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Ali Imsirovic is Poker Player of the Year 2021 (GPI and PokerGO Ranking)

Ali Imsirovic is Poker Player of the Year 2021 (GPI and PokerGO Ranking)
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Arved Klöhn Content Writer
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  • Last updated on: November 1, 2024 · 5 minutes to read

It was really no surprise anymore when PokerGO announced that Ali Imsirovic was Poker Player of the Year 2021, because rarely has a player dominated a year at the poker tables as much as Ali Imsirovic did in 2021. The US-based poker pro from Bosnia won a total of 14 tournaments this year, including numerous high-stakes tournaments on the newly launched PokerGO Tour.

Both the Global Poker Index (GPI) and the PokerGO Leaderboard show Imsirovic as the objectively best player of the year. Imsirovic first made a name of himself in 2018 when he won several highroller tournaments and was named Breakout Player of the Year by the Global Poker Index.

Since then, Ali Imsirovic has been a frequent guest at numerous highroller tournaments and has been able to confirm his early successes several times. The year 2021 was then to become his best year so far.

Imsirovic managed to win a staggering 7 Aria Highroller tournaments in the PokerGO tournament series. In addition, he won the Super Highroller Bowl Europe, the US Poker Open and the Venetian Highroller.

Ali Imsirovic - PokerGO Cup
Ali Imsirovic – PokerGO Cup
Ali Imsirovic - US Poker Open
Ali Imsirovic – US Poker Open

Imsirovic dominates GPI and PokerGO leaderboard

It is only logical that Ali Imsirovic, after such a successful year, tops the annual leaderboards of both the Global Poker Index and PokerGO.

With 3,479 and 4,364 points respectively, Imsirovic is clearly in first place in both rankings.

However, the GPI and PokerGO do not agree on the following players. The Global Poker Index, which takes into account all tournaments of the current year, sees Chance Kornuth and Shannon Shorr in second and third place. The PokerGO leaderboard, which only takes into account tournaments with a buy-in of over $10k, sees Michael Addamo and Sean Perry next to Imsirovic on the podium.

Global Poker Index Rankings 2021

#PlayerPoints
1Almedin “Ali” Imsirovic3,478.55
2Chance Kornuth3,225.11
3Shannon “BLUFFforRENT” Shorr3,141.45
4Uri Reichenstein3,138.32
5Sergio “zcedrick” Aido3,090.55
6Chad Eveslage3,006.84
7Johan “YoH ViraL” Guilbert2,998.51
8Sean Perry2,997.08
9Brock Wilson2,981.38
10Jason Koon2,969.76
11William Alex Foxen2,926.56
12Stephen Chidwick2,926.50
13Sung “Arte” Joo Hyun2,921.24
14Daniel “Kid Poker” Negreanu2,917.94
15Sergi Reixach2,895.98
16Sam Soverel2,891.88
17Jeremy “TheTaker” Ausmus2,885.34
18Dylan Linde2,863.64
19Joseph McKeehen2,860.52
20Jesse Lonis2,860.16

PokerGO Leaderboard 2021

#PlayerPointsWinsCashesPrize Money
1Ali Imsirovic4,3641434$6,028,321
2Michael Addamo3,08368$9,418,837
3Sean Perry2,525623$3,807,850
4Sean Winter2,263220$3,954,125
5Sam Soverel2,252323$3,697,009
6Chris Brewer2,079427$3,052,255
7Daniel Negreanu1,983217$3,054,904
8Stephen Chidwick1,954121$2,909,320
9David Peters1,940311$4,461,670
10Koray Aldemir1,93612$8,060,465
11Alex Foxen1,915226$2,734,591
12Cary Katz1,903225$3,046,832
13Jake Schindler1,862419$3,028,108
14Johan Guilbert1,821212$2,542,881
15Seth Davies1,788113$3,585,391
16Sergi Reixach1,671221$1,931,853
17Jason Koon1,659213$2,923,829
18Nick Petrangelo1,612312$3,713,500
19Justin Bonomo1,51137$3,931,413
20George Holmes1,50001$4,300,000

Only results from tournaments with a buy-in of at least $10,000 are taken into account in this ranking.

Ali Imsirovic – All Results 2021

These are all tournament results from Ali Imsirovic in 2021:

DateEventPlacePrize Money
29-Nov-21PKRGO  $ 25,500 NLH – High Roller (Event #26)1$695,355
26-Nov-21$ 3,200 + 300 NLH – WPT Main Event177$5,865
20-Nov-21PKRGO WSOP  $ 50,000 NLH – High Roller (Event #85)6$278,840
15-Nov-21PKRGO WSOP  $ 10,000 NLH – Super Turbo Bounty (Event #76)22$13,566
14-Nov-21WSOP  $ 7,777 NLH – Lucky 7’s High Roller (Event #8) ONLINE17$15,949
07-Nov-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 324$53,000
07-Nov-21WSOP  $ 3,200 NLH – High Roller 8-Handed (Event #7) ONLINE54$6,201
06-Nov-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 319$17,100
05-Nov-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 301$120,000
29-Oct-21$ 3,500 NLH – Championship115$11,115
24-Oct-21WSOP  $ 1,000 NLH – Championship (Event #5) ONLINE57$2,229
21-Oct-21WSOP  $ 2,500 NLH (Event #41)45$7,912
20-Oct-21WSOP  $ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha – 8 Handed (Event #39)87$2,813
15-Oct-21WSOP  $ 1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball (Event #31)14$4,633
01-Oct-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 243$48,000
29-Sep-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 231$192,500
26-Sep-21PKRGO  $ 50,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 221$529,000
16-Sep-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Poker Masters #104$104,500
01-Sep-21MP PKRGO  $ 50,000 NLH – SHRB Europe Event 091$598,000
24-Aug-21PKRGO MP  $ 25,000 NLH – SHRB Europe Event 026$121,500
14-Aug-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Venetian High Roller 063$116,000
13-Aug-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Venetian High Roller 051$136,000
29-Jul-21WSOP  $ 600 NLH – 6-Max Championship ONLINE (WSOP Event #30)42$1,649
28-Jul-21WSOP  $ 800 NLH – 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship ONLINE (WSOP Event #29)21$2,736
24-Jul-21WSOP  $ 400 NLH – MonsterStack ONLINE (WSOP Event #24)104$635
17-Jul-21WSOP  $ 400 NLH – 8-Max ONLINE (WSOP Event #17)117$648
15-Jul-21WSOP  $ 5,300 NLH – High Roller Freezeout ONLINE (WSOP Event #15)17$9,870
12-Jul-21PKRGO  $ 50,000 NLH – PokerGO Cup #75$122,500
09-Jul-21PKRGO  $ 15,000 NLH – PokerGO Cup #41$240,000
07-Jul-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – PokerGO Cup #21$183,000
07-Jul-21$ 3,500 NLH47$8,482
12-Jun-21PKRGO USPO  $ 10,000 NLH 6+ – U.S. Poker Open #102$75,600
11-Jun-21PKRGO USPO  $ 10,000 NLH – U.S. Poker Open #91$217,800
10-Jun-21PKRGO USPO  $ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha – U.S. Poker Open #84$63,000
07-Jun-21PKRGO USPO  $ 10,000 NLH – U.S. Poker Open #511$25,500
05-Jun-21PKRGO USPO  $ 10,000 NLH – U.S. Poker Open #33$100,100
29-May-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Venetian High Roller 03 (Event #31)4$118,250
27-May-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Venetian High Roller 01 (Event #25)1$200,200
07-May-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 173$144,000
05-May-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 153$71,400
23-Apr-21$ 3,500 NLH – WPT SHRPO Championship (Event #18)129$8,500
19-Apr-21$ 600 NLH – Big Stack Double Black Chip Bounty (Event #8)43$825
03-Apr-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 141$300,000
02-Apr-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 131$310,000
01-Apr-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 122$111,300
23-Mar-21$ 300 + 65 NLH – Monster Stack (Event #30)177$565
09-Mar-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 093$74,200
05-Mar-21$ 4,625 + 375 NLH – WPT at Venetian Main Event (Event #10)90$9,185
27-Feb-21PKRGO  $ 50,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 061$344,910
25-Feb-21PKRGO  $ 25,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 041$185,800
19-Feb-21$ 2,250 + 250 NLH – CPPT (Event #26)48$6,748
30-Jan-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 032$63,000
28-Jan-21PKRGO  $ 10,000 NLH – Aria High Roller 013$54,400

How the PokerGO Leaderboard system works

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The PokerGO Tour takes into account the top-ranked players from tournaments with a buy-in of $10,000 or more. This includes many results from PokerGO televised events such as the Poker Masters, the U.S. Poker Open and the Super High Roller Bowl.

Depending on the buy-in and prize money, there are between 10 and 1,500 points for each result, whereby the particularly expensive ultra-high rollers with six-figure buy-ins are only weighted at just under 50%. The exact rules can be read here: PokerGO Points System.

How the points system of the Global Poker Index works

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The Global Poker Index (GPI for short) takes into account all tournaments listed in the Hendon Mob with a buy-in of one dollar or more and at least 32 players. In the calculation, the buy-ins are capped at 20,000 euros so that ultra-highroller tournaments do not distort the result too much.

Explanation of the GPI ranking system

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