Global Poker Index: Rettenmaier Remains On Top, Shake Up Among the Top 10
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.
Top 10 as of April 8, 2013
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 3115.71 | 0 |
| 2 | Mike Watson | 3039.45 | +1 |
| 3 | Bertrand Grospellier | 2970.19 | +1 |
| 4 | Bryn Kenney | 2864.37 | +1 |
| 5 | David Sands | 2818.96 | +1 |
| 6 | Philipp Gruissem | 2787.645 | -4 |
| 7 | Michael Mizrachi | 2763.05 | 0 |
| 8 | Steve O'Dwyer | 2736.89 | +2 |
| 9 | Jason Mercier | 2719.78 | -1 |
| 10 | Joseph Cheong | 2685.99 | -1 |
There are no new players in the GPI top 10, but there was a little bit of movement. Philipp Gruissem dipped four places and now sits in sixth position, while Mike Watson, Bertrand Grospellier, Bryn Kenney and David Sands all slid up one spot.
Welcome to the GPI
There are 10 new players in the GPI 300 this week, including 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up [/b]Martin Staszko[/b], Season 9 European Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event winner Ludovic Lacay, and three players who dipped out of the top 300 last week, but have returned: Guillaume Darcourt, Brandon Cantu and Jose Manuel Nadal.
| Player | Total GPI Score | GPI Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Martin Staszko | 1193.86 | 248 |
| Ludovic Lacay | 1123.96 | 276 |
| Harrison Gimbel | 1101.34 | 291 |
| Tobias Peters | 1099.04 | 292 |
| Kyle Frey | 1096.56 | 293 |
| Guillaume Darcourt | 1096.38 | 294 |
| Stephen Bokor | 1091.52 | 295 |
| Brandon Cantu | 1090.45 | 297 |
| Anaras Alekberovas | 1082.62 | 299 |
| Jose Manuel Nadal | 1082.25 | 300 |
The 10 players who fell from the GPI 300 this week, were Ben Vinson, Yuval Bronshtein, Artem Litvinov, Alexander Roumeliotis, Jason Tompkins, Jude Ainsworth, Tristan Wade, Jake Bazeley, Alex Queen and Bernard Guigon.
Biggest Gains
Calvin Anderson made the biggest leap this week, moving up 70 spots to No. 208. Anderson finished fifth in the 2013 Irish Open, earning €49,000.
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 2021.61117462153 | 20 |
| 64 | Matt Salsberg | 1930.06945586466 | 16 |
| 85 | Rocco Palumbo | 1749.45 | 56 |
| 107 | Giacomo Fundaro | 1643.32 | 19 |
| 120 | Kent Lundmark | 1602.24 | 31 |
| 126 | Dermot Blain | 1560.02 | 19 |
| 155 | Govert Metaal | 1422.71 | 17 |
| 208 | Calvin Anderson | 1280.90 | 70 |
| 221 | Michel Abecassis | 1255.89 | 33 |
| 238 | Paul Nunes | 1205.64 | 35 |
Biggest Drops
Michael Benvenuti took the biggest hit this week, dropping 56 spots. Freddy Deeb, Isaac Haxton, John Juanda and David Benyamine also fell down the ranks considerably.
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 132 | Samuel Chartier | 1522.91 | -33 |
| 148 | John Juanda | 1464.22 | -52 |
| 150 | Michael Benvenuti | 1462.60 | -56 |
| 162 | Stephen Chidwick | 1398.371 | -33 |
| 181 | Freddy Deeb | 1355.51 | -35 |
| 193 | Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 1310.23 | -31 |
| 194 | Isaac Haxton | 1310.18 | -35 |
| 205 | David Benyamine | 1291.72 | -49 |
| 270 | Tom Alner | 1136.01 | -46 |
| 273 | Aurangzeb Sheikh | 1128.32 | -44 |
| 298 | Dario Alioto | 1085.04 | -36 |
GPI Fantasy Poker Value Pick of the Week
With the recent launch of the GPI Fantasy Poker Manager on Facebook, we’ve been offering a few value picks.
The WPT Seminole Hard Rock Showdown kicks off on Thursday and will be attracting plenty of big names who have stayed Stateside.
Anthony Gregg is an excellent player for the cheap price of 16,370. Gregg is a former WPT champion with plenty of large scores on his record.
The other player we suggest grabbing is Paul Klann, coming at 10,000. Klann won the 2013 L.A. Poker Classic for over $1 million, then followed that up with an 11th-place finish at the 2013 Bay 101 Shooting Star. He's currently third in the WPT Player of the Year ranking this season.
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