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).

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July 05 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 July 2, 2012

lost about 100 points from their total score this week, but Grospllier took the bigger hit. His third-place finish in the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max event from the 2011 World Series of Poker fell into Period 3. Mercier’s sixth-place finish in the $2,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball last summer aged from Period 2, but his drop in points was not as severe.

Making his debut in the GPI top ten is Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi following his win in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship. He rose up the ranks 26 places. Also ascending the GPI is the runner-up in that event, Chris Klodnicki. He climbed 15 spots and is No. 14.

Welcome to the GPI

New Additions

Sixteen players are new to this week’s GPI, led by Maria Ho at No. 221. With three recent WSOP cashes, Ho rounded out her Period 1 slate with a full four cashes.

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Maria Ho	1,234.59	221st
Lee Goldman	1,209.98	229th
Brett Richey	1,202.51	232nd
Tim Finne	1,169.59	245th
Fabrizio Gonzalez	1,165.57	249th
Chad Brown	1,161.45	251st
Andy Bloch	1,151.28	254th
Rob Akery	1,140.63	261st
Justin Schwartz	1,123.71	267th
Marc Inizan	1,118.93	271st
Jeremy Ausmus	1,118.47	273rd
Tyler Bonkowski	1,108.	277th
Barny Boatman	1,105.86	278th
Juan Manuel Pastor	1,104.76	279th
Viktor Blom	1,100.12	283rd
Harrison Gimbel	1,090.23	291st

Falling from the GPI this week were Alessio Isaia, Andrew Robl, Balazs Botond, Dylan Wilkerson, Josh Arieh, Kenny Shih, Mark Radoja, Mike Beasley, Mike Binger, Mike Leah, Nikolai Yakovenko, Owais Ahmed, Ryan Welch, Simon Charette, Vladimir Kochelaevskiy, and Brian Rast.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Fernando Brito. The Portuguese pro had two WSOP cashes last week, including a third-place finish in a $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em tournament (Event #46) worth $282,676.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

77th	Fernando Brito	1,710.64	+112
78th	Amir Lehavot	1,709.00	+55
89th	Kyle Julius	1,685.89	+69
122nd	Jonathan Little	1,508.50	+52
123rd	Matt Giannetti	1,501.66	+120
130th	Dwyte Pilgrim	1,485.16	+67
159th	Micah Raskin	1,399.89	+60
176th	Pratyush Buddiga	1,341.62	+89
182nd	Paul Berende	1,331.74	+87
187th	Chris McClung	1,320.71	+63

Reigning WSOP Player of the Year Ben Lamb took the biggest his this week, falling 115 places. In 111th place just two weeks ago, Lamb is due to slide out of the GPI altogether as early as next week. This week, it’s his eighth-place finish in last year’s $50,000 Poker Players Championship that slipped into Period 2. Depending on when last year’s Main Event start/end date is determined to be (as early as July/as late as November), his third-place finish is going to slip into Period 2.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

158th	Scott Seiver	1,401.86	-75
161st	Barry Greenstein	1,395.40	-89
173rd	Joe Ebanks	1,353.24	-59
211th	Nick Grippo	1,254.94	-47
216th	Eric Froehlich	1,241.46	-73
225th	Allen Bari	1,217.24	-58
248th	Bryce Yockey	1,166.68	-53
285th	Ben Lamb	1,097.29	-115
287th	Dmitry Gromov	1,096.09	-66
297th	Antony Lellouche	1,086.24	-43

What’s In Store?

The Big One for One Drop concluded on Tuesday and Antonio Esfandiari claimed the victory. Needless to say, he’ll shoot up the ranks from his current rank, No. 207.

Sam Trickett (No.97) finished second, Phil Hellmuth (No. 48) finished fourth, and Brian Rast, who fell off the GPI this week, finished sixth. Each of them will shoot up the ranks next week.

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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