The end to the professional poker season is coming to a close and, with it, the race for the Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year (POY). Stephen Chidwick had been leading the race with a slight edge over Justin Bonomo, but now he’s been bumped down a notch. Taking his place is a familiar player who has had a successful end-of-year run – Alex Foxen.

Foxen recently finished second at the partypoker Millions Dusk Till Dawn Main Event and picked up $947,916. On top of the massive pot, he also propelled himself to the top of the GPI POY leaderboard with 3,710.76 points. Chidwick remains with the same amount of points he had a week ago – 4,691.67 – as does Bonomo, 3,660.28.

The poker pro had earned $2.2 million in live action prior to the beginning of this season, according to Hendon Mob. He only has cash earnings registered since 2012 and saw a huge jump from last year to this one. He now has more than $6.1 million in live cashes, of which $3.9 million came this year from 18 cashes.

Between last December and this past September, Foxen earned over $5 million in live-tournament action, including a second-place finish at the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic for $1.13 million. At the rate he’s going, he could reach $7 million by the end of this year. His success should undoubtedly show that poker is much more than just a game of chance.