It was a December to recollect for Cherish Andrews and Stephen Tune, each of whom completed 2022 with a bang and are actually formally International Poker Index (GPI) Participant of the 12 months winners.
Andrews rallied late to overhaul Angela Jordison for Feminine Participant of the 12 months. Tune captured the general GPI Participant of the 12 months in a good 10-player race, and likewise narrowly beat out Jordison for Mid-Main Participant of the 12 months, which acknowledges success in occasions with buy-ins as much as $2,500.
The 2 champions, together with Jordison, every had breakout years. Though the standard suspects did not win the key awards, many got here shut, together with Alex Foxen, the two-time GPI Participant of the 12 months, and his spouse Kristen Foxen, the three-time GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months recipient.
In line with the GPI, each Tune and Andrews will probably be invited to just accept their trophies on the International Poker Awards ceremony on the PokerGO Studio at ARIA in Las Vegas – broadcast solely on PokerGO. An official announcement on the date for the 4th International Poker Awards is predicted subsequent week.
How Andrews Received GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months
Firstly of the ultimate month, the Feminine Participant of the 12 months race was basically down to 2 gamers — Andrews and Jordison, who was main the best way with 2,483 factors. Christina Gollins, with 2,110 factors, was nonetheless inside putting distance, however would wish a banner WPT World Championship collection at Wynn Las Vegas to have a shot.
Jordison, who led Andrews by about 250 factors heading into December, had a strong month. She cashed in three tournaments, together with a $31,000 rating for fifth place in an MSPT occasion at Venetian.
However she ran right into a buzzsaw when Andrews wrapped up the yr with three deep runs on the WPT World Championship that began with a sixth-place end in a $3,000 buy-in match at Wynn for $78,045, and completed with a title in an $1,100 buy-in occasion on the identical venue for $131,912. In between there, she scored her largest profession money — $259,200 — for successful a $10,100 buy-in match at Wynn.
For the yr, Andrews cashed for $758,513, doubling her earlier earnings.
2022 GPI Feminine Participant of the 12 months Standings
| 1 | Cherish Andrews | 2,835 |
| 2 | Angela Jordison | 2,612 |
| 3 | Kristen Foxen | 2,229 |
| 4 | Jessica Vierling | 2,101 |
| 5 | Christina Gollins | 2,056 |
How Tune Received Two Awards
Tune did not enter the yr amongst these anticipated to contend for GPI Participant of the 12 months, however he completed 2022 atop the standings whereas additionally claiming the GPI Mid-Main Participant of the 12 months award.
What put him excessive was his spectacular title run on the WPT Prime Championship at Wynn in December, beating out 5,430 entries within the $1,100 buy-in match to win $712,650.
2022 GPI Mid-Main Participant of the 12 months Standings
| 1 | Stephen Tune | 2,580 |
| 2 | Angela Jordison | 2,539 |
| 3 | Julien Alexan Sitbon | 2,415 |
| 4 | Jared Ingles | 2,399 |
| 5 | Donovan Dean | 2,317 |
For the yr, he cashed for $2,289,059 in dwell poker tournaments, based on Hendon Mob, bringing his profession earnings to simply over $5 million. He racked up 44 dwell match cashes round the USA.
In doing so, he gained a detailed race towards Jordison for the Mid-Main POY award (2,580 to 2,539 factors) and narrowly beat out Adam Hendrix, Jeremy Ausmus, Chad Eveslage, and a bunch of different expert professionals for the general POY honors.
The three,543 factors Tune gathered within the total standings was simply 17 greater than Hendrix, who completed runner up. Stephen Chidwick ended the yr in tenth place at 3,323 factors, simply 220 off the lead. There have been 10-15 gamers heading into December who have been nonetheless in competition.
Tune and Andrews took the reins from accused poker cheater Ali Imsirovic and Nadya Magnus, winners of the 2021 GPI Participant of the 12 months and Feminine Participant of the 12 months awards.
2022 GPI Participant of the 12 months Standings
| 1 | Stephen Tune | 3,543 |
| 2 | Adam Hendrix | 3,526 |
| 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | 3,497 |
| 4 | Chad Eveslage | 3,474 |
| 5 | Farid Jattin | 3,466 |
79 Nationwide POY Winners
International Poker Index additionally saved observe of leaderboards in 79 international locations world wide through the previous yr. One participant from every nation earned Nationwide Participant of the 12 months honors. Two of the winners occur to be the previous two World Sequence of Poker Most important Occasion champions — Espen Jorstad and Koray Aldemir.
Amongst those that gained the worldwide awards included Davidi Kitai (Belgium), Farid Jattin (Colombia), Koray Aldemir (Germany), Yuval Bronshtein (Israel), Paul Phua (Malaysia), Espen Jorstad (Norway), Stephen Chidwick (United Kingdom), and naturally Stephen Tune (United States).
View All 79 Nationwide POY Winners right here!
