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March 08 2012, 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 results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of March 5, 2012

runner-up performance vaulted him to the No. 6 spot.

Welcome to the GPI

Jason DeWitt and Dan Kelly are new to this week’s GPI following their respective performances at the WPT L.A. Poker Classic. DeWitt finished in 11th place and Kelly took third.

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Jason DeWitt	1,357.76	159th
Dan Kelly	1,195.57	217th
Mads Wissing	1,191.61	219th
Andreas Wiese	1,175.58	224th
Brandon Meyers	1,146.68	233rd
Humberto Brenes	1,126.88	248th
Ondrej Vinklarek	1,122.38	250th
Kenny Shih	1,095.98	271st
Tyler Cornell	1,091.88	275th
Fabrizio Gonzalez	1,082.76	285th
Martin Finger	1,076.39	290th
Kevin Calenzo	1,060.11	300th

The 12 who fell from the GPI this week were Connor Drinan, Daniel Reijmer, Dan Heimiller, David Diaz, Davidi Kitai, Dominykas Karmazinas, Frederik Jensen, James Bord, Joni Jouhkimainen, Nichlas Mattsson, Randy Dorfman, and Yuliyan Nikolaev Kolev.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Nick Binger. With a 17th-place finish in the WPT L.A. Poker Classic, Binger now has something in Period 1 to go along with the rest of his GPI portfolio.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

65th	Simon Ravnsbaek	1,668.92	+34
74th	Daniel Idema	1,630.51	+94
91st	Stephen Chidwick	1,553.87	+94
97th	Jean Thorel	1,526.97	+42
100th	David “ODB” Baker	1,521.92	+40
106th	Michael Tureniec	1,501.68	+66
147th	Joe Hachem	1,380.10	+76
148th	Nick Binger	1,378.76	+139
160th	Corey Burbick	1,350.00	+34
193rd	Martin Staszko	1,262.76	+48

On the other end of the spectrum, Antony Lellouche took the biggest hit this week. His win in the “5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event at the 2011 WPT Rendez-Vous à Paris aged into Period 2, leaving his Period 1 slate empty.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

98th	Tristan Clemencon	1,524.56	-41
124th	Joe Ebanks	1,455.47	-49
127th	Vadzim Kursevich	1,450.39	-40
169th	William Thorson	1,324.05	-31
184th	David Benyamine	1,284.95	-33
241st	David Paredes	1,136.50	-33
264th	Antony Lellouche	1,103.45	-100
268th	Fabian Quoss	1,099.24	-39
269th	Sami Kelopuro	1,098.16	-44
297th	Tim Finne	1,066.97	-64

What’s In Store?

The WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star is heading into Day 3 and Jonathan Duhamel (19th on the GPI) sits sixth in chips with 20 players remaining. With four, four-figure scores to his credit in his Period 1 results, there’s no guarantee his GPI will improve as a result. However, Dumahel has owned 2012 thus far so we wouldn’t bet against him.

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