Without any surprise, Fedor Holz is still ranking first in the GPI Player of the Year leaderboard with a total of 3,637.69 points that the player collected over the past eight months for winning several of the largest buy-in tournaments to have taken place over that time span. Chance Kornuth and David Peters are the other two players to comprise the ranking’s top 3 after its Wednesday update.
This week, Brian Yoon, a 26-year-old poker professional from Torrance, California, reached his best GPI Player of the Year rank. He now occupies the 15th position with 2,710.58 points. Yoon cashed in 15 events this year, collecting more than $800,000.
He started 2016 with a victory in a PCA $2,200 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed Turbo Win the Button event for a first-place prize of $35,500 and 208.72 GPI PoY points. During the PCA, the player also finished 5th in the $25,000 High Roller to scoop $347,760 in prize money and 316.67 in GPI PoY points.
He next cashed in two Aussie Millions Poker Championship events. These secured him with A$60,000 and a little less than 300 points for his GPI Player of the Year score. A fifteenth-place finish in the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship boosted Yoon’s bankroll with $41,100. He also added 270.80 GPI PoY points.
The player next finished 15th in the WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown Championship. His payout from the event totaled $39,577. He also added 265.85 GPI PoY points to his score.
In June, Yoon took 6th place in the Deep Stack Extravaganza III at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino to collect $129,254 and 346.95 points. The player added $116,963 to his poker bankroll and 276.93 points to his GPI PoY score for taking 60th place in this year’s WSOP $10,000 Main Event. Most recently, he cashed in two EPT Season 13 Barcelona tournaments for €27,000 and 368.71 GPI PoY points.
Yoon’s overall live tournament earnings currently amount to $3,171,320. He has cashed in 62 events since the beginning of his career, with his first in-the-money finish dating back to 2011. The 26-year-old player is probably best known for winning the inaugural $1,111 Little One for ONE DROP tournament back in 2013. His victory secured him with a payout of $663,727 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. A year later, Yoon captured his second gold piece for winning a $5,000 buy-in tournament.
