September 13 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 September 10, 2012

to reclaim the top spot.

Welcome to the GPI

Nine players are new to this week’s GPI, led by Jacob Bazeley following a fifth-place finish for $25,460 in a $5,000 no-limit hold’em side event at the 2012 WinStar River Poker Series.

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Jacob Bazeley	1,300.86	190th
Kunal Patel	1,130.83	258th
Carla Solinas	1,098.62	284th
Viktor Blom	1,073.74	295th
Mike Sexton	1,073.60	296th
Rob Akery	1,072.64	297th
Maxi Lehmanski	1,070.89	298th
Eric Baldwin	1,070.64	299th
Moreten Mortensen	1,069.24	300th

Falling from the GPI this week were Hugo Lemaire, James Mitchell, Joe Cassidy, Mike Leah, Nam Le, Ryan Eriquezzo, Stephane Benadiba, Taylor von Kriegenbergh, and Vinny Pahuja.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Ismael Bojang. His Period 2 had only one score before his eighth-place finish in a $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2012 Merit Spring Open aged into Period 2. In addition to gaining that second score in his Period 2, it wasn’t previously counting as part of his Period 1 slate, so he lost no points there.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

35th	Scott Baumstein	1,987.44	+22
117th	Sergio Castelluccio	1,557.88	+34
152nd	Roland Israelashvili	1,434.87	+15
167th	Aubin Cazals	1,375.79	+25
202nd	Rupert Elder	1,263.43	+40
204th	Ismael Bojang	1,252.25	+41
216th	Massimo Mosele	1,232.28	+15
246th	Paul Volpe	1,144.20	+16
251st	Max Silver	1,140.50	+34
279th	Bryce Yockey	1,104.99	+17

Slipping the most this week were Tim West and Matt Waxman. For West, it was his 11th-place finish in the second Epic Poker League event (worth $46,020) that aged into Period 3. Waxman’s win in the 2011 WPT Grand Prix de Paris Main Event worth “500,000 also aged into Period 3.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

62nd	Fabrice Soulier	1,850.14	-32
68th	Martin Jacobson	1,796.27	-26
89th	Matt Waxman	1,684.51	-40
94th	Isaac Baron	1,625.42	25-
153rd	Alex Kravchenko	1,429.19	-38
154th	Guillaume Darcourt	1,425.38	-22
217th	Mario Puccini	1,231.49	-29
242nd	John Andress	1,153.63	-32
260th	Allen Cunningham	1,128.32	-27
280th	Tim West	1,102.42	-67

What’s In Store?

The 2012 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event results will be reflected in next week’s standings, helping out fourth-place finisher Dan O’Brien (currently No. 231) and Dan Smith. Even though Smith’s seventh-place score for “178,496 most likely won’t crack his current top-four Period 1 scores, it will pay huge dividends when his scores begin to age into Period 2 next month. Smith is on the fast track to No. 1 on the GPI.

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March 26 2012, Chris Hall

The PokerStars European Poker Tour has moved on to Campione, Italy, a tiny town actually in Switzerland on the edge of Lake Lugano. Casinò di Campione, the largest casino in Europe, played host to Day 1a of EPT Campione, where 178 players began the day. When play ended Monday night, Davide Andreoni held the chip lead, finishing the day with 175,100.

Andreoni had several tussles throughout the day against Dario Nittolo, whom he sat next to, but Andreoni came out ahead by the end of the day with the overall chip lead.

Given the high number of Italians playing on Day 1a, an often-used strategy would be to play fairly straightforward to reduce the potential volatility, but Nick Yunis had other plans. The Chilean was seen playing almost every hand, his stack jumping around from 30,000 up to 100,000 and back down again. Winning significant pots against both Simon Persson and Rasmus Nielsen, Yunis finished on a high with 169,200, second only to Andreoni.

There were only four Team PokerStars Pros playing on Day 1a and they suffered mixed results. Alex Kravchenko (23,600) and the home hope, Luca Pagano (16,200) managed to make it through the action, but both will be back on Wednesday with fairly short stacks and in need of an early double-up.

Theo Jorgensen entered after the first couple of levels but didn’t last long. First, his jacks were cracked by Anton Ionel’s ace-three, which hit trip threes on the flop. Ionel then finished Jorgensen off soon after with kings against king-jack. Pierre Neuville also suffered a surprisingly early exit, as did Mads Wissing and Cristian Dragomir.

Other players who didn’t make it through the day included former EPT Prague runner-up Emiliano Bono, James Dempsey, former Irish Open champion James Mitchell, McLean Karr, Yordan Dimitrov and Casey Kastle. They’ll have to enjoy the relaxing views and sights that Campione and nearby Lugano have, as well as the multitude of side events that the casino will be putting on over the next few days.

Per Linde (67,200), former EPT champion Roberto Romanello (50,800), Marion Nedellec (51,200) and Rasmus Nielsen (41,000) are just a few players who have moved on to Day 2.

End of Day 1a Chip Counts

PlayerChip Count

Davide Andreoni	175,100
Nick Yunis	169,200
Grigorij Orlov	154,200
Primoz Adamie	138,400
Claudio Leonardo Pagano	130,700
Panagiotis Gavriulidis	125,700
Jose Severino	121,200
Jean Philippe Peyratoux	119,800
Ivan Skobolov	114,700
Dario Nittolo	107,600

Although Day 1a was relatively quiet, the field on Tuesday should be bigger. Plenty of players are expected to play on Day 1b, including Team PokerStars Pros Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Liv Boeree, Lex Veldhuis, Victor Ramdin, Vanessa Selbst, Marcin Horecki and Dario Minieri.

Day 1b action kicks off on Tuesday at 1400 CEST (0500 PDT) and the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on the floor bringing you all the action live from the felt.

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