Global Poker Index: EPT Deauville Winner Vadzim Kursevich Sees Biggest Rise Up the GPI

February 09 2012, Mickey Doft

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world by using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. Erik Seidel's lead on Jason Mercier remains undisturbed because there were no changes in the top 10 this week. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of February 6, 2012

Rank	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank from Last Week
1	Erik Seidel	3,069.84	0
2	Jason Mercier	2,986.07	0
3	Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier	2,839.23	0
4	Eugene Katchalov	2,760.52	0
5	Shawn Buchanan	2,672.49	0
6	Sam Trickett	2,436.82	0
7	Will "The Thrill" Failla	2,429.74	0
8	Matt Waxman	2,400.18	0
9	Vanessa Selbst	2,397.30	0
10	Mike "Timex" McDonald	2,377.53	0

Welcome to the GPI

Heinz Kamutzki debuts with the highest ranking this week following his 36th-place finish in the EPT Deauville Main Event. With that cash, Kamutzki now has a full slate of four results that will be counted in his Period 1 results.

New Additions

Player	Total GPI Score	GPI Rank
Heinz Kamutzki	1,329.54	116th
David Sonelin	1,277.33	186th
Kevin Vandersmissen	1,270.40	191st
Brock Parker	1,262.55	193rd
Jacob Bazeley	1,224.06	209th
Mohsin Charania	1,181.40	229th
Yorane Kerignard	1,142.08	251st
Ray Qartomy	1,135.18	254th
Jan Bendik	1,128.69	260th
Josh Brikis	1,107.62	271st
Ognjen Sekularac	1,101.52	275th
Anton Ionel	1,100.42	276th
Matthias De Meulder	1,087.76	278th
Christophe Benzimra	1,096,43	279th
Bruno Lopes	1,091.21	285th

Falling from the GPI this week were Dan Shak, David Diaz, Jani Sointula, Jason Wheeler, Jon Spinks, Nacho Barbero, Kevin Calenzo, Maksim Kolosov, Mark Radoja, Nicolas Cardyn, Stephen Chidwick, Tamas Lendvai, Vojtech Ruzicka, Yuliyan Nikolaev Kolev, and Will Molson.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Vadzim Kursevich. He won the EPT Deauville Main Event and now also has four Period 1 scores to be calculated in the GPI.

Others who rose in the GPI following successful showings at EPT Deauville include Mikhail Lakhitov, Luca Pagano, Ruben Visser, Paul Berende, Koen De Visscher and Marc Inizan.

Biggest Gains

Rank	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank From Last Week
67th	Mikhail Lakhitov	1,671.55	+147
78th	Ruben Visser	1,638.31	+89
79th	Vadzim Kursevich	1,635.44	+160
108th	Luca Pagano	1,511.46	+138
112th	Marc Inizan	1,498.70	+89
151st	Jeff Papola	1,385.54	+108
163rd	Koen De Visscher	1,357.67	+107
165th	Paul Berende	1,340.16	+133
182nd	Andrey Danilyuk	1,283.74	+89
197th	Guillaume Darcourt	1,256.40	+72

Nicolo Calia took the biggest GPI tumble this week. Already with zero Period 1 scores on his GPI resume, his 43rd-place cash in the the 2011 WPT Venice Main Event slipped into Period 3.

Biggest Drops

Rank	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank From Last Week
82nd	Joe Ebanks	1,617.24	-25
106th	Gavin Smith	1,513.54	-28
188th	David Vamplew	1,273.15	-34
198th	Daniel Chevalier	1,251.79	-34
235th	Sami Kelopuro	1,171.28	-45
253rd	Jesse Alexis Cohen	1,136.13	-50
262nd	Nicolo Calia	1,124.22	-73
270th	Cristiano Guerra	1,108.87	-44
288th	Ronny Kaiser	1,090.39	-72
290th	Mihails Morozovs	1,088.51	-72

What's In Store?

The 2012 WPT Venice Main Event Final Table was set on Thursday. Andrea Dato, currently No. 283 on the GPI, and Simon Ravnsbaek, (No. 195) are in first and second respectively, in the chip counts. Jason Wheeler was eliminated in seventh, just missing the final table. Expect Wheeler to be back on the list next week, and Ravnsbaek and Dato to see solid rises.

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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