The NBC has announced the full list of players who will take part into the 2013 NBC National Heads Up Championship.

36 players are part of the GPI300 (more than half of the field) and the rest of the players are all known and ranked on the GPI.

Here is the list of 63 players (number 64 will be a WSOP.com qualifier):

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›› Weng dominates on way to GPI crown

 ›› Foxen extends record to four

 ›› Pupillo survives the charge

 ›› Over 80 earn National titles

 

 

LAS VEGAS, January 3, 2024 – The Global Poker Index (GPI) have announced the champions of their Player of the Year races for the 2023 live tournament poker season …

 

2023 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Bin Weng had a few challengers to the 2023 GPI PoY title, but in the end, it wasn’t much of a race as Weng dominantly closed things, collecting over 5,000 GPI points to earn his first-ever PoY victory.

Weng was red-hot on the US poker circuit in 2023, earning 6 wins, 20 Top 10 finishes, and 55 total results during the year.

His wins included a pair of WPT titles – the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown in May and the WPT EveryOne for One Drop in Las Vegas in July – two other titles at Wynn Las Vegas, the WSOP Circuit Main Event ring at Horseshoe Las Vegas and a victory at the return of major tournament poker at Borgata in Atlantic City to kick off 2023.

2022 GPI PoY Stephen Song finished 43rd in this year’s race.

2023 GPI PoY Top 5

1. Bin Weng (USA) 5,008.99 pts
2. Jose Nacho Barbero (ARG) -621.27
3. Ren Lin (CHN) -748.05
4. Isaac Haxton (USA) -840.37
5. Daniel Tang (HKG) -901.85

 

 

2023 GPI FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

 Canadian great Kristen Foxen has added a fourth title to her resume. Just a few years after going on a record-setting back-to-back-to-back run, Foxen wins the GPI Female Player of the Year title once again, defeating a fellow former GPI Female PoY winner, Nadya Magnus.

Foxen’s 2023 included 7 Top 10 finishes and 21 results – she ended the season with a 33^rd place finish at the WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

2022 GPI Female PoY Cherish Andrews finished 6^th in this year’s race.

2023 GPI Female PoY Top 5

1. Kristen Foxen (CAN) 2,970.93 pts
2. Nadya Magnus (USA) -403.96
3. Kitty Kuo (TWN) -568.15
4. Victoria Livschitz (USA) -728.91
5. Maria Ho (USA) -875.84

 

2023 GPI MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

 In the closest race of the year, Nick Pupillo fended off a late charge from Preston McEwen to win the Mid-Major title by just 41.79 points.

Pupillo earned consistent results at multiple buy-in levels in 2023. His 3^rd place finish in the Mid-States Poker Tour event at Venetian in late November proved the clincher in the race for Mid-Major PoY.

2022 GPI Mid-Major PoY Stephen Song finished 14^th in this year’s race.

2023 GPI Mid-Major PoY Top 5

1. Nick Pupillo (USA) 2,819.77 pts
2. Preston McEwen (USA) -41.79
3. William Kopp (USA) -126.18
4. Ankit Ahuja (IND) -167.13
5. Blake Bohn (USA) -279.46

Weng, Foxen, and Pupillo will be invited to accept their GPI PoY trophies at the Global Poker Awards, presented at the PokerGO Studio ARIA in Las Vegas, broadcast exclusively on PokerGO. An announcement on the 5^th Global Poker Awards is expected soon.

 

2023 GPI NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

A total of 85 players earned the minimum 1,000 points necessary to be recognized as their country’s National Player of the Year, including Stephen Chidwick, who is crowned UK Player of the Year for the fourth straight year…

 

2023 GPI Players of the Year

2023 GPI PoY	Bin Weng (USA)	5,008.99
2023 GPI Female PoY	Kristen Foxen (CAN)	2,970.77
2023 GPI Mid-Major PoY	Nick Pupillo (USA)	2,819.77

 

GPI PoY: North America	Bin Weng (USA)	5,008.99
GPI PoY: South America	Jose Nacho Barbero (ARG)	4,387.72
GPI PoY: Europe	Stephen Chidwick (UK)	3,904.93
GPI PoY: Asia	Ren Lin (CHN)	4,260.94

 

 

 

2023 GPI Players of the Year

Algeria	Omar Lakhdari	2,533.63
Argentina	Jose Nacho Barbero	4,387.72
Armenia	Aren Bezhanyan	2,426.56
Australia	John Perry	2,458.01
Austria	Daniel Rezaei	3,118.34
Azerbaijan	David Mzareulov	2,345.47
Belarus	Mikita Bodyakovsky	3,316.75
Belgium	Thomas Boivin	3,245.15
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Fikret Kovac	1,403.56
Brazil	Pedro Vinicius Garagnani	3,388.19
Bulgaria	Alex Kulev	3,432.44
Canada	Daniel Dvoress	3,633.63
Chile	Nick Yunis	2,137.62
China	Ren Lin	4,260.94
Colombia	Farid Jattin	2,856.03
Costa Rica	Federico Francisco Quevedo Diaz	1,140.20
Croatia	Sverko Gregor	1,765.21
Cuba	Carlos Bermudez	1,573.48
Cyprus	Yiannis Liperis	2,627.06
Czechia	Roman Hrabec	3,281.57
Denmark	Henrik Hecklen	2,837.61
Estonia	Tarmo Tammel	1,892.27
Finland	Eelis Parssinen	3,013.36
France	Fabrice Bigot Castagnet	3,151.36
Georgia	Giorgiy Skhuluhiya	2,853.50
Germany	Leon Sturm	2,935.85
Greece	Georgios Sotiropoulos	2,138.33
Guatemala	Mario Alejandro Del Valle Rivas	1,041.32
Hong Kong	Daniel Tang	4,107.14
Hungary	Norbert Szecsi	2,154.80
India	Ankit Ahuja	3,406.43
Indonesia	Jhon Hendri	1,790.41
Iran	Nariman Yaghmai	2,195.55
Ireland	Gary Thompson	2,184.06
Israel	Yuval Bronshtein	2,788.97
Italy	Michael Rossitto	3,172.18
Japan	Shimizu Nozomu	3,381.00
Kazakhstan	Baurzhan Akimov	1,967.61
Kyrgystan	Kubanychbek Abakirov	1,963.01
Latvia	Aleksejs Ponakovs	3,146.86
Lebanon	Rayan Chamas	1,958.16
Lithuania	Vladas Tamasauskas	3,028.23
Luxembourg	Sihao Zhang	1,499.13
Malaysia	Chin Wei Lim	3,302.88
Malta	Corel Theuma	1,632.73
Mexico	Angel Guillen	2,040.18
Moldova	Pavel Plesuv	2,361.85
Montenegro	Vlado Banicevic	1,065.13
Morocco	Mehdi Chaoui	2,789.90
Netherlands	Jans Arends	3,170.04
New Zealand	Natalia Rozova	1,548.54
North Macedonia	Ilija Savevski	1,689.89
Northern Cyprus	Dmitrij Pokhabov	1,159.20
Norway	Espen Uhlen Jorstad	2,905.01
Panama	Jose Severino	1,872.82
Peru	Diego Ventura	2,105.96
Philippines	James Mendoza	2,685.41
Poland	Dzmitry Urbanovich	2,047.02
Portugal	Joao Vieira	3,105.92
Puerto Rico	Fernando Rodriguez Vazquez	1,022.77
Romania	Mihai Niste	2,305.82
Russia	Artur Martirosyan	3,769.36
Senegal	Hassan Nashar	1,046.33
Serbia	Milos Petakovic	2,839.72
Singapore	Jun Hao Wu	2,472.73
Slovakia	Tomas Patka	1,866.33
Slovenia	Tjan Tepeh	2,021.76
South Africa	Ahmed Karrim	2,180.50
South Korea	Jinho “YellOw” Hong	2,942.35
Spain	Adrian Mateos	3,403.34
Sri Lanka	Sutharsan Ariyanayagam	1,033.34
Sweden	Martin Jacobson	2,169.18
Switzerland	Dinesh Alt	2,216.48
Syria	Ahmad Rami Naall	1,044.03
Taiwan	Ting Yi Eric Tsai	2,912.51
Thailand	Punnat Punsri	3,229.25
Tunisia	Maher Achour	1,820.34
Turkey	Orpen Kisacikoglu	3,356.34
Ukraine	Igor Yaroshevskyy	3,030.31
United Arab Emirates	Enrico Mosca	1,122.10
United Kingdom	Stephen Chidwick	3,904.93
United States of America	Bin Weng	5,008.99
Uruguay	Francisco Benitez	2,171.40
Uzbekistan	Valeriy Pak	3,081.85
Venezuela	Dorian Rios Pavon	2,518.24
Vietnam	Minh Phu Dao	2,753.89

 

 

Congratulations to all of 2023 GPI PoY winners!

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index® (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across over 30,000 festivals. The Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 569,000 live poker tournaments and 4.6 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012. For more information, visit http://globalpokerindex.com/ and http://thehendonmob.com/

 

2023 GPI PoY RACE KICKS OFF WITH JEREMY AUSMUS ON TOP

>> Ausmus also led to start the 2022 PoY

>> Ticherfatine leads the Female PoY battle

>> Whittington leads the charge in Mid-Major race

 

LAS VEGAS, February 23, 2023 – The Global Poker Index® (GPI) released its first Player of the Year rankings of the year this week as American star Jeremy Ausmus on top of the overall race, as he did to kick off the 2022 poker season.

Ausmus would end finishing third in the race, behind fellow Americans Adam Hendrix and eventual winner Stephen Song, who will be celebrated for his achievements (Song won the GPI Mid-Major PoY title as well) at the Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas, airing exclusively on PokerGO® on Friday, March 3^rd at 5:30pm PT.

Back to Ausmus, who has collected nine qualifying results so far – including a win in a side event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas. Ausmus would return home from the Bahamas with four more results, including a 13^th place finish in the PSPC Main Event for his best score of this young season.

The Las Vegas native has also earned scores at the PGT PokerGO Cup, the Lucky Hearts Poker Open and the PGT Mixed Games.

 

JEREMY AUSMUS (USA) – 2023 RESULTS

FESTIVAL	LOCATION	EVENT	FINISH	ENTRIES	GPI SCORE
PGT PokerGO Cup	Las Vegas	NLHE Event #4	7th	78	170.68
PGT PokerGO Cup	Las Vegas	NLHE Event #5	6th	56	175.75
Lucky Hearts Open	Florida	LHPO Championship	101st	1,692	151.27
Lucky Hearts Open	Florida	PLO Deep Stack	3rd	30	–
2023 PCA/PSPC	Bahamas	NLHE Deep Stack	1st	374	365.11
2023 PCA/PSPC	Bahamas	NLHE Deep Stack	22nd	389	101.50
2023 PCA/PSPC	Bahamas	PLO High Roller	3rd	44	212.77
2023 PCA/PSPC	Bahamas	PSPC Main Event	13th	1,014	385.02
2023 PCA/PSPC	Bahamas	NLHE	13th	148	129.36
PGT Mixed Games	Las Vegas	10-Game Championship	5th	57	196.52

Ausmus holds a small lead on Tony Lin. Meanwhile, Justin Saliba and Anthony Hu, who have both enjoyed hot starts to the season, sit in third and fourth place respectively, with Jesse Lonis in fifth. The first non-American to appear in the PoY rankings is the UK’s Andrew Wilson, who sits sixth.

Ticherfatine leads Female PoY

WSOP International Circuit Dakar Main Event winner Cecile Ticherfatine leads the way in the Female PoY race. The French native has already collected two victories and two other Top 3 finishes so far this season.

Ticherfatine holds a minuscule 9-point lead over a very familiar face, 2021 GPI Female Player of the Year Nadya Magnus while former back-to-back-to-back Female PoY, Kristen Foxen, also sits in the Top 5.

2022 Female PoY runner-up Angela Jordison is currently in seventh position.

Whittington the player to beat for Mid-Major title

American Blake Whittington sits atop the GPI Mid-Major race. Whittington has also collected 12 scores, one away from the 13 max, which means that all new results will have to hold better scores than his current 13^th score in order to add points to his total overall score once he earns his next qualifying result.

Whittington leads Australian Daniel Noja, American Jonathan Moschel and French player Idir Haiche in the Top 4. Las Vegas grinder Eric “Basebaldy” Baldwin rounds-out the Top 5.

 

2023 GPI PoY TOP 5

PLAYER (COUNTRY)	QUALIFYING SCORES	GPI SCORE	POINTS BEHIND
#1 Jeremy Ausmus (USA)	9/13	1,887.98	–
#2 Tony Lin (USA)	9/13	1,770.94	117.04
#3 Justin Saliba (USA)	6/13	1,610.33	277.65
#4 Anthony Hu (USA)	6/13	1,517.70	370.28
#5 Jesse Lonis (USA)	6/13	1,355.12	532.86

 

2023 GPI FEMALE PoY TOP 5

PLAYER (COUNTRY)	QUALIFYING SCORES	GPI SCORE	POINTS BEHIND
#1 Cecile Ticherfatine (FRA)	4/13	676.81	–
#2 Nadya Magnus (USA)	3/13	667.73	9.08
#3 Tracey Nguyen Hill (USA)	6/13	652.02	24.79
#4 Kathy Liebert (USA)	6/13	640.96	35.85
#5 Kristen Foxen (CAN)	3/13	624.15	52.66

 

2023 GPI MID-MAJOR PoY TOP 5

PLAYER (COUNTRY)	QUALIFYING SCORES	GPI SCORE	POINTS BEHIND
#1 Blake Whittington (USA)	12/13	1,020.02	–
#2 Daniel Noja (AUS)	10/13	988.29	31.73
#3 Jonathan Moschel (USA)	13/13	971.58	48.44
#4 Idir Haiche (FRA)	6/13	960.80	59.22
#5 Eric Baldwin (USA)	11/13	952.41	67.61

 

 

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For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index® (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across over 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database™ (THM) has archived over 514,000 live poker tournaments and 4 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports, and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012. For more information, visit http://globalpokerindex.com/ and http://thehendonmob.com/

 

DATE SET FOR 4TH ANNUAL GLOBAL POKER AWARDS AT POKERGO® STUDIO IN LAS VEGAS

›› Over 25 awards to be presented

 ›› New categories to be unveiled

 ›› Live on PokerGO®

 

LAS VEGAS, January 11, 2023 – The date for the 4^th Annual Global Poker Awards has been set. The Global Poker Index® (GPI) and The Hendon Mob (THM) along with PokerGO® will host the awards inside the PokerGO Studio at Aria Resort & Casino on Friday, March 3.

Over 25 awards will be presented including GPI Player of the Year, Poker ICON, Players’ Choice for Toughest Opponent, and Best Vlogger. The full list of categories will be announced later this month. The entire awards show will be presented live and exclusively on PokerGO beginning at 8:30pm ET / 5:30pm PT.

One of the new categories to be announced is the Rising Star in Content Creation. This award will be presented to a new content creator who made the biggest impact in 2022. The first round of voting is set to begin shortly.

Poker fans will once again have their say at this year’s Global Poker Awards. At last year’s awards, poker fans voted on their fave hand, trophy, and poker personality. Fans Choice is set to return with several categories including a new category: Fave Live Stream.

Some of the winners from the third annual awards will look to add some more hardware to their shelves. Both Brad Owen and Jamie Kerstetter picked up their second Global Poker Award in 2022. Owen won for Best Vlogger and Kerstetter collected Best Twitter Personality. Other notable winners included Benjamin Spragg (Best Streamer), Johan Guilbert (GPI Breakout Player), and Japan’s Masato Yokosawa (Fans Choice: Best Poker Personality).

 

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index® (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across over 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 514,000 live poker tournaments and 4 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012. For more information, visit http://globalpokerindex.com/ and http://thehendonmob.com/

 

About PokerGO®

PokerGO® is the world’s largest poker content company delivering poker’s most premier live events around the world to consumers. The platform delivers more than 100 days of live poker on an annual basis, streaming PokerGO® owned and operated tournaments such as the Super High Roller Bowl, Poker Masters, U.S. Poker Open, and PokerGO Cup, along with select World Series of Poker final tables and more. PokerGO’s video-on-demand library includes original content that provides unmatched access to the world of poker, including “High Stakes Poker,” “No Gamble, No Future,” and “High Stakes Duel.” PokerGO curates programming that spans from expert commentary on the game to tales of iconic moments in poker history, to behind-the-scenes interviews with notable poker stars and more. For more information, please visit http://www.pokergo.com/. Become a part of the PokerGO community on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Discord.

 

›› Song captures two titles

 ›› Andrews wins the crown

 ›› 79 players named National PoYs

 

LAS VEGAS, January 4, 2022 – The Global Poker Index (GPI) have released the names of all of their Player of the Year race winners from the 2022 poker season.

Stephen Song was the last player standing in one of the most entertaining GPI Player of the Year races in history. Several players would hold on to the #1 PoY rank throughout the year but Song waited until the very end to take the lead, winning the WPT Prime Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in one of the final tournaments of the season, taking the lead from his friend, Adam Hendrix, who was at or near the top of the table for most of the season.

Collecting a total of 3,543.72 GPI PoY points, Song finished just 17.24 points ahead of Hendrix in the race and just 46.25 points ahead of Jeremy Ausmus, who kicked off 2022 grabbing the early lead in the PoY race.

2022 GPI PoY Top 5:

1. Stephen Song (USA)
2. Adam Hendrix (USA)
3. Jeremy Ausmus (USA)
4. Chad Eveslage (USA)
5. Farid Jattin (COL)

 

Cherish Andrews arrived at the Wynn for the WPT World Championship Festival trailing Angela Jordison in the race for the GPI Female Player of the Year title. She would leave Las Vegas leaving no doubt she should win the race following an incredible performance in three WPT events during her stay, including a victory and a trio of Top 6 finishes.

Three-time (and back-to-back-to-back) GPI Female PoY Kristen Bicknell would finish third in the race while reigning Female PoY Nadya Magnus finished a very respectable 14^th on a reduced schedule.

2022 GPI Female PoY Top 5:

1. Cherish Andrews (USA)
2. Angela Jordison (USA)
3. Kristen Bicknell (CAN)
4. Jessica Vierling (GER)
5. Christina Gollins (USA)

Amazingly, Song also wins the Mid-Major Player of the Year race, recognizing players involved in events with buy-ins up to $2,500 USD, becoming the very first person to ever win a pair of GPI PoY title in one year.

Song had such an impressively strong year overall, excelling in events with wide-ranging buy-ins.

The aforementioned Jordison also battled hard in this race, holding the lead heading into December, dropping to 3^rd and finally ending up in the runner-up position.

Inaugural GPI Mid-Major PoY winner David Mzareulov finished 142^nd in this year’s race.

2022 GPI Mid-Major PoY Top 5:

1. Stephen Song (USA)
2. Angela Jordison (USA
3. Julien Sitbon (FRA)
4. Jared Ingles (USA)
5. Donovan Dean (USA)

Both Song and Andrews will be invited to accept their trophies at the Global Poker Awards ceremony at the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas – broadcast exclusively on PokerGO. An official announcement on the date for the 4^th Global Poker Awards is expected next week.

Meanwhile, 79 players received GPI National Player of the Year honors. Familiar faces such as Mikita Bodyakovsky, Davidi Kitai, Farid Jattin, Koray, Aldemir, Sergio Aido, Stephen Chidwick once again collect National titles, joining a slew of first-time winners including Song and 2022 World Series of Poker Main Event Champion Espen Uhlen Jorstad.

 

2022 GPI Players of the Year

2022 GPI PoY	Stephen Song (USA)	3,543.72
2022 Mid-Major PoY	Stephen Song (USA)	2,580.18
2022 Female PoY	Cherish Andrews (USA)	2,835.14

 

2022 GPI National Players of the Year

*Minimum 1,000 GPI PoY points required to be recognized as National PoY

Algeria	Omar Lakhdari	2,011.04
Argentina	Jose “Nacho” Barbero	2,661.64
Armenia	Aren Bezhanyan	1,820.39
Australia	Yita Choong	2,507.16
Austria	Daniel Rezaei	2,295.40
Azerbaijan	David Mzareulov	2,114.36
Belarus	Mikita Bodyakovsky	3,006.73
Belgium	Davidi Kitai	2,481.23
Brazil	Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	3,017.11
Bulgaria	Simeon Spasov	2,529.47
Canada	Mike Watson	3,429.44
Chile	Nick Yunis	1,951.72
China	Sen Mu	1,535.99
Colombia	Farid Jattin	3,466.67
Croatia	Sverko Gregor	2,047.97
Cyprus	Yiannis Liperis	2,357.79
Czechia	Roman Hrabec	2,399.92
Denmark	Henrik Hecklen	2,868.66
Dominican Republic	Francis Cruz	1,708.51
Ecuador	Pablo Valdivieso	1,124.16
Egypt	John Adel Fouad Basta	1,135.21
Estonia	David Comeron Carrasco	1,641.45
Finland	Toni Kaukua	1,612.08
France	Julien Sitbon	3,024.71
Georgia	Giorgiy Skhuluhiya	1,919.03
Germany	Koray Aldemir	2,435.11
Greece	Symeon Alexandridis	2,473.96
Hong Kong	Daniel Chi Tang	2,966.24
Hungary	Laszlo Bujtas	2,266.40
India	Ankit Ahuja	2,150.10
Iran	Milad Oghabian Langar	2,005.09
Ireland	Stephen Kehoe	2,168.90
Israel	Yuval Bronshtein	2,677.03
Italy	Michael Rossitto	2,265.29
Japan	Tamon Nakamura	2,199.77
Jordan	Sultan Khair	1,130.17
Kazakhstan	Dauren Zhaparov	1,063.70
Kyrgyzstan	Kubanychbek Abakirov	1,328.94
Latvia	Aleksejs Ponakovs	2,059.70
Lebanon	Gabriel Akiki	2,087.83
Lithuania	Vladas Tamasauskas	1,670.71
Luxembourg	Felix Michel Weis	1,235.12
Malaysia	Paul Phua	2,836.28
Mexico	Jose Andres Guzman	1,610.50
Moldova	Pavel Plesuv	2,608.77
Montenegro	Vlado Banicevic	1,245.43
Morocco	Mehdi Chaoui	2,682.46
North Macedonia	Ilija Savevski	1,642.47
Netherlands	David Hu	2,459.16
Norway	Espen Uhlen Jorstad	2,566.63
Panama	Jorge Hou Huang	1,452.63
Philippines	David Erquiaga	2,436.25
Poland	Jakub Michalak	2,568.61
Portugal	Pedro Marques	2,310.53
Puerto Rico	Ricardo Velasco	1,258.24
Romania	Danut Chisu	2,466.86
Russia	Artur Martirosyan	2,604.27
Serbia	Aleksandar Tomovic	2,033.32
Singapore	Andy Xueyan Li	1,393.82
Slovakia	Marek Blasko	1,694.23
Slovenia	Rok Gostisa	2,134.00
South Africa	Ahmed Karrim	1,780.44
South Korea	Jinho “YellOw” Hong	2,908.87
Spain	Sergio Aido	2,763.94
Sweden	Anton Wigg	2,795.90
Switzerland	Alexandre Vuilleumier	2,473.19
Taiwan	Pete Chen	2,124.18
Thailand	Punnat Punsri	3,172.78
Tunisia	Maher Nouira	2,224.54
Turkey	Koray Korkmaz	2,601.06
Ukraine	Andrey Lyubovetskiy	3,069.49
United Arab Emirates	Basel Khabazeh	2,054.47
United Kingdom	Stephen Chidwick	3,323.61
USA	Stephen Song	3,543.72
Uruguay	Francisco Benitez	2,241.00
Uzbekistan	Aleksandr Pak	1,474.98
Venezuela	Dorian Rios Pavon	2,109.42
Vietnam	Tony Tran	2,370.73

Congratulations to all of our 2022 PoY winners!

 

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

 

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across almost 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 514,000 live poker tournaments and 4 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012.

 

• Nyman begins #1 in Female race
• Mid-Major lead belongs to Ahuja

LAS VEGAS, March 17, 2022 – The Global Poker Index (GPI) has launched its Player of the Year races for the 2022 poker season with Jeremy Ausmus leading the charge in the overall race.

Ausmus has enjoyed a sizzling start to the 2022 poker season, including a win at the PokerGO Cup in Las Vegas and a Top 10 finish at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Florida.

The Las Vegas resident, who recently appeared on the First Flag Podcast, holds a 270 point lead on fellow American Brock Wilson. Defending GPI PoY Ali Imsirovic currently sits in third.

The Female PoY lead currently belongs to Florida’s Kristen Nyman. She has already collected 10 results this season, including cashes at the Stairway to Millions, MSPT at Venetian and the Wynn Millions Main Event.

California’s Christina Gollins currently sits 2nd in the race while defending GPI Female PoY Nadya Magnus holds the 10th spot early in the season.

Ankit Ahuja starts at the leader in the Mid-Major PoY race, hoping to take the title from inaugural winner David Mzareulov. Ahuja’s season so far includes a Ultimate Stack victory at the Venetian DeepStack Showdown Series earlier this month in Las Vegas.

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• Imsirovic goes the distance
• Magnus stops the streak 
• Mzareulov wins newest PoY 
• 56 players named National PoYs

 

LAS VEGAS, January 5, 2022 – The Global Poker Index (GPI) have released the names of all of their Player of the Year race winners for 2021.

Global Poker Index – Player of the Year

Ali Imsirovic went wire to wire, beginning the 2021 GPI Player of the Year race ranked #1 and ending at #1 without ever losing to lead to any other player. Imsirovic, the Breakout of the Year trophy winner at the 1^st Global Poker Awards, wins his first GPI PoY title while also earning the PokerGO Tour title for 2021.

Imsirovic finished 253 points ahead of Chance Kornuth and 337 points ahead of Shannon Shor while back-to-back GPI PoY Alex Foxen finished 11^th in the race.

2021 GPI PoY Top 5:

1. Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic (BIH)
2. Chance Kornuth (USA)
3. Shannon Shorr (USA)
4. Uri Reichenstein (ISR)
5. Sergio Aido (ESP)

Global Poker Index – Female Player of the Year

The GPI Female Player of the Year race saw a new winner for the first time since 2017 as Nadya Magnus won the title, taking over from Kristen Bicknell, who had held the title for three straight GPI PoY seasons.

Magnus outlasted Kyna England in the race with Katie Lindsay finishing 3^rd. The aforementioned Bicknell would finish in 7^th position.

2021 GPI Female PoY Top 5:

1. Nadya Magnus (USA)
2. Kyna England (USA)
3. Katie Lindsay (USA)
4. Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina (RUS)
5. Vanessa Kade (CAN)

Global Poker Index – Mid-Major Player of the Year

The GPI introduced a new PoY race for 2021, the Mid-Major Player of the Year, recognizing players involved in events with buy-ins up to $2,500 USD.

A very heated race ended with David Mzareulov picking up the victory, outlasting Logan Hewett, Michael Rossitto and Jesse Lonis in a very tight race.

2021 GPI Mid-Major PoY Top 5:

1. David Mzareulov (AZE)
2. Logan Hewett (USA)
3. Michael Rossitto (ITA)
4. Jesse Lonis (USA)
5. Justin Zaki (USA)

Global Poker Awards

All three players will receive trophies at the Global Poker Awards ceremony, set for Friday, February 18, 2022, live from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas – exclusively on PokerGO.

Meanwhile, 56 players received GPI National Player of the Year honors. Country leaders must collect a minimum of 1,000 PoY points throughout the year in order to be selected. A full list of those players can be found on the following page.

Congratulations to all of our PoY winners from 2021, let’s hope that 2022 provides some entertaining races – best of luck to all players!

2021 GPI Players of the Year

2021 GPI PoY	Ali Imsirovic	3,478.55
2021 Female PoY	Nadya Magnus	2,435.43
2021 Mid-Major PoY	David Mzareulov	2,361.21

2021 GPI National Players of the Year

Argentina	Ezequiel Waigel	2,416.58
Australia	Lewis Murray	1,813.42
Austria	Daniel Rezaei	2,295.00
Azerbaijan	David Mzareulov	2,583.34
Belarus	Raman Afanasenka	1,754.10
Belgium	Thomas Boivin	2,545.92
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Ali Imsirovic	3,478.55
Brazil	Yuri Martins Dzivielevski	1,566.08
Bulgaria	Boris Kolev	2,845.12
Canada	Daniel Negreanu	2,917.94
Chile	Nick Yunis	1,512.62
China	Sen Mu	1,486.61
Colombia	Farid Jattin	1,372.62
Croatia	Ivan Zufic	2,194.39
Cyprus	Yiannis Liperis	1,734.27
Czechia	Jan Bednar	1,428.57
Denmark	Martin Stausholm	1,353.21
Finland	Joni Jouhkimainen	1,651.61
France	Johan Guilbert	3,020.66
Georgia	Giorgiy Skhuluhiya	2,471.43
Germany	Koray Aldemir	1,777.15
Greece	Georgios Sotiropoulos	1,526.79
Hong Kong	Chan Lok Ming	1,080.80
Hungary	Tamas Lendvai	1,062.49
India	Abhinav Iyer	1,646.17
Ireland	Alex Kulev	1,642.05
Israel	Uri Reichenstein	3,138.32
Italy	Michael Rossitto	2,694.69
Japan	Jun Obara	1,801.09
Kazakhstan	Darkhan Botabayev	1,235.08
Lithuania	Matas Cimbolas	2,698.40
Moldova	Pavel Plesuv	1,357.63
Morocco	Badr Imejjane	1,876.85
Netherlands	Zhong Chen	1,672.41
Philippines	Mike Takayama	1,120.71
Portugal	Joao Vieira	2,131.81
Puerto Rico	Fernando Rodriguez Vazquez	1,919.65
Romania	Vlad Darie	2,116.44
Russia	Artur Martirosyan	2,417.32
Serbia	Damjan Radanov	2,096.71
Singapore	Feng Zhao	1,012.17
Slovenia	Rok Gostisa	2,371.92
South Korea	Sung Joo Hyun	2,921.24
Spain	Sergio Aido	3,090.55
Sweden	Tomas Soderstrom	2,366.94
Switzerland	Emil Bise	1,305.25
Taiwan	Eric Ting Yi Tsai	2,113.44
Thailand	Punnat Punsri	1,148.52
Tunisia	Moncef Karoui	1,256.47
Turkey	Selahaddin Bedir	2,188.95
Ukraine	Yuriy Kozinskiy	1,418.83
United Kingdom	Stephen Chidwick	2,926.50
USA	Chance Kornuth	3,225.11
Uruguay	Brian Barros Vazquez	1,010.46
Venezuela	Dorian Alejandro Rios Pavon	2,220.64
Vietnam	Tony Tran	1,713.89

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across almost 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 460,000 live poker tournaments and 3.5 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012.

GPI REVEAL ANNOUNCE DATE FOR 2021 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Female and National PoYs to also be announced

First-ever GPI Mid-Major PoY to be introduced

 

LAS VEGAS, December 28, 2021 – The Global Poker Index (GPI) announced that their 2021 GPI Player of the Year will be revealed on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, as the 2021 GPI poker season is set to conclude the previous night on January 4^th.

 

The Female Player of the Year will also be introduced on that day. After dominating the Female PoY race for three straight seasons, Kristen Bicknell looks to be relinquishing the crown by all account as a new Female PoY will probably be revealed for the first time since 2017.

 

The GPI are excited to announce the winner of a new trophy as the very first Mid-Major Player of the Year race will conclude. The current race to the Mid-Major title is so close, it will go down to the wire.

 

Finally, several National Players of the Year will be announced on January 5^th. Players from Bosnia & Herzegovina, France, Georgia, Lithuania, Russia, Spain, the United Kingdom and the USA are a few of the many expected to be recognized as National Players of the Year. A minimum of 1,000 PoY points is required to be recognized officially as a National Player of the Year.

 

Winners will be invited to the Global Poker Awards to receive their trophies. The 3^rd Global Poker Awards will be streamed live from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino on Friday, February 18, exclusively on PokerGO.

 

 

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

About GPI®/THM

Global Poker Index (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across almost 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 460,000 live poker tournaments and 3.5 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012.

 

LAS VEGAS, December 16, 2021 – The team at the Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob (GPI/THM) is expanding. It is a great honor that we announce Kevin ‘Kevmath’ Mathers has joined GPI/THM as Poker Information Manager.

Kevin has amassed one of the largest social media followings in the community and strives to leave no questions unanswered. He’s a go-to source for all things poker and has built a network of relationships within the game. With over 10 years of experience in the poker industry, Kevin is one of the most recognized and trusted names in the game.

“As one of the most respected sources of information in the poker community, we are thrilled to have Kevin on board,” said GPI/THM President Eric Danis. “We have always dreamed of adding Kevin to the team. It means a lot to us to welcome Kev to his new home and we are excited for what he brings to the table.” PR & Communications Manager for GPI/THM, Anthony Charter also had praise for Kevin – “Kevin was a recent guest of ours on GPInterview on the GPI/THM Podcast Network. Most of us have known Kevin for a long time but the intimate details he revealed made me even more of a fan. He’s one of the hardest working people in poker and adding him to the team was a no-brainer.”

Kevin’s role of Poker Information Manager will utilize his knowledge and experience throughout the years. Kevin will work closely with our partners to bolster our tournament and event calendar along with assisting the team in getting results forwarded and published.

Welcome home, Kev!

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

[email protected]

 

 

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across almost 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 460,000 live poker tournaments and 3.5 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012.

 

 

THE GLOBAL POKER AWARDS ARE BACK

• More than 20 awards expected to be presented
• Fan choice awards
• Exclusively on PokerGO

LAS VEGAS, December 14, 2021 – The Global Poker Index (GPI) and The Hendon Mob (THM) are proud to announce the return of the Global Poker Awards. In partnership with PokerGO, GPI/THM will present the awards for the first time since March 2020.

The 2021 Global Poker Awards will be streamed live from the PokerGO Studio at ARIA Resort & Casino on Friday, February 18, exclusively on PokerGO.

More than 20 awards are expected to be presented including 2021 GPI Player of the Year, Player’s Choice for Toughest Opponent, Poker ICON, and Best Vlogger. Fans will also be getting in on the action, having their vote on three Fan Choice awards. More information about the Fan Choice awards will be available soon.

The voting process will be announced shortly with awards voting beginning early in 2022.

The Poker Show Podcast – Special Edition – Announcing the Global Poker Awards 2021

 

For further information:

Anthony Charter PR & Communications Manager [email protected]

About GPI/THM

Global Poker Index (GPI) is live tournament poker’s ranking authority – classifying more than 640,000 active players from over 100 countries across almost 30,000 festivals. GPI’s Hendon Mob Poker Database (THM) has archived over 460,000 live poker tournaments and 3.5 million individual results and is continually updated via real-time data collection from over 2,200 partner venues. Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob are trading names of Mediarex Group, a global sports and entertainment organization, founded in Malta in 2012.

About PokerGO®

PokerGO® is the world’s largest poker content company delivering poker’s most premier live events around the world, along with poker-focused original series, to consumers. The platform delivers more than 100 days of live poker on an annual basis, streaming PokerGO owned and operated tournaments such as the Super High Roller Bowl, Poker Masters, and U.S. Poker Open, along with the World Series of Poker, among others. PokerGO’s video-on-demand library includes original content that provides unmatched access to the world of poker, between “High Stakes Poker,” “Poker After Dark,” and more, PokerGO curates programming that spans from expert commentary on the game to tales of iconic moments in poker history, to behind-the-scenes interviews with notable poker stars and more. For more information, please visit http://www.pokergo.com/.

 – Moreno added three other scores in June in order to win the month 

 – GPI re-launches Player of the Month results for first time in 16 months

LAS VEGAS, July 8, 2021 – The very last June event to be completed determined the GPI Player of the Month as Andrew Moreno’s victory in the Wynn Millions allowed him to jump to the top spot, earning GPI Player of the Month honors for the first time of his career.

Moreno, who won twice this month while collecting a total of four results, took the title away from John Riordan, who had taken over from Brock Wilson and others as events that started in June were coming to an end at this month.

 

ANDREW MORENO – JUNE 2021 AT A GLANCE

• June 10-14 – 22^nd/2,011 at MSPT Venetian in Las Vegas – 214.23 pts
• June 14-16 – 1^st/637 in UltimateStack at Venetian in Las Vegas – 315.41 pts
• June 17-20 – 127^th/1,312 in NLHE event at Wynn in Las Vegas – 100.60 pts
• June 25-2 – 1^st/1,328 at Wynn Millions in Las Vegas – 721.07 pts

Moreno currently sits 17th in the 2021 GPI Player of the Year race and ranks #17 in the GPI Global Rankings.

Back-to-back GPI Player of the Year Alex Foxen and current 2021 GPI PoY leader Ali Imsirovic earned Top 10 finishes, as did another former GPI PoY, and PokerGO U.S. Poker Open Golden Eagle trophy winner David Peters.

Leaderboards for all official races can be found here.

 

THE POKER SHOW PODCAST

The boys are back to talk about the massive success that was the Wynn Millions, the return of the GPI rankings, Andrew Moreno’s Player of the Month performance and so much more on this edition of The Poker Show.

GPI PLAYER OF THE MONTH – JUNE 2021

Andrew Moreno	USA	1,351.31
John Riordan	USA	1,006.87
Philip Shing	USA	965.37
Michael Rossitto	ITA	964.79
Brock Wilson	USA	950.75
Alex Foxen	USA	947.43
Ali Imsirovic	BIH	935.37
Frank Funaro	USA	919.01
Salim Admon	USA	891.77
David Peters	USA	888.82

GLOBAL POKER INDEX RANKINGS

Joseph McKeehen	USA	2,200.88
Nick Pupillo	USA	2,125.12
Brian Altman	USA	2,107.56
Qing Liu	USA	2,103.51
Matas Cimbolas	LIT	2,102.69

2021 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ali Imsirovic	BIH	2,758.21
Jesse Lonis	USA	2,409.35
Qing Liu	USA	2,339.32
Alex Foxen	USA	2,293.88
Adam Hendrix	USA	2,232.61

2021 GLOBAL FEMALE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nadya Magnus	USA	1,974.40
Camille Brown	USA	1,115.63
Gloria Jackson	USA	1,085.40
Kyna England	USA	932.80
Louise Francouer	CAN	926.75

2021 GPI MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jesse Lonis	USA	2,019.27
Jordan Cristos	USA	1,837.17
Joseph Henry	USA	1,810.14
Tuan Mai	USA	1,790.21
Daniel Sepiol	USA	1,702.53