Granted I am biased, due to some large winnings early on, but does the poker circuit or whatever its called exclude winnings from the wsop main event when calculating a players money won for the year? Does the PGA exclude tournaments like The Masters and The US Open which have larger purses than the other tournaments from their calculations of the "money list" ?

Qualifying for the Poker Championship earlier this year was a tough feat, having to beat out a field of 45, just to earn an entry. That shouldn't be marginalized.