Global Poker Index: Mizrachi Cracks Top 10, Hellmuth and Negreanu Plummet
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 4, 2013
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Rettenmaier | 3139.77 | 0 |
| 2 | Philipp Gruissem | 3123.36 | 3 |
| 3 | Mike Watson | 3034.54 | 1 |
| 4 | Bertrand Grospellier | 2997.45 | -2 |
| 5 | Bryn Kenney | 2864.37 | 3 |
| 6 | David Sands | 2818.96 | 3 |
| 7 | Michael Mizrachi | 2763.05 | 4 |
| 8 | Jason Mercier | 2719.78 | -5 |
| 9 | Joseph Cheong | 2709.37 | -3 |
| 10 | Steve O'Dwyer | 2642.68 | -3 |
Michael Mizrachi cracks the top 10 this week thanks to his win in February in the World Series of Poker Circuit South Africa Main Event. This is the highest that Mizrachi has ever been ranked in the GPI 300.
Welcome to the GPI
Eleven players including nine ranked in the bottom 4 percentile join the GPI 300 this week. Michel Abecassis is the highest-ranked newbie at No. 254. Abecassis won a €1,000 side event at EPT Prague in December and finished runner-up in the Euro Finals of Poker in January.
| Player | Total GPI Score | GPI Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Michel Abecassis | 1186.40 | 254 |
| Calvin Anderson | 1141.09 | 278 |
| Paul Lieu | 1115.79 | 291 |
| Cesar Garcia | 1114.86 | 292 |
| Jacob Bazeley | 1114.34 | 293 |
| Daniel Idema | 1111.22 | 294 |
| Terrence Chan | 1110.16 | 295 |
| Brandon Meyers | 1109.41 | 296 |
| Adam Geyer | 1105.12 | 297 |
| Daniel Stern | 1104.01 | 299 |
| Bernard Guigon | 1103.92 | 300 |
Falling from the GPI this week were Koen de Visscher, Joao Barbosa, Vayo Gordon, Thiago Nishijima, Jose Manuel Nadal, Roman Romanovskyi, Sergio Castelluccio, Brandon Cantu, Guillaume Darcourt, Benjamin Spindler, Philippe Boucher and Paul Tedeschi.
Biggest Gains
Making the largest leap this week was Timothy Reilly. Reilly finished runner-up in the PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville High Roller in February, earning €180,000.
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 78 | David Baker | 1834.45 | 18 |
| 87 | Allen Kessler | 1752.02 | 13 |
| 241 | Timothy Reilly | 1212.10 | 42 |
| 275 | Artem Litvinov | 1146.20 | 14 |
| 276 | Maria Ho | 1143.55 | 14 |
| 277 | Trevor Pope | 1141.85 | 14 |
| 279 | Alexander Roumeliotis | 1139.54 | 13 |
| 280 | Jason Tompkins | 1137.76 | 13 |
Biggest Drops
”Angry” John Monnette took the biggest hit this week, dropping 76 spots. Other players who plummeted down the rankings include Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Liv Boeree and Andy Frankenberger.
| Rank | Player | Total Score | Rank Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Phil Hellmuth | 1967.78 | -44 |
| 103 | Daniel Negreanu | 1692.62 | -52 |
| 115 | Joe Kuether | 1635.46 | -42 |
| 156 | David Benyamine | 1459.81 | -35 |
| 160 | Liv Boeree | 1449.05 | -34 |
| 172 | Govert Metaal | 1395.95 | -30 |
| 189 | Andy Frankenberger | 1352.52 | -64 |
| 213 | Mclean Karr | 1282.37 | -31 |
| 242 | John Monnette | 1210.90 | -76 |
| 285 | Sergii Baranov | 1124.49 | -53 |
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.
WPT Barcelona begins on April 5, and we suggest you take Adam Levy. Known as “Roothlus” online, Levy is available for the minimum price (10,000), yet is just as valuable as a player like Matt Salsberg, who is very expensive (212,690).
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