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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.
Alex Foxen Delivers Nightmare Cooler to Bust Bryn Kenney from Wynn Millions
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Bryn Kenney entered Day 2AB of the $10 million guaranteed Wynn Millions tournament with the chip lead, but he went home just two hours later thanks to an unforgettable cooler from Alex Foxen in the biggest poker event of the summer.
Alex Foxen spent the early parts of Day 2 at the Wynn Millions stacking chips. (Image: CardsChat News)
The $10,000 buy-in tournament easily surpassed its lofty guarantee by more than $3 million, with 1,328 players registered. Heading into Day 2, which is split between Monday and Tuesday, 501 players remained in one of the biggest non-WSOP $10k poker tournaments in history.
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Alex Foxen Wins WPT Online Series High Roller, Shawn Daniels Continues Hot Streak
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Alex Foxen outfoxed the competition in the $10,3000 buy-in WPT Online Poker Series High Roller on Partypoker en route to a $252,288 score. Kristen Bicknell, his longtime girlfriend, also cashed (15th place out of 101 for $21,489).
Alex Foxen continues to win high rollers, sometimes even online events. (Image: Poker Central)
Foxen, the 2018 and 2019 Global Poker Index Player of the Year is among the top high rollers in the world. He’s won more than $17 million in live tournaments and, over the past year, has been crushing it online.