August 03 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. With the post World Series of Poker lull still in effect, the top ten remains mostly the same but for a few minor changes. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of July 30, 2012

Welcome to the GPI

Steve Barshak leads five new players on this week’s GPI. His 14th-place finish in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the 2012 Southern Poker Million Dollar Heater (worth $12,222) aged into Period 2, partly filling what was previously vacant. He still has a full slate of Period 1 results counting, too.

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Steve Barshak	1,193.34	238th
Mike Gorodinsky	1,105.51	280th
Jeff Madsen	1,095.13	285th
Justin Zaki	1,084.43	293rd
Marko Neumann	1,074.79	299th

Falling from the GPI this week were Andrey Gulyy, Luca Pagano, Manuel Bevand, Mark Rose, and Basil Yaiche.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Brock Parker. Two results from his 2012 Borgata Winter Open (a first and seventh-place finish worth $76,387 and $84,223, respectively), aged into Period 2, which was previously empty. Meanwhile, his Period 1 slate is still full thanks to his seven WSOP cashes this summer.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

103rd	Brock Parker	1,608.39	+60
124th	Heinz Kamutzki	1,510.32	+33
140th	Bruno “Kool Shen” Lopes	1,459.28	+25
152nd	Josh Brikis	1,432.95	+45
164th	Zimnan Ziyard	1,370.83	+29
165th	Jeff Lisandro	1,364.21	+34
197th	Aubin Cazals	1,284.58	+42
230th	Harrison Gimbel	1,208.37	+27
232nd	Brett Richey	1,204.25	+35
258th	Massimo Mosele	1,140.71	+22

The steepest fall this week belonged to Jean-Noel Thorel. His fifth-place finish in a “5,000 No-Limit Hold’em event (worth “38,830) at the Euro Finals of Poker 2012 aged into Period 2.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

137th	Tristan Wade	1,464.15	-24
145th	David Benyamine	1.447.72	-24
202nd	Sean Getzwiller	1,273.68	-54
203rd	Jean-Noel Thorel	1,270.74	-68
204th	Dermot Blain	1,264.59	-37
234th	Salvatore Bonavena	1,197.39	-34
239th	Marco Leonzio	1,189.53	-66
251st	Dan Murariu	1,159.50	-50
253rd	Sebastian Winkler	1,156.83	-30
275th	Chad Brown	1,110.46	-26
288th	Andrea Benelli	1,092.88	-27

What’s In Store?

With August here, the live tournament scene is going to start to pick up. The WPT Merit Cyprus Classic is set to kick off this weekend (the results won’t take effect until after next week’s rankings, though).

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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Mon, 09/12/2011 – 07:27 – PokerPages Staff

5. Alessio Isaia – Career Winnings of $1,742,586
Alessio Isaia has won a total of five tournaments, with cashes in 33 events.  Isaia’s biggest haul was the $545,115 he picked up for winning the WPT No Limit Hold ‘em at the Venice event in February 2011.

4. Salvatore Bonavena – Career Winnings of $1,804,611
Salvatore Bonavena of Milan has achieved 17 cashes since going pro in 2006.  This player’s biggest victory came in the EPT Prague event in 2008, with a win of just over $1 million.

3. Max Pescatori – Career Winnings of $2,961,217
On the same day Italy lifted the World Cup in 2006, Max Pescatori was celebrating winning his first WSOP bracelet.  A second has followed since, in 2008, and Pescatori has won a total of ten tournaments.

2. Filippo Candio – Career Winnings of $3,153,448
From Cagliaro, Sardinia, Filipo Candio has achieved 12 cashes in his relatively short poker career so far.  Candino’s biggest win by far came in the WSOP main event in 2010, where he walked away with just over $3 million.

1. Jeff Lisandro – Career Winnings of $4,828,016
Out on his own at almost $5 million is Jeff Lisandro of Salerno, Italy.  Nicknamed ‘Iceman’, Lisandro has cashed 60 times in a career spanning 14 years.  Lisandro has to his name ten first place finishes, and four coveted WSOP bracelets.  Given that this player’s biggest win was the $659,730 that he won in the WSOP main event in 2006, to amass such a large total prize pot is testament to Lisandro’s longevity.