ESPN.com, the worldwide media source that covers every kind of sports, started coming out with a list of the top ten poker players in the world back in December. This list is released on a monthly basis and was created to put some kind of order in an area that is sometimes a cause of confusion.

The list is called The Nuts and is compiled by a professional group of sports fans who regularly follow poker and examine the top players and how they are performing in the industry. The panel includes top contributors to ESPN’s poker board, including Gary Wise, Bernard Lee, Bluff Editor in Chief Lance Bradley, Bluff writer Jessica Walman, tournament reporter Don Peters and Poker News editor Matthew Parvis.

This month’s list was posted as follows:

When ESPN first started the list in December, Mercier occupied sixth place. However, his performance in WSOPE was so impressive that the panel sat up to take notice and this month, the young player found himself in the second spot.

“It’s pretty cool to be number 2,” he said. “I think that I’ve reached as high as I can go. I don’t think I have any chance of beating out Ivey.”
Scott Sevier, in the number ten spot, reached the list after he caught the panel’s attention for a good run of victories over the past couple of months. He had two six-figure scores in a week and his last three cashes have been over $200K.

The ESPN list said goodbye to Betrand Grospellier, despite his impressive 13th finish in the Euro Finals of Poker. It seems that fresh talent is only a poker round away and with the likes of Seiver and Mercier on the scene, top players will need to work harder to keep their spots on the list.

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