Global Poker Index: 10 Weeks at the Top for Fedor Holz
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website. Here's a look at the rankings as of August 17, 2016.
2016 GPI Player of the Year
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Holz | 3389.32 | - |
| 2 | Paul Volpe | 3095.05 | - |
| 3 | Adrian Mateos | 3034.62 | - |
| 4 | Chance Kornuth | 3023.74 | - |
| 5 | Jason Mercier | 2812.00 | - |
| 6 | Dominik Nitsche | 2799.02 | - |
| 7 | David Peters | 2761.45 | - |
| 8 | Ivan Luca | 2722.47 | - |
| 9 | Dietrich Fast | 2622.28 | - |
| 10 | Bryn Kenney | 2606.87 | - |
It's another week at the top of the Global Poker Index 2016 Player of the Year leaderboard for Fedor Holz, his 10th-straight in first position.
Indeed, the entire top 10 stayed exactly the same from seven days ago amid another relatively slow week of tournament poker for the leaders. Things should get rattled somewhat soon, however, with the start of the new season of the European Poker Tour in Barcelona.
Looking down the POY list for some upward movers, Jake Schwartz improved from No. 76 to No. 55 after he won a $1,100 buy-in turbo NL event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open. Seth Davies also went from No. 103 to No. 65 after winning a SHRPO prelim event of his own and finishing second in another.
GPI 300 Top 10
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Holz | 4722.11 | - |
| 2 | Jason Mercier | 4364.67 | - |
| 3 | Byron Kaverman | 4323.18 | - |
| 4 | Nick Petrangelo | 4083.83 | - |
| 5 | Anthony Zinno | 4022.08 | - |
| 6 | David Peters | 4013.81 | - |
| 7 | Bryn Kenney | 3995.55 | - |
| 8 | Dominik Nitsche | 3941.56 | - |
| 9 | Tom Marchese | 3930.47 | - |
| 10 | Steve O'Dwyer | 3877.25 | - |
It was a similar story this week in the overall GPI rankings where Holz stayed at No. 1 — also for a 10th-straight week — while the nine players behind him remained right where they were as well.
Aside from Holz, the top 10 includes four other players who have been ranked No. 1 before — Jason Mercier (most recently the leader on Sept. 23, 2015), Byron Kaverman (Jan. 6, 2016), Anthony Zinno (July 15, 2015), and Steve O'Dwyer (June 8, 2016).
Nick Petrangelo and Bryn Kenney have both peaked at No. 2 before, Dominik Nitsche at No. 4, and David Peters and Tom Marchese at No. 5.
Welcome to the GPI Top 300
| Rank | Player | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| 289 | Phillip Hui | 1843.09 |
| 291 | Jesse Yaginuma | 1841.61 |
| 295 | Yung Hwang | 1835.74 |
| 296 | Dermot Blain | 1834.45 |
| 298 | Ben Palmer | 1830.76 |
| 299 | Michael Semenov | 1827.88 |
| 300 | Allaksei Boika | 1824.40 |
As has been the case the last few weeks since the World Series of Poker wrapped up for the summer, only a few players managed to nudge their way inside the top 300 this week, again all coming in at the very bottom of the list.
Phillip Hui is the highest-ranked of the seven new names on this week's top 300, having made the biggest leap of the bunch from No. 331 to No. 289 after picking up two runner-up finishes recently in preliminary events during the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open.
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 167 | Antoine Saout | 2145.12 | +64 |
| 232 | Anthony Ruberto | 1960.04 | +62 |
| 223 | Fabrice Soulier | 1970.25 | +58 |
| 226 | Kou Vang | 1964.16 | +52 |
| 158 | David Vamplew | 2179.23 | +51 |
That jump by Hui places him just outside the top five biggest gainers for the week among top 300 players, a list topped by Antoine Saout after going from No. 231 to No. 167. Anthony Ruberto moved up nearly as much by going from No. 294 to No. 232.
Biggest Drops
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | Jeff Rossiter | 2113.36 | -108 |
| 290 | Gordon Vayo | 1842.54 | -80 |
| 260 | Randy Pfeifer | 1906.68 | -72 |
| 202 | Andrew Chen | 1915.54 | -58 |
| 284 | James Gilbert | 1856.97 | -55 |
Finally, looking only at players still inside the GPI top 300, Jeff Rossiter suffered the steepest decline in the latest update after dropping from No. 68 down to No. 176, his first time out of the top 100 since October 2015. Also on the "Biggest Drops" list is November Niner Gordon Vayo who slipped from No. 210 to No. 290.
What to Expect Next Week
The next couple of weeks will be all about the EPT Barcelona festival which has already gotten underway and as mentioned above will surely shake up the GPI rankings.
PokerNews' Live Reporting Team will be in action starting this weekend from Barcelona with live updates, chip counts, photos, videos, results, and more from the €50,000 Super High Roller, the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller, the €10,300 High Roller, and the €5,300 Main Event.
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