The general GPI Player of the Year leaderboard annually ranks all poker players from around the world based on their performance throughout the year and the points they accumulate. The player who collects the most points within a calendar year is crowned the GPI Player of the Year. There is, however, a GPI Female Player of the Year race within the general one, showing that poker is not a men’s game only and that there are quite a lot of female players who play poker for a living and do it just as well as men.
Following the latest GPI Player of the Year update, Argentinian player Maria Constanza Lampropulos now ranks first in the female race with a total of 1,561.22 points, collected since the beginning of the year. Lampropulos is followed by Cate Hall with 1,555.15 points and Loni Harwood with 1,380.18 points.
Lampropulos has introduced herself to the live poker scene in 2014. Since then, the young Argentinian has collected $308,129 in live tournament earnings.
The female poker pro most recently cashed in five tournaments during this year’s WSOP festival, collecting a little less than $20,000 in prize money and around 450 points for her GPI Player of the Year score.
Prior to that she had one in-the-money finish during the EPT Season 12 Grand Final held in Monaco. Lampropulos scooped a €52,440 payout in the €2,200 No-Limit Hold’em as well as 253.19 points for her GPI score.
During the partypoker WPT Vienna festival, the young player finished 6th in a €1,100 No-Limit Hold’em WPT 8-Max tournament. Her share of the prize pool totaled €6,110, and she also added 113.93 points to her score.
Lampropulos’ second-place finish in the EUREKA Season 6 Rozvadov €1,100 Main Event for €95,404 in prize money could be defined as her best tournament performance. It is interesting to note that she finished runner-up to her boyfriend – popular Argentinian poker pro Ivan Luca. Lampropulos also collected 281.51 GPI PoY points for her deep run in the event.
The female player’s year was marked by another second-place finish in a major tournament. She took 2nd place in the bwin.be WPT National Brussels €1,100 Main Event for a payout of €68,200 and 263.50 points added to her GPI PoY score.
Lampropulos currently ranks 174th in the general GPI Player of the Year race with her 1,561.22 points.
