Jonathan \"FieryJustice\" Little Wraps Up WPT Player of the Year Honors

Online poker pro Jonathan "FieryJustice" Little has captured the Season VI WPT Player of the Year award. (PokerListings.com image with Bodog Beat handiwork)

While no official announcement has been made by the World Poker Tour yet, when poker player Danny Wong was eliminated from the WPT World Championship yesterday online poker pro Jonathan "FieryJustice" Little wrapped up the title of WPT Season VI Player of the Year.

Thanks to a win at the WPT Mirage Poker Showdown in May of 2007, a seventh-place finish at the WPT Gulf Coast Poker Championship in September 2007 and a second-place finish at the WPT North American Poker Championships, Little racked up almost $1.9 million in tournament winnings and enough points to propel him to the top of the Player of the Year leaderboard.

The closest player to catching Little in the POY standings was Phil Ivey, thanks to his win at the WPT LA Poker Classic, and a third place or better finish at the Bellagio would have put Ivey in the top spot. However, Ivey was eliminated well short of that goal, leaving 20 other players who all basically needed a win to catch Little.

Wong was the last of those players, and he went out in 30th place, sealing the deal for "FieryJustice." So, congrats to our favorite superhero.

Just think, all you have to do is win a WPT event, place second in another and bubble yet another final table and you too could win WPT Player of the Year. And why not get started on your way over at Bodog where you have the chance to win a $12,000 "Player's Choice" package to a WPT event.WPT online poker qualifiers

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