAR TOP 10:

1.     supadphat – 103,000 points

2.     CrazyHorse76 – 100,000 points

3.     Bazeman11 – 92,000 points

4.     SmokMyBandit – 91,000 points

5.     inhidonks – 90,000 points

6.     Paul ‘paulgees81’ Volpe – 88,000 points

7.     jcamby33 – 87,000 points

8.     golden_nug – 82,000 points

9.     Russell ‘rdcrsn’ Carson – 81,000 points

10.  HR_Dub – 80,000 points

A couple of players to watch from the above lists are Shaun Deeb –one of online poker’s greatest tournament players of all-time—as well as Sam Stein who is in 10^th place on the Card Player OPOY leader-board, and also in 11^th place on the Card Player POY leader-board! Could he possibly pull off the near impossible double???