Global Poker Index: Gruissem Returns to GPI 300 top 10; Schemion Second in POY Race
Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player's results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month periods as calculated by the USA Today Global Poker Index point system.
For a look at both lists, visit the official GPI website.
2014 GPI Player of the Year
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keven Stammen | 893.30 | - |
| 2 | Ole Schemion | 803.21 | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Bilokur | 800.07 | -1 |
| 4 | Scott Seiver | 633.26 | 17 |
| 5 | Shyam Srinivasan | 626.96 | -1 |
| 6 | Mike McDonald | 608.20 | 5 |
| 7 | Byron Kaverman | 600.23 | 22 |
| 8 | Ami Barer | 594.74 | 5 |
| 9 | Alexander Denisov | 581.06 | 1 |
| 10 | Mustapha Kanit | 573.50 | -5 |
Unsurprisingly, Season XII WPT World Championship winner Keven Stammen remains the leader in the 2014 POY race. Ole Schemion, the 2013 GPI POY winner, leapfrogged Alex Bilokur to take the second spot, and is primed to challenge Stammen for the rest of the year.
American Scott Seiver jumped up 17 places to come in at No. 4 after chopping the €25,000 buy-in PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final High Roller with Philipp Gruissem. Gruissem earned €993,963, Seiver €857,637, and the former already has over $1.7 million in earnings in 2014.
Also entering the top 10 this week are Byron Kaverman and Ami Barer. Kaverman finished runner-up to Stammen in the WPT World Championship, then cashed in the EPT Grand Final High Roller. Barer reached two final tables in Monaco, finishing fifth in a €5,000 side event and runner-up in a €2,000 side event.
GPI 300 Top 10
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ole Schemion | 4054.34 | - |
| 2 | Scott Seiver | 3784.71 | 1 |
| 3 | Philipp Gruissem | 3599.78 | 35 |
| 4 | Vanessa Selbst | 3598.53 | -2 |
| 5 | Byron Kaverman | 3493.73 | 2 |
| 6 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 3356.38 | - |
| 7 | Jason Mercier | 3352.26 | -3 |
| 8 | Dan Smith | 3339.95 | -3 |
| 9 | Mike McDonald | 3294.89 | -1 |
| 10 | Stephen Chidwick | 3282.26 | 14 |
Schemion remains atop the GPI 300, and Seiver slides to No. 2 as Vanessa Selbst drops two places. Coming in at No. 3 is the aforementioned Gruissem, who flew up 35 spots over the last week. Gruissem's chop with Seiver was his third seven-figure score since October, and two of them are still in Zone 1.
Kaverman also climbed up the rankings with his cash in Monaco, moving up two places to No. 5, and rounding out the top 10 is Stephen Chidwick. Chidwick finished seventh in the High Roller for €187,200, and cashed in the last four Main Events this season on the EPT; Prague, Vienna, Sanremo, and the Grand Final. His biggest cash came in Prague, where he finished third for €378,000.
Welcome to the GPI
| Rank | Player | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| 78 | Mayu Roca Uribe | 2381.17 |
| 182 | Benny Spindler | 1886.49 |
| 224 | Miroslav Alilovic | 1754.26 |
| 225 | Santiago Nadal | 1751.48 |
| 242 | Rumen Nanev | 1713.81 |
| 250 | Pascal Lefrancois | 1695.66 |
| 254 | Salman Behbehani | 1679.29 |
| 260 | Ivan Soshnikov | 1664.92 |
| 266 | Joao Vieira | 1644.67 |
| 273 | Jeffrey Hakim | 1632.09 |
| 276 | Tom Dobrilovic | 1628.09 |
| 284 | Stephane Benadiba | 1603.92 |
| 298 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 1560.88 |
Mayu Roca Uribe rockets into the GPI 300 with a fourth-place finish in the EPT Grand Final Main Event for €419,000. This is Uribe's second six-figure score this year - he finished third in a $5,000 buy-in side event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, pocketing $117,830.
Benny Spindler also made a considerable jump, coming in at No. 182 after cashing in the EPT Grand Final High Roller and a €2,000 side event.
With two deep runs in the 2014 Borgata Spring Poker Open, Tom Dobrilovic joins the GPI 300 for the first time at No. 276. Dobrilovic won a side event at the festival for $39,650, and finished eighth in the WPT World Championship for $143,146.
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Dermot Blain | 2447.77 | 110 |
| 83 | Daniel Stern | 2353.16 | 118 |
| 149 | Anatoly Filatov | 1980.03 | 96 |
| 150 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 1977.93 | 89 |
| 157 | Senh Man Ung | 1954.29 | 75 |
| 177 | Rocco Palumbo | 1892.97 | 73 |
| 184 | John Juanda | 1877.02 | 99 |
| 196 | Liv Boeree | 1841.88 | 85 |
American Dani Stern and Irishman Dermot Blain both moved up more than 100 spots this week, and come in at Nos. 83 and 69 respectively. Stern finished 21st in the EPT Grand Final and seventh in a side event, while Blain won a €5,000 side event in Monaco for €200,900.
Five-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner John Juanda climbed up 99 places, finishing fourth in the EPT Grand Final High Roller, and Liv Boeree moved up 85 spots, finishing 12th in a €5,000 side event.
Biggest Drops
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Alexander Kravchenko | 2040.95 | -33 |
| 174 | Marcel Luske | 1905.16 | -35 |
| 198 | Mikhail Korotkikh | 1837.57 | -34 |
| 228 | Lasell King | 1745.42 | -39 |
| 230 | Bobby Oboodi | 1742.10 | -33 |
| 232 | Benjamin Hamnett | 1740.12 | -38 |
| 253 | Kiryl Radzivonau | 1681.65 | -40 |
| 259 | Mateusz Moolhuizen | 1665.61 | -69 |
| 290 | Adam Friedman | 1577.89 | -63 |
| 294 | Aleksandr Gofman | 1569.32 | -35 |
Mateusz Moolhuizen and Adam Friedman fell the furthest this week, dropping 69 spots and 63 spots respectively. Despite cashing in five events at EPT Vienna, Moolhuizen's 16th-place finish in the Season 9 EPT Grand Final Main Event is now a full year in the rearview mirror, putting it in Zone 3. We are now six months removed from Friedman's victory in the Heartland Poker Tour Indiana Main Event, putting that score in Zone 2.
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