GPI Player of the Year 2018
Another incredible poker season is in the books … but before we turn the page and move onto 2019, it’s time for an annual tradition, looking back at the top GPI point getters on the global, regional and national stage.
Although poker has thousands of talented pros on the circuit, only the cream of the crop rise to the top – we recognize those players today including the 2018 GPI Player of the Year, William Alex Foxen.
Foxen’s whirlwind rise to the top of the poker world has been well documented. The American has skyrocketed up the rankings and hit #1 on the GPI Global Rankings … he took over the 2018 GPI PoY race at that same time and was able to fend off superstars Stephen Chidwick, David Peters and Justin Bonomo to become this year’s Poker Player of the Year.
- 2018 GPI Player of the Year
- 2018 GPI Female Player of the Year
- 2018 GPI Player of the Year Americas
- 2018 GPI Player of the Year Europe
- 2018 GPI Player of the Year Asia
- 2018 GPI Player of the Year LATAM
- 2018 GPI Player of the Year Interactive World Map
- Photo Gallery
- 2018 GPI National Players of the Year – Full List
2018 GPI Player of the Year – William Alex Foxen
Name | William Alex Foxen |
Country | USA |
WAFoxen | |
waf2191 | |
GPI | GPI Profile |
2018 Results | 24 |
2018 Wins | 5 |
2018 Top 10 | 18 |
2018 Earnings | $6,632,556 |
GPI Points | 4,095.52 |
GPI World # | 1 |
2018 GPI PoY | 1 |
2018 Flags | 7 |
Total Earnings | $8,862,283 |
2018 GPI Female Player of the Year – Kristen Bicknell
Name | Kristen Bicknell |
Country | Canada |
krissyb24poker | |
kristen_bicknell | |
Sponsor | partypoker |
GPI | GPI Profile |
2018 Results | 28 |
2018 Wins | 1 |
2018 Top 10 | 7 |
2018 Earnings | $1,095,611 |
GPI Points | 3,071.41 |
GPI World # | 26 |
2018 GPI PoY | 27 |
2018 Flags | 7 |
Total Earnings | $2,315,526 |
2018 GPI Player of the Year Americas – William Alex Foxen
Name | William Alex Foxen |
Country | USA |
WAFoxen | |
WAFoxening | |
GPI | GPI Profile |
2018 Results | 24 |
2018 Wins | 5 |
2018 Top 10 | 18 |
2018 Earnings | $6,632,556 |
GPI Points | 4,095.52 |
GPI World # | 1 |
2018 GPI PoY | 1 |
2018 Flags | 7 |
Total Earnings | $8,862,283 |
2018 GPI Player of the Year Europe – Stephen Chidwick
Name | Stephen Chidwick |
Country | United Kingdom |
GPI | GPI Profile |
2018 Results | 33 |
2018 Wins | 6 |
2018 Top 10 | 27 |
2018 Earnings | $8,898,826 |
GPI Points | 3,787.26 |
GPI World # | 3 |
2018 GPI PoY | 2 |
2018 Flags | 6 |
Total Earnings | $20,211,856 |
2018 GPI Player of the Year Asia – Christopher Michael Soyza
Name | Christopher Michael Soyza |
Country | Malaysia |
MichaelSoyza | |
michaelsoyza | |
Sponsor | Natural 8 |
GPI | GPI Profile |
2018 Results | 35 |
2018 Wins | 6 |
2018 Top 10 | 18 |
2018 Earnings | $2,651,341 |
GPI Points | 3,389.65 |
GPI World # | 13 |
2018 GPI PoY | 9 |
2018 Flags | 7 |
Career Earnings | $3,567,219 |
2018 GPI Player of the Year LATAM – Joao Pires Simao
Name | Joao Pires Simao |
Country | Brasil |
joaosimaobh | |
joaosimao_oficial | |
GPI | GPI Profile |
2018 Results | 15 |
2018 Wins | 0 |
2018 Top 10 | 10 |
2018 Earnings | $1,291,557 |
GPI Points | 2,783.14 |
GPI World # | 93 |
2018 GPI PoY | 45 |
2018 Flags | 6 |
Career Earnings | $2,275,509 |
The 2018 Player of the Year Winners – Interactive World Map
➡ Scroll/hover over the map to see the winner per country.
➡ Click on the country to see more details about the player
➡ Use the – minus and + plus to zoom in
The 2018 Player of the Year Winners!
➡ Scroll/hover over the map to see the winner per country.
➡ Click on the country to see more details about the player
➡ Use the – minus and + plus to zoom in
Photo Gallery
Click to enlarge/slide show – Player cards package for poker press
2018 GPI National Players of the Year – Full List (minimum 1,000 required)
Nation | Player | GPI PoY Score |
Algeria | Omar Lakhdari | 1,457.44 |
Argentina | Maria Constanza Lampropulos | 2,418.28 |
Armenia | Harut “Harry” Arutyunyan | 1,228.26 |
Australia | Michael Addamo | 3,366.69 |
Austria | Thomas Mühlöcker | 2,611.54 |
Azerbaijan | Ramin Hajiyev | 2,366.93 |
Belarus | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | 3,184.50 |
Belgium | Davidi Kitai | 2,896.36 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic | 3,153.91 |
Brazil | Joao Pires Simao | 2,783.14 |
Bulgaria | Krasimir Yankov | 2,473.55 |
Canada | Kristen Bicknell | 3,071.41 |
Chile | Nick Yunis | 1,045.68 |
China | Yang Zhang | 2,487.80 |
Colombia | Farid Jattin | 2,155.68 |
Croatia | Goran Mandic | 1,109.71 |
Cyprus | Yiannis Liperis | 2,766.78 |
Czech Republic | Michal Mrakeš | 2,526.67 |
Denmark | Frederik Brink Jensen | 2,043.42 |
Estonia | Matthias Tikerpe | 1,498.04 |
Finland | Patrik Antonius | 2,229.88 |
France | Benjamin Pollak | 3,313.33 |
Germany | Rainer Kempe | 3,172.45 |
Greece | Georgios Zisimopoulos | 2,371.36 |
Hong Kong | Yan Shing Tsang | 2,693.08 |
Hungary | Marton Czuczor | 2,073.78 |
India | Nipun Java | 1,782.47 |
Iran | Milad Oghabian Langar | 2,357.69 |
Ireland | Marc MacDonnell | 2,792.57 |
Israel | Timur Margolin | 2,398.20 |
Italy | Mustapha Kanit | 2,835.26 |
Jamaica | Gautam Lillaney | 1,367.61 |
Japan | Takao Shimizu | 2,078.51 |
Latvia | Mihails Morozovs | 1,440.70 |
Lebanon | Georges Hanna | 1,734.31 |
Lithuania | Laurynas Levinskas | 2,266.38 |
Macedonia | Aleksandar Trajkovski | 1,143.06 |
Malaysia | Christopher Michael Soyza | 3,389.65 |
Mexico | Josafat Cruz | 1,354.75 |
Moldova | Pavel Plesuv | 3,503.07 |
Morocco | Ahmed Taleb | 1,518.95 |
Netherlands | Tobias Peters | 2,386.19 |
New Zealand | Honglin Jiang | 1,702.06 |
Norway | Preben Stokkan | 2,262.17 |
Philippines | Mike Takayama | 2,080.62 |
Poland | Dominik Panka | 1,969.99 |
Portugal | Diogo Veiga | 2,443.09 |
Romania | Florian Duta | 2,374.77 |
Russia | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 2,651.15 |
Serbia | Milos Skrbic | 1,422.94 |
Singapore | Alex Xiang Wei Lee | 1,323.79 |
Slovakia | David Urban | 1,614.15 |
Slovenia | Casey Kastle | 1,226.01 |
South Africa | Jarred Solomon | 1,571.50 |
South Korea | Sean Yu | 1,493.81 |
Spain | Adrian Mateos | 3,412.43 |
Sweden | Michael Tureniec | 2,360.43 |
Taiwan | Pete Yen Han Chen | 2,233.94 |
Thailand | Phachara Wongwichit | 2,305.61 |
Trinidad and Tobago | Ryan Goindoo | 1,205.68 |
Turkey | Orpen Kisacikoglu | 2,708.28 |
Ukraine | Igor Yaroshevskyy | 2,033.49 |
United Kingdom | Stephen Chidwick | 3,787.26 |
United States of America | William Alex Foxen | 4,095.52 |
Venezuela | Miguel Capriles | 1,204.37 |
Vietnam | Thai Ha | 1,833.04 |
Photo credits player profiles on the world map
Player | Profile | Map Background | Player | Profile | Map Background |
Florian Duta | PokerStars | partypoker | Preben Stokkan | partypoker | partypoker |
Orpen Kisacikoglu | Kings Casino | PokerCityNL | Mike Takayama | PokerStars | Asian Poker Tour |
Timur Margolin | partypoker | partypoker | David Urban | partypoker WPT | MPN Poker Tour |
Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic | PokerCentral | PokerCentral | Nipun Java | SHRPO | partypoker |
Yiannis Liperis | partypoker | MPN Poker Tour | Michal Mrakes | PokerStars | Kings Casino |
Frederik Brink Jensen | Unibet Open | Unibet Open | Marton Czuczor | HoldemPics | PokerNews |
Joao Pires Simao | partypoker | partypoker | Laurynas Levinskas | Merit Poker | PokerStars |
Marc Macdonnell | partypoker | partypoker | Tobias Peters | PokerCityNL | PokerNews |
Maria Constanza Lampropulos | partypoker | partypoker | Kristen Bicknell | Partypoker | Playground Poker |
Nikita Bodyakovskiy | GPI THM | Triton Poker | Yang Zhang | Kings Casino | PokerStars |
Mustapha Kanit | partypoker | partypoker | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | PokerStars | PokerStars |
Benjamin Pollak | WSOP | partypoker | Muhlocker | PokerStars | PokerFirmaDE |
Christopher Michael Soyza | GPI THM | PokerStars | Davidi Kitai | PokerNews | PokerNews |
Adrian Mateos | Winamax | Winamax | Matthias Tikerpe | Winamax | Winamax |
Pavel Plesuv | World Poker Tour | World Poker Tour | Yan Shing Tsang | GPI THM | PokerStars |
Jarred Solomon | Piggs Peak Casino / SA | Monster Jam Poker Tour | Takao Shimizu | Pokernews | SoMuchPoker |
Stephen Chidwick | GPI THM | PokerCentral | Dominik Panka | Merit Poker | PokerNews |
William Alex Foxen | GPI THM | GPI THM | Diogo Veiga | partypoker | partypoker |
Michael Addamo | GPI THM | Kings Casino | Michael Tureniec | SHRPO | SHRPO |
Patrik Antonius | Patrik Antonius | PokerCentral | Pete Yen Han Chen | Asian Poker Tour | World Poker Tour |
Georgios Zisimopoulos | PokerStars | Merit Poker | Igor Yaroshevskyy | World Poker Tour | PokerCityNL |
Honglin Jiang | Unibet Poker | partypoker | Rainer Kempe | GPI THM | World Poker Tour |
Krasimir Yankov | PokerNews | Kings Casino |