GPI Player of the Year: Chidwick, Kaverman and Volpe Join the Top 10

June 25, 2015

Mickey Doft Live Reporter

Each week, the Global Poker Index (GPI) updates its Player of the Year race taking into account a player's 13 best results over the course of the calendar year, according to its formula. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website.

Three players are new to the GPI POY top 10 this week, led by Stephen Chidwick. The Brit cashed twice in the past week, including a runner-up showing in Event #41: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Championship for $180,529. Meanwhile, Byron Kaverman took down Event #37: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Championship for $657,351. Finally, Paul Volpe joined as well after taking sixth in the aforementioned Event #37 for $89,334.

GPI Player of the Year Top 10 as of June 24

Place	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank
1	Connor Drinan	3,404.16	-
2	Dzmitry Urbanovich	3,380.70	-
3	Scott Seiver	3,242.53	-
4	Ivan Luca	3,128.44	-
5	Stephen Chidwick	2,846.14	+7
6	Steve O'Dwyer	2,844.83	-1
7	Byron Kaverman	2,758.39	+11
8	Paul Volpe	2,752.23	+5
9	Nick Petrangelo	2,686.93	-3
10	Joe Kuether	2,675.26	-3

Below is a breakdown of each player's qualifying cashes and scores. Events listed in bold are changes that took place this week.

1. Connor Drinan

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. EPT Malta	€25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	2 of 68	€572,300	453.62
2. EPT Grand Final	€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Six-Handed	2 of 81	€155,190	382.67
3. EPT Grand Final	€10,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	16 of 564	€51,350	371.50
4. Aussie Millions	A$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Challenge	9 of 104	A$75,000	293.35
5. WPT LA Poker Classic	$50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo High Roller	3 of 31	$371,997	279.95
6. Aria High Roller XIII	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	4 of 41	$78,720	278.98
7. WPT LA Poker Classic	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	39 of 538	$26,780	260.01
8. EPT Malta	€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	33 of 304	€20,500	228.00
9. WSOP	Event #15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship	16 of 128	$17,073	206.03
10. PCA	$10,300 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Six Handed	13 of 93	$18,040	196.69
11. EPT Malta	€5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max Turbo	10 of 73	€8,825	162.94
12. EPT Malta	€5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	127 of 895	€9,120	160.88
13. Aussie Millions	A$2,500 Shot Clock No-Limit Hold'em Six Max	16 of 212	A$8,350	129.57

2. Dzmitry Urbanovich

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. EPT Malta	€25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	1 of 68	€572,300	536.71
2. EPT Grand Final	€100,000 Super High Roller	2 of 58	€1,446,600	427.89
3. EPT Malta	€5,200 No-Limit Hold'em	1 of 55	€110,000	349.90
4. EPT Grand Final	€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Six-Handed	3 of 81	€101,600	340.75
5. PCA	$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty	1 of 181	$37,640	278.92
6. EPT Grand Final	€10,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	40 of 564	€23,125	275.95
7. Eureka Rozvadov	€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	1 of 39	€25,725	210.13
8. PCA	$3,000 LAPT Bahamas No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	34 of 532	$7,980	193.59
9. EPT Malta	€1,100 No-Limit Hold'em	1 of 156	€35,200	177.85
10. EPT Deauville	€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	19 of 415	€8,600	176.92
11. WPT Vienna	€3,300 No-Limit Hold'em partypoker WPT Main Event	24 of 205	€6,040	149.89
12. EPT Deauville	€1,650 No-Limit Hold'em	6 of 111	€9,430	142.79
13. PCA	$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em	9 of 298	$6,620	119.43

3. Scott Seiver

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. PCA	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight-Handed	5 of 269	$398,340	477.72
2. Aussie Millions	A$100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Challenge	3 of 70	A$1,000,000	377.58
3. EPT Grand Final	€5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha Eight-Handed	1 of 46	€75,900	319.37
4. EPT Grand Final	€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Six-Handed	4 of 81	€78,190	311.01
5. EPT Grand Final	€25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight-Handed	20 of 215	€62,100	284.68
6. WPT LA Poker Classic	$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship	32 of 538	$30,900	279.61
7. EPT Grand Final	€100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller	8 of 58	€261,800	261.71
8. PCA	$100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller Eight-Handed	8 of 66	$243,280	252.96
9. EPT Grand Final	€50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller Eight-Handed	9 of 54	€92,860	238.84
10. Aussie Millions	A$250,000 No-Limit Hold'em Challenge	4 of 25	A$735,000	219.68
11. WSOP	Event #12: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed	83 of 1,651	$3,989	126.08
12. WSOP	Event #35: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha	107 of 978	$2,503	93.30

4. Ivan Luca

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. EPT Malta	€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	2 of 304	€397,000	515.84
2. EPT Deauville	€10,300 No-Limit High Roller	5 of 128	€90,690	337.30
3. UKIPT Nottingham	£3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight Handed	1 of 45	£46,800	290.49
4. EPT Grand Final	€50,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller Eight-Handed	8 of 54	€121,700	252.96
5. PCA	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight-Handed	33 of 269	$44,450	251.52
6. WSOP	Event #30: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	1 of 2,150	$353,391	230.20
7. EPT Grand Final	€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Six-Handed	10 of 81	€19,850	216.27
8. FPS Deauville	€1,100 Main Event	4 of 1,355	€68,500	212.63
9. EPT Deauville	€5,300 Main Event	49 of 592	€11,100	208.40
10. LAPT Viña del Mar	$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	17 of 410	$9,860	182.98
11. EPT Grand Final	€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em	14 of 263	€7,040	167.31
12. partpoker WPT National Cyprus	€2,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	13 of 172	€4,375	142.34
13. EPT Malta	€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em	37 of 315	€3,900	120.20

5. Stephen Chidwick

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. WSOP	Event #41: $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Championship	2 of 111	$180,529	397.93
2. Aussie Millions	A$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Challenge	4 of 104	A$250,000	390.55
3. Macau Poker Cup	HK$80,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	2 of 67	HK$1,048,000	351.02
4. EPT Grand Final	€10,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	21 of 564	€40,050	343.14
5. EPT Malta	€2,200 No-Limit Hold'em	1 of 315	€102,100	322.87
6. WSOP	Event #17: $10,000 Razz Championship	7 of 103	$38,447	266.40
7. EPT Malta	€5,200 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max Turbo	5 of 73	€27,600	219.75
8. PCA	$5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed	11 of 109	$11,100	183.55
9. WSOP	Event #22: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em	14 of 1,951	$14,391	148.11
10. WSOP	Event #14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	48 of 1,000	$5,413	128.03
11. WSOP	Event #47: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	137 of 1,244	$4,414	126.83
12. EPT Malta	€1,650 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max	22 of 160	€3,040	94.78

6. Steve O'Dwyer

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. EPT Grand Final	€25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight-Handed	3 of 215	€528,700	512.10
2. PCA	$100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller Eight-Handed	1 of 66	$1,872,580	502.22
3. Aussie Millions	A$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Challenge	6 of 104	A$156,000	341.95
4. Macau Poker Cup	HK$20,000 No-Limit Hold'em	1 of 237	HK$993,120	319.26
5. EPT Malta	€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	17 of 304	€37,600	296.10
6. PaddyPower Irish Open	€3,500 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	15 of 321	€12,500	214.28
7. EPT Grand Final	€10,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	74 of 564	€19,175	211.79
8. WPT Amsterdam	€3,300 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	31 of 341	€6,500	165.96
9. IPT Malta	€1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	22 of 1,285	€7,200	140.66
10. APPT Macau	HK$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	57 of 493	HK$43,600	140.51

7. Byron Kaverman

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. WSOP	Event #37: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Championship	1 of 259	$657,351	550.56
2. Aria High Roller IV	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	1 of 34	$282,498	422.71
3. Aria High Roller III	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	2 of 42	$282,435	364.95
4. WPT Bay 101	$7,500 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	15 of 708	$38,450	348.62
5. WSOP	Event #2: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em	9 of 422	$37,030	301.22
6. Aria High Roller II	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	4 of 41	$80,360	278.98
7. EPT Grand Final	€2,150 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Bounty	2 of 155	€22,950	245.85
8. WSOP	Event #10: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up Championship	12 of 143	$26,490	245.51

8. Paul Volpe

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. WSOP	Event #10: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	2 of 143	$206,620	423.03
2. WSOP	Event #15: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship	2 of 143	$197,048	412.05
3. WSOP	Event #37: $10,000 Six-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Championship	6 of 259	$89,334	373.03
4. PCA	$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em	1 of 217	$89,140	288.65
5. Aria High Roller IX	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em	7th	$35,280	233.26
6. WSOP	Event #7: $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship	12 of 109	$22,110	218.61
7. WSOP	Event #25: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed	36 of 493	$11,515	204.87
8. LA Poker Classic	$1,600 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty	1 of 98	$27,570	202.20
9. Borgata Spring Poker Open	$2,700 No-Limit Hold'em	16 of 447	$8,563	199.12
10. LAPT Bahamas	$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	32 of 532	$7,980	197.41

9. Nick Petrangelo

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. PCA	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight-Handed	6 of 269	$301,500	455.87
2. EPT Malta	€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	6 of 304	€139,000	403.04
3. PCA	$5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Eight-Handed	1 of 104	$113,853	371.70
4. EPT Malta	€25,500 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller	4 of 68	€205,900	370.53
5. WSOP	Event #4: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	1 of 308	$201,812	360.76
6. Fallsview Poker Classic	C$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em	4 of 636	C$89,534	257.24
7. WPT LA Poker Classic	$5,250	8 of 86	$17,200	189.39
8. EPT Grand Final	€5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed	15 of 121	€9,700	174.00
9. PCA	$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em	31 of 217	$3,700	101.41

10. Joe Kuether

Tournament Series	Event	Place	Prize	POY Points
1. PCA	$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Eight-Handed	2 of 269	$1,050,000	587.56
2. WPT Borgata Spring Poker Open	$2,700 No-Limit Hold'em	6 of 447	$51,849	257.78
3. WPT Rolling Thunder	$3,500 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	9 of 379	$25,145	252.78
4. Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza I	$1,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	2 of 585	$109,877	250.42
5. WPT Borgata Spring Poker Open	$2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Eight-Handed	1 of 68	$53,098	242.57
6. Borgata Winter Open	$2,150 No-Limit Hold'em	4 of 91	$11,916	165.49
7. WSOP Circuit West Palm Beach	$1,675 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	19 of 537	$7,370	151.96
8. PCA	$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em	15 of 217	$6,240	143.35
9. Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza II	$1,600 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	14 of 354	$6,958	142.45
10. WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown	$2,200 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Max	9 of 125	$9,775	141.17
11. WSOP	Event #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo	26 of 1,791	$8,704	126.97
12. WSOP	Event #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em	139 of 3,061	$3,061	109.00
13. WSOP	Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker	621 of 7,275	$3,044	103.76

_{data obtained from globalpokerindex.com}

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