Because the poker world eagerly awaits the reveal of this month’s World Poker Awards winners, the World Poker Index (GPI) has simply topped its first standout participant of 2025.
Following a stellar begin to the yr, Shannon Shorr (1,078.90) was named the GPI’s January Participant of the Month. Shorr edged out Spencer Champlin (1,062.03) and Brandon Wilson (1,038.15) for the highest spot after a powerful 4 cashes and two victories on the PokerGO Tour (PGT).
William “Cody” Stanford, who gained three WSOP Circuit rings at Horseshoe Tunica, and 2022 GPI Participant of the 12 months Stephen Track rounded out the highest 5.
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Shorr Catches Hearth on the PokerGO Studio; Finest Ever 12 months on the Horizon?
Shorr, Alabama’s all-time event earnings chief, dominated January with a sequence of standout performances on the PokerGO Studio in ARIA Las Vegas.
On January 3, Shorr outlasted 118 opponents to say the PGT Final Likelihood 10K NLHE Occasion #2 title, securing a $297,500 windfall. Every week later, he added a second victory, taking down PGT Final Likelihood 10K NLHE Occasion #6 for one more $290,000.
His different notable outcomes included a deep run within the PGT Kickoff 5K NLHE Occasion #3, the place he completed eleventh for $14,000, and a Thirteenth-place end within the PGT Final Likelihood 10K NLHE Occasion #5 for $24,200. Regardless of falling brief within the PGT Championship $1,000,000 Occasion, Shorr amassed $625,700 in event earnings for the month.
His January success catapulted him as much as 91st on poker’s All-Time Cash Listing and forty second on the USA ATML. He additionally additional solidified his standing as Alabama’s most profitable event participant, extending his lead over Hoyt Corkins.
Curiously, Shorr’s best-ever yr on the stay felt was in 2006, the yr he turned skilled. He cashed for $1,622,843, with a good portion of that coming from a $10K occasion on the Bellagio, which netted him $960,690. Whereas he constantly posted robust ends in stay tournaments through the years, it wasn’t till 2019, in line with The Hendon Mob, that he notched one other seven-figure earnings yr. Excluding 2020 (COVID), Shorr has surpassed the $1 million mark in event earnings yearly ever since.
With over $600K already banked in simply the primary month of 2025, Shorr is on tempo for one more exceptional yr, and with loads of main occasions nonetheless to come back, he might but attain new profession heights.
Shannon Shorr Closes Out PGT Final Likelihood Collection with Second Win
GPI Participant of the Month Prime 10 Leaderboard
*A participant’s prime 5 scores for the month are used to find out PoM rankings
America dominated January’s international rankings, almost securing a clear sweep if not for the efforts of Canada’s four-time GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months, Kristen Foxen, who efficiently defended her title within the PGT Kickoff Finale.
Spencer Champlin, the month’s runner-up, has already recorded cashes in Atlantic Metropolis, Hollywood, FL, and Las Vegas this yr, securing his first 2025 title with a PGT Kickoff victory. Brandon Wilson claimed two PGT Final Likelihood titles and added a third-place end to his spectacular begin to the yr.
Wilson, from Chicago, beat Landon Tice heads-up to win Occasion #3 for $297,500, beating out 119 entrants. He got here again the subsequent day and did it once more, this time a discipline of 114 for a $285,000 payday.
Because it stands thus far, William “Cody” Stanford sits atop the GPI Participant of the 12 months and Mid-Main PoY leaderboards with 11 outcomes already in 2025.
With such a robust begin to the yr from these gamers, the race for GPI Participant of the 12 months is already shaping as much as be a extremely aggressive one.
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