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

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

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

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

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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June 01 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 May 28, 2012

The new face in the top 10 this week is Marvin Rettenmaier. He took down the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship Event at the WPT World Championship for a cool $1,196,858 to lock himself into the No. 7 spot this week. Meanwhile, Steve O’Dwyer finished fifth for $192,176 to crack the top three.

Welcome to the GPI

Tom McCormick returned to the GPI this week with the best ranking of the four new players. His 14th-place finish in the aforementioned WPT World Championship gave him a much-needed boost in his Period 1 results. Brent Hanks also cracked the GPI and come next week, he’s going to see quite a rise. We’ll touch on that later.

New Additions

Falling from the GPI this week were Andrey Danilyuk, Giuseppe Pantaleo, Lucien Cohen, and Thorsten Schafer.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Nick Schulman who finished in fourth place in the WPT World Championship, good for $256,325.

Biggest Gains

On the other end of the spectrum is Konstantin Puchkov. His fourth-place finished in a High Roller event at APPT Macau last November aged into Period 2. Randy Lew, winner of the Main Event there, also saw his GPI stock fall as a result.

Biggest Drops

What’s In Store?

Expect a busy and exciting few weeks in the GPI as the 2012 World Series of Poker kicked off earlier in the week. Brent Hanks earned a victory on Wednesday and will comfortably remove himself from the GPI bubble. Vanessa Selbst (No. 16) finished fourth in the event Hanks won, so expect her to push back into the top 10. Daniel Negreanu (No. 17) is at a final table Friday and will also see his GPI stock rise come next week.

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