November 17 2011, Mickey Doft

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player’s result over six half-year periods. There was very little change at the top this week, but that won’t be the case next week. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of November 14, 2011

replaced Scott Seiver in the No. 10 spot. Seiver’s win at the WPT Championship in May fell from Period 1 to Period 2, resulting in a drop of 18 spots. Failla’s 15th-place finish in the WPT Championship fell into Period 2, as well, however, not only did that result improve his Period 2 calculations, but Failla’s Period 1 was hardly affected bcause he had several similar scores to replace it.

Welcome to the GPI

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Nico Fierro	1,168.72	211th
Ronny Kaiser	1,145.22	231st
Tom McCormick	1,133.99	235th
Anton Wigg	1,071.36	265th
Paul Berende	1,069.74	269th
Ruben Visser	1,046.70	284th
Nick Yunis	1,045.39	285th
Jean-Philippe Rohr	1,032.22	293rd
Markus Ristola	1,029.39	294th
Mihails Morozovs	1,026.89	296th

The ten who fell from the GPI this week are Chance Kornuth, Heinz Kamutzki, Jan Bendik, Justin Smith, Kyle Bowker, Kyle Loman, Mark Radoja, Maurizio Sepede, Ray Henson, and Stephane Benadiba.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Scott Baumstein. On the heels of his fourth-place finish at the WPT Amneville Main Event, he took first place in a “10,000 No-Limit Holdem High Roller tournament at the Master Classics of Poker 2011 to vault 175 spots up the GPI. Adrien Allain, WPT Amneville Main Event winner, also had a big increase in his score, rising 173 spots on the GPI.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

63rd	Hafiz Khan	1,577.69	+50
71st	Adrien Allain	1,532.26	+173
83rd	Scott Baumstein	1,510.33	+175
85th	Govert Metaal	1,507.30	+59
93rd	Arnaud Mattern	1,473.79	+74
128th	Ty Reiman	1,342.95	+38
177th	Andrew Chen	1,226.30	+46
179th	Marc Inizan	1,219.42	+102
180th	Jonathan Jaffe	1,218.75	+54
240th	Micah Raskin	1,123.61	+40
255th	Josh Bergman	1,084.37	+38

Ville Haavisto plummeted 142 spots down the list. A combination of two aging scores resulted in his drop. First, a fourth-place finish in a PLO event at the EPT Grand Final in May fell into Period 2. Also, his lone career six-figure score (a runner-up performance at the Master Classics of Poker 2010) dropped from Period 2 to Period 3.

Both Farzad Bonyadi and Galen Hall slid more than 100 spots each, as well. Their respective second and third place finishes the WPT Championship fell from Period 1 to Period 2.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

111th	Rob Akery	1,412.91	-56
173rd	Galen Hall	1,244.04	-104
188th	George Lind	1,205.54	-61
200th	Eric Haik	1,187.15	-80
206th	Phil Laak	1,173.77	-64
210th	Steven Kelly	1,168.86	-65
220th	Nichlas Mattsson	1,157.60	-114
268th	Tyler Kenney	1,070.97	-79
291st	Farzad Bonyadi	1,034.60	-113
297th	Ville Haavisto	1,026.85	-142

What’s In Store?

A change at the top of the GPI is a high possibility as Erik Seidel’s score is going to dip next week. His victory in the $100,000 Super High Roller Event at the Five Star World Poker Classic is going to drop into Period 2 next week. As a result, his Period 1 tally is going to take a substantial hit and shockingly, he does not have a seven-figure (or even a six-figure) score to take its place. Perhaps he is human after all.

To look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website. While you’re at it, follow the GPI on Twitter and its Facebook page.

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November 17 2011, Josh Bell

It’s not too late to take part in the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League!

The first heads-up event of the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League was played last week and ”kanabal18” proved too good for the competition, taking down all the cash and 21 league points.

”Kanabal18” rocketed into the top 10, it is still ”GioPn” who sits atop the leader board, with five more points than ”srtft” who sits in second place after a strong finish in last week’s league event.

$10,000 PokerNews League Leaderboard

PlacePlayerPoints

1st	GioPN	37
2nd	srtft	32
3rd	AJEI	29
4th	plstrider	29
5th	teteko07	28
6th	FOLDCapeesh?	25
7th	RogerdelPK	25
8th	KABXAH	23
9th	Col E Buddz	21
10th	Kanabal18	21

As you can see, there are less than 10 points between the top five players and less than one victory between the whole top 10, so it really isn’t too late to start playing the $10,000 PokerStars PokerNews League.

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Remember, that players receive one league point just for participating in one of the weekly league events. Here’s a breakdown of how many points the top 10 players receive each week:

League Point Payout Structure

Place	League Points
1st	20
2nd	16
3rd	14
4th	12
5th	10
6th	8
7th	6
8th	4
9th	2
10th	1

Follow the leaderboard standings!

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$10,000 League Final Payout Structures

*Place	Prize
1	30%
2	20%
3	11.9%
4	8%
5	6.5%
6	5%
7	3.5%
8	2.6%
9	1.7%
10	1.2%
11	1.2%
12	1.2%
13	1.2%
14	1.2%
15	1.2%
16	1.2%
17	1.2%
18	1.2%

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