Global Poker Index: Ten Weeks at the Top for Anthony Zinno in 2015 POY
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 September 9, 2015.
2015 GPI Player of the Year
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Zinno | 4461.20 | - |
| 2 | Byron Kaverman | 4292.41 | - |
| 3 | Nicholas Petrangelo | 4076.11 | - |
| 4 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | 3955.62 | - |
| 5 | Connor Drinan | 3771.11 | - |
| 6 | Jason Mercier | 3751.99 | - |
| 7 | Paul Volpe | 3651.76 | - |
| 8 | Scott Seiver | 3610.29 | - |
| 9 | Stephen Chidwick | 3473.17 | - |
| 10 | Steve O’Dwyer | 3466.74 | - |
After all of last week’s movement following the completion of the European Poker Tour Barcelona festival, the top of the 2015 Global Poker Index Player of the Year leaderboard was completely quiet this week with the top 10 remaining identical from a week ago. That means Anthony Zinno remains the frontrunner for a 10th-straight week.
Looking down the list a bit, Thomas Marchese moved up from No. 43 to No. 30 and Michael Wang from No. 63 to No. 42 after both made relatively deep runs in the World Poker Tour Legends of Poker Main Event where Marchese finished 16th and Wang seventh.
GPI 300 Top 10
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Mercier | 4245.59 | - |
| 2 | Byron Kaverman | 4203.09 | +1 |
| 3 | Anthony Zinno | 4003.40 | -1 |
| 4 | Scott Seiver | 3935.50 | - |
| 5 | Nicholas Petrangelo | 3817.84 | - |
| 6 | Paul Volpe | 3707.71 | - |
| 7 | Davidi Kitai | 3601.95 | +3 |
| 8 | Stephen Chidwick | 3592.90 | -1 |
| 9 | Bryn Kenney | 3590.78 | -1 |
| 10 | Mustapha Kanit | 3580.03 | -1 |
Meanwhile in the overall GPI rankings there was a bit of movement among the top 10 while Jason Mercier kept the No. 1 position for an eighth-straight week.
Byron Kaverman (No. 2 this week) and Zinno (No. 3) swapped spots, while Davidi Kitai moved up from No. 10 to No. 7. Kitai’s previous highest-ranking has been No. 2, and he’s expressed before a desire to reach the top spot in the rankings.
Welcome to the GPI Top 300
| Rank | Player | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| 235 | Stan Jablonski | 1846.83 |
| 279 | Vojtech Ruzicka | 1737.10 |
| 290 | Randy Pfeifer | 1701.37 |
| 293 | Vitaly Lunkin | 1686.65 |
| 295 | Rob Wazwaz | 1685.91 |
| 297 | Emrah Cakmak | 1683.41 |
Last week there were 23 newcomers inside the GPI overall top 300, while this week there are just a half-dozen new names to report. Stan Jablonski is the highest-ranked of the six, having moved up after finishing fifth in that aforementioned WPT Legends of Poker event.
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 235 | Stan Jablonski | 1846.83 | +169 |
| 295 | Rob Wazwaz | 1685.91 | +129 |
| 194 | JJ Liu | 1977.80 | +83 |
| 189 | Ray Qartomy | 1983.07 | +83 |
| 211 | Christopher de Maci | 1914.90 | +74 |
A move up from No. 404 to No. 235 made Jablonski the biggest gainer of the week among those inside the top 300.
Meanwhile a sixth-place showing by Rob Wazwaz at the Mid-States Poker Tour event at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin enabled him to move from No. 424 up to No. 295. See a discussion of a hand from the final table of that event, won by Dan Goepel, in the PokerNews Strategy section.
Biggest Drops
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 294 | Anatoly Filatov | 1686.53 | -126 |
| 285 | Nicolas Chouity | 1724.17 | -67 |
| 256 | Ben Vinson | 1793.91 | -54 |
| 147 | Oliver Price | 2131.97 | -53 |
| 162 | Toby Lewis | 2083.88 | -51 |
Finally, among the players retaining their spots inside the GPI top 300, Anatoly Filatov fell the furthest, dropping from No. 168 to No. 294 this week.
What to Expect Next Week
The Heartland Poker Tour will be visiting the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, Nevada this week. Two more $25K buy-in ARIA High Roller events are happening on Friday and Saturday. And the Mid-States Poker Tour is back in action in Minnesota at Running Aces Harness Park.
To view both the 2015 Player of the Year and GPI overall rankings in their entirety, visit the official GPI website. While you’re at it, follow the GPI on Twitter and its Facebook page.
