BLUFF Magazine has declared 2008 the year of The Maven. Or maybe more accurately David Chicotsky did everything to ensure 2008 would be remembered as his year as he captured the BLUFF Magazine Online Poker Player-of-the-Year award with an incredible finish.

Chicotsky, known online as “The Maven” put together an amazing final three weeks to vault himself past both Jon “PearlJammer” Turner and Chris “Moorman1″ Moorman to take home the most prestigous title in online poker.

“At the start of December this looked like a two-horse race between Jon Turner and Chris Moorman but David showed how badly he wanted this by playing as much as he did the last three weeks,” said Eric Morris, publisher of BLUFF Magazine. “It just goes to show how important this award really is and we couldn’t have a more deserving champion.”

Chicotsky finished the year with 455,719 OPOY points and was the only player to break the 400,000 barrier. Moorman, who wound up second, posted 399,747 while third place finisher Turner scored 391,346. Moorman and Turner both took some time away from the online game at the end of the year to play some live events. Chicotsky obviously hunkered down and went to work.

Between his PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker accounts Chicotsky played a staggering 1,078 tournaments. He won 10 of them, made the final table in 74 of  them and cashed in a total of 161 tournaments. His total profit for the month on those two sites alone was $48,296.

“Both Turner and Moorman had incredible years and should be commended for their success,” said Morris. “Chicotsky was in the mix for the entire year and when he saw an opportunity to improve his ranking he stepped up and proved that he was a worthy Player-of-the-Year.”

Players earn POY points throughout the calendar year based on their finish in online poker tournaments on Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars, Bodog Poker, Absolute Poker and UltimateBet. For a complete breakdown of the 2008 race visit http://www.bluffmagazine.com/players/2008-online-poy-rankings.asp.

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