December 01 2011, 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 November 28, 2011

2	Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier	2,534.45	0
3	Jason Mercier	2,398.58	0
4	Eugene Katchalov	2,378.13	0
5	Shawn Buchanan	2,219.40	0
6	Sam Stein	2,178.26	0
7	Sam Trickett	2,121.17	0
8	Sorel Mizzi	2,106.72	0
9	Fabrice Soulier	2,024.88	0
10	Matt Waxman	2,003.46	0

No shuffling of positions took place among the top 10, but there is something to keep an eye on. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier closed the gap between himself and Erik Seidel and now sits about 25 points out of the No. 1 spot on the GPI. In November 2010, Grospellier finished 56th in the European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event. That score fell from Period 2, where it wasn’t one of his top three results, to Period 3 where it is being counted, thus resulting in a bump in points for Grospellier.

Welcome to the GPI

For the second consecutive week, there were only four new addition to the GPI. Kenny Hallaert is making his debut on the GPI thanks to two side-event wins at EPT Loutraki.

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Georges Yaazbeck	1,196.52	193rd
Jan Bendik	1,099.12	251st
Kenny Hallaert	1,075.77	263rd
Chris McClung	1,050.14	284th

Those who fell from the GPI this week are Kevin Vandersmissen, Kyle Loman, Matt Jarvis, and Paul Berende.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Rupert Elder. With a 13th-place finish in the EPT Loutraki Main Event, Elder added a third Period 1 result to be calculated by the GPI. Also rising nicely up the ranks this week were Darryll Fish and Micah Raskin, thanks to respective sixth-place and 15th-place finishes at the WPT Jacksonville Main Event.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

75th	Kevin MacPhee	1,524.53	+43
112th	Dominik Nitsche	1,406.64	+66
117th	Rupert Elder	1,382.16	+107
142nd	Per Linde	1,312.50	+32
149th	Micah Raskin	1,304.59	+90
178th	Darryll Fish	1,235.32	+65
184th	Surrinder Sunar	1,212.16	+35
199th	Markus Ristola	1,189.35	+95
203rd	Sam Chartier	1,181.27	+31
207th	Mike Beasley	1,178.78	+33
260th	Jean-Philippe Rohr	1,080.76	+32

Lucien Cohen suffered the biggest drop this week. His eighth-place result in a “2,500 no-limit hold’em event at the France Poker Masters in May fell from Period 1 to Period 2.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

39th	Bryn Kenney	1,706.25	-26
101st	Nick Schulman	1,435.96	-32
103rd	Konstantin Puchkov	1,427.11	-31
191st	Alex Kostritsyn	1,197.91	-29
196th	Andrey Danilyuk	1,192.63	-35
235th	Kimmo Matias Kurko	1,135.68	-30
242nd	Lucien Cohen	1,118.82	-74
253rd	Nicolas Levi	1,097.77	-68
259th	Cristiano Guerra	1,081.20	-65
264th	Eric Haik	1,075.75	-65
288th	Youcef Benzerfa	1,044.57	-47
300th	Nicolas Chouity	1,021.92	-42

What’s In Store?

Next week will mark the start of scores from the 2011 World Series of Poker falling into Period 2. Which players GPI scores will take a hit? Eugene Katchalov (No. 4), Sam Stein (No. 6), Matt Waxman (No. 10), Jake Cody (No. 17), and Allen Bari (No. 27) will all have six-figure scores from that first week of the WSOP drop into Period 2, so expect a bit of a shakeup toward the top of the GPI 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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November 17 2011, 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 result over six half-year periods. There was very little change at the top this week, but that won’t be the case next week. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of November 14, 2011

replaced Scott Seiver in the No. 10 spot. Seiver’s win at the WPT Championship in May fell from Period 1 to Period 2, resulting in a drop of 18 spots. Failla’s 15th-place finish in the WPT Championship fell into Period 2, as well, however, not only did that result improve his Period 2 calculations, but Failla’s Period 1 was hardly affected bcause he had several similar scores to replace it.

Welcome to the GPI

New Additions

PlayerTotal GPI ScoreGPI Rank

Nico Fierro	1,168.72	211th
Ronny Kaiser	1,145.22	231st
Tom McCormick	1,133.99	235th
Anton Wigg	1,071.36	265th
Paul Berende	1,069.74	269th
Ruben Visser	1,046.70	284th
Nick Yunis	1,045.39	285th
Jean-Philippe Rohr	1,032.22	293rd
Markus Ristola	1,029.39	294th
Mihails Morozovs	1,026.89	296th

The ten who fell from the GPI this week are Chance Kornuth, Heinz Kamutzki, Jan Bendik, Justin Smith, Kyle Bowker, Kyle Loman, Mark Radoja, Maurizio Sepede, Ray Henson, and Stephane Benadiba.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Scott Baumstein. On the heels of his fourth-place finish at the WPT Amneville Main Event, he took first place in a “10,000 No-Limit Holdem High Roller tournament at the Master Classics of Poker 2011 to vault 175 spots up the GPI. Adrien Allain, WPT Amneville Main Event winner, also had a big increase in his score, rising 173 spots on the GPI.

Biggest Gains

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

63rd	Hafiz Khan	1,577.69	+50
71st	Adrien Allain	1,532.26	+173
83rd	Scott Baumstein	1,510.33	+175
85th	Govert Metaal	1,507.30	+59
93rd	Arnaud Mattern	1,473.79	+74
128th	Ty Reiman	1,342.95	+38
177th	Andrew Chen	1,226.30	+46
179th	Marc Inizan	1,219.42	+102
180th	Jonathan Jaffe	1,218.75	+54
240th	Micah Raskin	1,123.61	+40
255th	Josh Bergman	1,084.37	+38

Ville Haavisto plummeted 142 spots down the list. A combination of two aging scores resulted in his drop. First, a fourth-place finish in a PLO event at the EPT Grand Final in May fell into Period 2. Also, his lone career six-figure score (a runner-up performance at the Master Classics of Poker 2010) dropped from Period 2 to Period 3.

Both Farzad Bonyadi and Galen Hall slid more than 100 spots each, as well. Their respective second and third place finishes the WPT Championship fell from Period 1 to Period 2.

Biggest Drops

RankPlayerTotal ScoreChange in Rank From Last Week

111th	Rob Akery	1,412.91	-56
173rd	Galen Hall	1,244.04	-104
188th	George Lind	1,205.54	-61
200th	Eric Haik	1,187.15	-80
206th	Phil Laak	1,173.77	-64
210th	Steven Kelly	1,168.86	-65
220th	Nichlas Mattsson	1,157.60	-114
268th	Tyler Kenney	1,070.97	-79
291st	Farzad Bonyadi	1,034.60	-113
297th	Ville Haavisto	1,026.85	-142

What’s In Store?

A change at the top of the GPI is a high possibility as Erik Seidel’s score is going to dip next week. His victory in the $100,000 Super High Roller Event at the Five Star World Poker Classic is going to drop into Period 2 next week. As a result, his Period 1 tally is going to take a substantial hit and shockingly, he does not have a seven-figure (or even a six-figure) score to take its place. Perhaps he is human after all.

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.

To stay on top of the GPI and other happenings in the poker world, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

Follow Mickey Doft on Twitter – @mrdoft

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