With November coming to an in depth and December quickly following, it’s time to take a look at who’s in rivalry for the World Poker Index Participant of the Yr honors. With so many nice gamers sitting on prime of the leaderboards, as soon as once more, it’s going to return right down to the wire.
Lonis holds lead
Jesse Lonis is in pole place to win his first GPI Participant of the Yr with 4,374.38 factors, however he has some bona fide bangers respiration down his neck. David Coleman sits simply behind Lonis with 4,320.50, Adrian Mateos is subsequent with 4,312.44, Michael “Sir Watts” Watson with 3,974.97, and Punnat Punsri rounds out the highest 5 with 3,920.74.
Lonis acquired right here by cashing 48 occasions in 2024, together with 4 victories, together with a web-based World Sequence of Poker Circuit ring in a $320 buy-in occasion. The opposite three wins got here in excessive curler occasions, most not too long ago this month within the $53,000 buy-in occasion at Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence Monte Carlo that was good for $1.5 million, which was his second-best event money.
Coleman and his 43 cashes in 2024 are pushing Lonis. A event participant who has been at it since 2015, all of Coleman’s wins (in accordance with the Hendon Mob, which runs the GPI) got here in 2024. 4 of these had been gained at PokerGO excessive curler occasions. He additionally scooped his largest lifetime money within the $25,000 occasion at The Wynn Summer season Basic, which was good for $730,300.
Simply behind Coleman is Mateos, who has 32 cashes on the 12 months. The $51 million greenback man gained two nostril bleed occasions this 12 months, each unfold by the Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence: A $53,000 buy-in occasion in Might was value $1,761,000, and a $31,800 occasion in March was value $1,175,000.
Don’t guess in opposition to Foxen
Kristen Foxen, who was simply voted into the Girls in Poker Corridor of Fame, leads the women of their Participant of the Yr race with 2,969.35 factors. It’s actually deja vu another time, as Foxen is making an attempt to win POY for a fifth time. If she holds off Cherish Andrews, she may have gained it in consecutive years for the third time, as she is the reigning POY. She additionally took the trophy dwelling in 2017, 2018, and 2019.
Andrews goes for her second GPI Participant of the Yr after wining it for her play in 2022. She has 2,875.86 factors.
Behind them are Victoria Licschitz (2,506.25), Rania Nasreddine (2,407.43), and Angela Jordison (2,109.64), who got here in second in 2022.
Mid-major prize
Cherish Andrews can be within the operating to take dwelling the prize within the mid-majors class, which solely depend tourneys with buy-ins of $2,500 or much less. However once more, she sits in second on the record with a month to go, 376.2 factors behind Han Feng, who has 3,014.45.
Steve Yea (2,597.25), Luis Yepez (2,503.89), and Hugo Girard (2,459.32) are additionally within the hunt.
With dozens of tourneys nonetheless on the 2024 schedule, there’s nonetheless loads of alternatives for the contending gamers to rack-up factors and go for the year-end honors.
