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The Global Poker Index Player of the Year award is back in 2021 following a one-year hiatus due to the global health pandemic. Alex Foxen is the two-time defending champion (2018, 2019), but this just might be the year someone else unseats the former college football athlete. Or, maybe not.
GPI is celebrating 10 years of ranking poker players, and on Tuesday released an update to the Player of the Year rankings for the first time in 2021. Ali Imsirovic leads the way (2,758 points) and is followed closely by Qing Liu (2,339), who nearly won back-to-back WPT final tables in consecutive days earlier this year.
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$3,942
Veteran player “BonBon” Weitzel made her trip to Las Vegas for the LIPS Ladies Poker Week pay off early, claiming the title in one of the week’s first events, which are spread across four different Vegas casinos. Weitzel, a native of Texarkana, Texas, had a commanding chip lead when players at the final table decided to chop. The unusual part of the chop was that while Weitzel claimed first-place money, the other seven remaining players agreed to equally chop the remaining prize money for spots two through eight, giving them each about $1,429 (or about a third-place payday). Weitzel’s $3,942 cash is the largest of her career.
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Posted 3 hours 10 minutes agoChad Holloway • Level 5: 300-300, 500 ante
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Phil Laak
To say Phil Unabomber Laak is unique would be an understatement. Laak, who has been the longtime partner of actress Jennifer Tilly, made a name for himself on the World Poker Tour (WPT) during the height of the Poker Boom. While Laak spends much of his time grinding cash, he couldn t resist the allure of the Wynn Millions and is in action today.
We decided to spend an entire orbit observing Laak, who started with 33,000 in chips.
Hand #1 (Cutoff): Action folded to Laak and he raised to 2,000, which was good enough to swipe the blinds and antes.