Nolan Dalla developed the system used to determine the tournament player of the year. It is a complex system of multipliers which factor in the amount of the buy-in, the size of the field and placement in the tournament. It wouldn't be hard to set up on an excel sheet. Only those on the final table get any points. If you visit pokerpages.com and look under authors of the articles, I am sure you can find his e-mail address. He has responded to me in the past, but that was 3 or 4 years ago. Good luck.

Michael Siskin