August 09 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 August 6, 2012

2	Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier	2,759.54	–
3	Dan Smith	2,656.62	–
4	Steve O’Dwyer	2,607.66	+1
5	Erik Seidel	2,596.53	+1
6	Vanessa Selbst	2,594.33	+1
7	Marvin Rettenmaier	2,585.70	-3
8	Eugene Katchalov	2,506.21	–
9	Andrew Lichtenberger	2,416.49	+1
10	Mike McDonald	2,409.86	+1

The only real change toward the top of the GPI this week was Marvin Rettenmaier’s falling slightly. His sixth-place finish in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event at the 2011 Merit Cyprus Classic aged into Period 3. Coincidentally (within the past few hours), Rettenmaier won the 2012 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic.

Welcome to the GPI

Six players, led by Nam Le at No. 246, were new to this week’s GPI. Le recently took down a HKD$95,000 ($12,258) No-Limit Hold’em High-Roller Event at the APT – Asian Series Macau for HKD$841,000 ($108,409).

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Nam Le	1,168.91	246th
Fred Goldberg	1,113.40	272nd
Andrey Gulyy	1,073.85	297th
Viktor Blom	1,073.74	298th
Mike Sexton	1,073.60	299th
Eric Baldwin	1,070.64	300th

Falling from the GPI this week were Marc Inizan, Marko Neumann, Matthias De Meulder, Ondrej Vinklarek, Yorane Kerignard, and Ruben Visser.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Hans Winzeler. He took third place in the $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event in the Florida State Poker Championship.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

40th	Toby Lewis	1,944.09	+25
41st	Ilan Boujenah	1,942.96	+22
77th	Davidi Kitai	1,744.05	+18
108th	Guillaume Darcourt	1,583.90	+26
111th	Sergio Castelluccio	1,576.42	+18
113th	Micah Raskin	1,570.45	+45
141st	Mihai Manole	1,455.14	+22
147th	Hans Winzeler	1,438.19	+105
183rd	Sean Getzwiller	1,310.28	+19
228th	Yury Gulyy	1,209.07	+53
237th	Craig McCorkell	1,189.95	+34

Paul Berende took the biggest hit of the week. Two Period 1 scores aged into Period 2, both coming at EPT Deauville earlier this year.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

56th	Juha Helppi	1,879.38	-27
87th	Vadzim Kursevich	1,709.76	-33
125th	Vojtech Ruzicka	1,525.99	-24
154th	Kevin Vandersmissen	1,424.05	-23
167th	Ronny Kaiser	1,354.65	-37
208th	Ben Vinson	1,251.23	-21
211th	Arten Litvinov	1,247.99	-29
213th	Joe Ebanks	1,245.97	-35
222nd	David Vamplew	1,225.21	-42
240th	Ludovic Lacay	1,180.88	-21
243rd	Paul Berende	1,172.40	-62

What’s In Store?

Marvin Rettenmaier will rise toward the top of the GPI next week after his win in the 2012 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic. However, because his Period 1 slate is already very stacked, he won’t gain enough points to pass either Jason Mercier or Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. What is working in Rettenmaier’s favor, though, is that Mercier is set to drop a few points as his third-place finish in the inaugural Epic Poker League event will age into Period 3 next week. The race will tighten up, and it is safe to say (for now) that it is no longer a two-horse race at the top.

Others players who cashed in Cyprus include Erik Cajelais in seventh place (No. 86 on the GPI), Chino Rheem in 22nd place (No. 195), and Aubin Cazals in 31st place (No. 191). Each should see a minor rise up the GPI come next week.

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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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