After nearly two years away, the Global Poker Awards returned on Friday night, celebrating the people and events who made headlines in the poker industry in 2021.

For the first time since 2019, the Global Poker Index will be calling out new names at the Global Poker Awards when introducing the 2021 Players of the Year as Ali Imsirovic, Nadya Magnus, and David Mzareulov have been confirmed as GPI 2021 Player of the Year winners.

In the 18 seasons of the World Poker Tour, multiple players have managed to win more than one main tour title. But until Wednesday night, no player had ever won the same event twice. Brian Altman changed that and made WPT history in the process. Altman beat out the 843-player field to win the Seminole […]