{"id":9815,"date":"2019-09-23T11:41:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=9815"},"modified":"2019-09-23T11:41:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:41:24","slug":"2019-gpi-player-of-the-year-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/2019-gpi-player-of-the-year-leaderboard\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Tight Race in the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
We\u2019ve seen plenty of activity on the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard. Players have been swapping places constantly, and it really is anyone\u2019s game this year. There are 10 very talented players at the top of the leaderboard in 2019, each with an impressive number of large cashes behind them. As 2019 comes to a close, it will be very exciting to see where these talented players end up on this prestigious list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ranking<\/th>\n | Player<\/th>\n | Points<\/th>\n <\/tr>\n <\/thead>\n |
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#1<\/td>\n | Sean Winter <\/td>\n | 3,425.57 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#2<\/td>\n | Rainer Kempe<\/td>\n | 3,402.80 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#3<\/td>\n | Stephen Chidwick<\/td>\n | 3,385.95 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#4<\/td>\n | Sam Greenwood<\/td>\n | 3,294.67 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#5<\/td>\n | Bryn Kenney<\/td>\n | 3,254.17 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#6<\/td>\n | Shannon Shorr<\/td>\n | 3,117.65 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#7<\/td>\n | Manig Loeser<\/td>\n | 3,078.52 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#8<\/td>\n | Almed \u201cAli\u201d Imsirovic<\/td>\n | 3,040.60 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#9<\/td>\n | Daniel Chi Tang<\/td>\n | 2,993.56 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n |
#10<\/td>\n | James Romero<\/td>\n | 2,993.02 pts<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\nSean Winter<\/h3>\n\n\n\nSean Winter has had a great year so far, with 15 cashes and three first-place finishes. His biggest win of the year came in August, during the $5,250 No Limit Hold\u2019em event at the SHR Poker Open. He netted a prize worth $698,175 and over 560 GPI points, which pushed him into the Number 1 spot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For a few weeks, Winter was at the top of the GPI Player of the Year list but he\u2019s now over 500 points away from Chidwick. He\u2019ll need to earn another big win in order to keep himself in the running. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rainer Kempe<\/h3>\n\n\n\nRainer Kempe is currently in 22nd place on Hendon Mob\u2019s All Time Money List, having earned over $20 million in tournament prizes over the course of his career. Currently, he has 24 cashes under his belt in 2019, four of which are first-place finishes. The biggest of the bunch was his first-place win in the $50,000 No Limit Hold\u2019em event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, which earn him over $908,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Stephen Chidwick<\/h3>\n\n\n\nThis year, Stephen Chidwick has spent quite a bit of time in the #1 spot in the GPI rankings, at an impressive five weeks. He\u2019s currently in the Top 10 of Hendon Mob\u2019s All-Time Money List with total career earnings of $32.1 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He recently found himself at the top of the GPI list after winning over \u00a3200,000 in the \u00a325,000 PLO event of the British Poker Open. Even though Chidwick keeps losing his top spot, he always seems to find a way to get back to Number 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sam Greenwood<\/h3>\n\n\n\nSam Greenwood has 16 wins to his name so far this year, landing him in fourth place. He started the year off on a high, landing his biggest win for 2019 with a $1.7 million prize at the $100,000 No Limit Hold’em event in the PCA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bryn Kenney<\/h3>\n\n\n\nEarning a huge win worth $20.5 million, Bryn Kenney shot to the top of the All-Time Money List in August \u2013 but the event didn\u2019t actually earn him any points in the Global Poker Index. Instead, it\u2019s been his 12 other wins this year that have landed him in such a favorable position in the Player of the Year race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shannon Shorr <\/h3>\n\n\n\nShannon Shorr lands near the bottom of the Top 10 of the GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard this year, but he has an impressive record for 2019. He has cashed in over 20 events, nine of which were during the WSOP. In fact, he\u2019s played in over 50 WSOP events over the course of his career. In 2013, he placed seventh on the GPI\u2019s Poker Player of the Decade list \u2013 an impressive honor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Manig Loeser <\/h3>\n\n\n\nWith 25 wins in 2019 so far, Loeser has had quite a good year, but he\u2019s only managed to land one first-place prize. It came during the EPT Monte Carlo, where he earned over \u20ac600,000. The prize game with over 500 GPI points and, unless he lands another similarly huge payout, it\u2019s unlikely that he\u2019ll make it into the Top 5 this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ali Imsirovic<\/h3>\n\n\n\nAlthough he\u2019s earned 28 cashes this year, none of Imsirovic\u2019s wins have earned him enough points to break into the Top 5. He probably won\u2019t see him in the Number 1 spot this yet but, if he continues cashing lots of tournaments in 2020, he could be a contender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Daniel Chi Tang <\/h3>\n\n\n\nBorn in 1992, Daniel Chi Tang is the youngest player in the 2019 GPI PotY Top Ten. For a 27-year-old, he has had a very impressive tournament poker career so far and has what it takes to be a hugely successful player. So, while he only rounds out the Top 10 this year, we could see him take the Number 1 spot in coming years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n James Romero <\/h3>\n\n\n\nRomero has cashed in an impressive 30 tournaments this year, making him the most prolific player on the list. He doesn\u2019t have any first-place cashes in 2019, but he did come second in two of the three events he placed at the Paradise Poker Series in South Korea. His biggest cash of the year was also a second-place win, earning him over $250,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a very esteemed title among tournament poker players, and it is coveted by the best in business. Some of the biggest names have made it to the top of the list, including Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier. So, we can\u2019t wait to see who comes out on top this year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We\u2019ve seen plenty of activity on the 2019 GPI Player of the Year Leaderboard. Players have been swapping places constantly, and it really is anyone\u2019s game this year. There are 10 very talented players at the top of the leaderboard in 2019, each with an impressive number of large cashes behind them. As 2019 comes […]","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[213,699],"class_list":["post-9815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry","tag-global-poker-index","tag-gpi-2019-player-of-the-year"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n |