GPI PLAYERS OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED

• 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 National Players of the Year

For further information:

Anthony Charter

PR & Communications Manager

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