June 30 2012, PokerNews Staff

The easiest way to catch up on all of the top news stories of the week is in this World Series of Poker edition of the PokerNews Weekly. Lynn Gilmartin and Kristy Arnett showcase recent WSOP bracelet winners and highlight some of their favorite moments from the week.

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June 29 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. The World Series of Poker is quickly reaching the end, and for the time being, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier has held off the field to remain at No. 1. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of June 25, 2012

It didn’t take long for Jason Mercier to get back inside the top three. His Period 1 results got a huge boost this week from his eighth-place result in Event #39 ($10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha) for $72,132. He only has one other five-figure score comprising his Period 1 slate.

Welcome to the GPI

A whopping 24 players are new to this week’s GPI. Debuting with the best standing is Jan Peter Jachtmann. He took down WSOP Event #39 ($10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha) for $661,000. Chris Tryba is back on the GPI after winning Event #35 ($2,500 Mixed Hold’em) for $210,107.

New Additions

The 24 players who fell this week were Andrey Gulyy, Benjamin Pollak, Brent Hanks, Brett Richey, Daniel Alaei, Humberto Brenes, Ignat Liviu, Jesse Alexis Cohen, Jon Spinks, Jose Manuel Nadal, Jude Ainsworth, Justin Schwartz, Lee Goldman, Maksim Semisoshenko, Marko Neumann, Matt Berkey, Max Pescatori, Mike Matusow, Nicolas Chouity, Ravi Raghavan, Robert Cezarescu, Stuart Fox, Tim Finne, and Ty Reiman.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Chris DeMaci. He finished runner-up in Event #34 ($5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six-Max) for $316,308.

Biggest Gains

This week’s biggest fall belonged to Justin Young. His three cashes from the 2011 WSOP fell from Period 2, and only one was picked up in his Period 3 results.

Biggest Drops

What’s In Store?

Michael Mizrachi won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship and will see a nice rise from his current No. 36 ranking. Chris Klodnicki, No. 29, will also see a nice bump in his ranking after finishing second to Mizrachi in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

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