The Global Poker Index has named Ali Imsirovic its overall Player of the Year for 2021. The popular player tracking site also recognized Nadya Magnus as its Female POY, and David Mzareulov as its first Mid-Stakes POY for topping the leaderboard for tournaments with buy-ins of $2,500 or less. After a year filled with strong performances, Ali Imsirovic was crowned the GPI Player of the Year. (Image: Paul Phua Poker) GPI uses a points formula that takes the cost of buy-ins and the number of entries an individual event draws to determine how many points players earn for their finishes.
The three winners are invited to attend the Global Poker Awards in Las Vegas on Feb. 18 to collect their trophies. Imsirovic goes wire-to-wire
Imsirovic, a 26-year-old Bosnian poker pro who currently lives in Vancouver, Washington, started 2021 as the top-ranked player on the GPI list, and never relinquished that position throughout the year. He earned first-place points 14 times and finished in the top 10 another 32 times while winning more than $6 million playing poker in both live and online tournaments in 2021.
Those cashes gave him 3,478.55 GPI points, beating Colorado fly fisherman and three-time WSOP champ Chance Kornuth by 253.44 points.
This is Imsirovic’s second big honor of the year. He was named 2021 PokerGo Tour Player of the Year a few days before Christmas .
His final 2021 cash, according to GPI partner The Hendon Mob , was a first-place finish for $695K at the WPT Rock ’n Roll Poker Open’s $25K High Roller event on Nov. 29. He earned 421.58 POY points for that victory and brought his career tournament earnings to more than $15 million.
Shannon Shorr finished third in the 2021 GPI Player of the Year race with 3,141.45 points. The points differential between first and 10th place in this year’s race was 508.79. Global Poker Index 2021 Player of the Year – Top 10 Residence Points Ali Imsirovic Vancouver, Washington 3,478.55 Chance Kornuth Las Vegas, Nevada 3,225.11 Shannon Shorr Tuscaloosa, Alabama 3,141.45 Uri Reichenstein Tel Aviv, Israel 3,138.32 Sergio Aido London, England 3,090.55 Johan […]
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