That rings a bell from a previous Player of the Series that Leigh ran, but I can"t find it or his reply to it.
IIRC it"s to do with the wording
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Only the top five "POTS" scoring events will count towards a players overall "POTS" score.
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Players will receive 1 guaranteed POTS ranking point for every event (excl satellites) that they play during the series. There is no cap on these points i.e Play 5, earn 5 ranking points, Play all 9, earn 9 ranking points.
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The top 5
scoring events count, but the playing points are guaranteed without a cap.