Global Poker Index: Vanessa Selbst and Michael Mizrachi Exit 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.
The Top 10 as of October 15, 2012
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Change in Rank from Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Mercier | 2,905.72 | -- |
| 2 | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | 2,732.80 | -- |
| 3 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 2,567.86 | -- |
| 4 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 2,550.38 | +1 |
| 5 | Steve O'Dwyer | 2,496.85 | -1 |
| 6 | Philipp Gruissem | 2,477.83 | -- |
| 7 | Phil Hellmuth | 2,409.32 | +2 |
| 8 | Dan Smith | 2,393.94 | +2 |
| 9 | David "Doc" Sands | 2,393.40 | +2 |
| 10 | Eugene Katchalov | 2,320.27 | +3 |
Michael Mizrachi and Vanessa Selbst exited the top 10 this week. Mizrachi's bracelet win in the €10,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold'em at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe aged into Period 3. Meanwhile, Selbst saw her win in the NAPT Mohegan Sun Main Event from April 2011 age into Period 4.
Welcome to the GPI
Thirteen players are new to the GPI this week, and they are led by EPT Sanremo champion Ludovic Lacay at No. 126. Lacay earned €744,910 for his victory.
New Additions
| Player | Total GPI Score | GPI Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Ludovic Lacay | 1,518.16 | 126th |
| Thomas Gabriel | 1,218.28 | 226th |
| Morten Mortensen | 1,208.68 | 231st |
| Fabian Quoss | 1,202.25 | 236th |
| Laurent Polito | 1,183.89 | 243rd |
| JC Alvarado | 1,163.85 | 250th |
| Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 1,145.85 | 258th |
| Jason Tompkins | 1,142.98 | 260th |
| Ignat Liviu | 1,139.34 | 262nd |
| Wilfried Harig | 1,131.43 | 270th |
| Nacho Barbero | 1,112.40 | 281st |
| Samad Razavi | 1,102.04 | 290th |
| David Inselberg | 1,092.65 | 297th |
Alexander Kuzmin, Brian Hastings, Bryan Devonshire, Casey Kastle, Jesse Alexis Cohen, Justin Conley, Justin Young, Konstantin Tolokno, Kunimaro Kojo, Marko Neumann, Mike Gorodinsky, Sean Getzwiller and Steve Billirakis all fell from the GPI this week.
Ups and Downs
The biggest rise of the week belonged to Artem Litvinov after his third-place finish in the EPT Sanremo Main Event for €283,000.
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Change in Rank From Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 98th | Martin Finger | 1,623.12 | +57 |
| 118th | Jonathan Little | 1,544.51 | +61 |
| 130th | David Vamplew | 1,510.52 | +59 |
| 151st | Artem Litvinov | 1,460.98 | +114 |
| 165th | Matt Salsberg | 1,394.45 | +80 |
| 166th | Kent Lundmark | 1,388.82 | +67 |
| 169th | Ronny Kaiser | 1,367.68 | +58 |
| 172nd | Rocco Palumbo | 1,357.48 | +60 |
| 191st | Jan Bendik | 1,307.12 | +72 |
| 229th | Marco Leonzio | 1,216.22 | +62 |
At the other end of the spectrum is Matt Waxman. It wasn't all that long ago when Waxman was in the top 10 (early March). However, after two of his 2011 World Series of Poker Europe cashes aged into Period 3 this week, Waxman fell 112 places to the No. 245 spot. That leaves Waxman with only one result in Period 2 (mid October 2011 - mid April 2012) and two results in Period 1 (April 2012 - present).
Biggest Drops
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Change in Rank From Last Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 107th | Alexander Dovzhenko | 1,583.70 | -46 |
| 125th | Elio Fox | 1,519.90 | -51 |
| 158th | Sam Trickett | 1,425.64 | -48 |
| 196th | John Eames | 1,278.97 | -68 |
| 201st | Hans Winzeler | 1,263.88 | -47 |
| 208th | Victor Ramdin | 1,251.34 | -76 |
| 239th | Max Silver | 1,190.88 | -82 |
| 245th | Matt Waxman | 1,178.95 | -112 |
| 280th | Hoyt Corkins | 1,112.94 | -64 |
| 299th | Maria Ho | 1,087.75 | -61 |
What's In Store?
And exhale...
A flurry of tournament action in Europe the past few weeks has resulted in a number of GPI shakeups. Don't expect any major GPI changes in the next week, but by the time October ends, there will be some movement from the Festa Al Lago series, the World Series of Poker Circuit Hammond stop, and the World Series of Poker Main Event final table.
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