Global Poker Index: Still First for Fedor; Turner, Metalidi, Heimiller Trending Upward
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 July 27, 2016.
2016 GPI Player of the Year
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Holz | 3389.32 | - |
| 2 | Adrian Mateos | 3034.62 | - |
| 3 | Chance Kornuth | 3016.86 | +1 |
| 4 | Paul Volpe | 2871.85 | -1 |
| 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 | - |
The top of the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year leaderboard remained mostly quiet this week with Fedor Holz maintaining his lead for the seventh-straight week.
In fact, each of the top 10 players remains the same from the last update, with only Chance Kornuth (now at No. 3) and Paul Volpe (No. 4) swapping positions.
Looking just below the top 10, Samuel Panzica has made a move up from No. 27 to No. 15. Among Panzica's early 2016 highlights was a victory in the €10,300 High Roller event at the European Poker Tour Dublin stop in February. Panzica has added a number of cashes since then, including a big win a week ago in the 2016 Florida State Poker Championships Main Event that helped him make his most recent jump in the POY list.
Also worth noting, Jon Turner leaped from No. 164 to No. 48 in the POY list after winning the $5,000 Deep Stack Extravaganza III where he topped a 537-entry field of to earn a $536,858 payday. Also, Barry Hutter catapulted from No. 110 to No. 49 following a second-place showing in the $1,600 Wynn Summer Classic Championship Event.
GPI 300 Top 10
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fedor Holz | 4727.64 | - |
| 2 | Jason Mercier | 4346.90 | - |
| 3 | Nick Petrangelo | 4191.55 | - |
| 4 | Anthony Zinno | 4041.85 | - |
| 5 | David Peters | 4013.81 | +2 |
| 6 | Bryn Kenney | 4009.82 | +2 |
| 7 | Tom Marchese | 3963.59 | -1 |
| 8 | Dominik Nitsche | 3954.82 | +1 |
| 9 | Steve O'Dwyer | 3894.40 | -4 |
| 10 | Adrian Mateos | 3832.12 | - |
Holz also stays on top of the overall GPI rankings for another week, making it seven weeks straight at No. 1 there as well.
The top four spots all are identical from a week ago, with some shuffling occurring below including Steve O'Dwyer — the player from whom Holz took over the rankings lead — slipping four spots to No. 9. The last time O'Dwyer found himself outside the top 10 was in November 2015.
Welcome to the GPI Top 300
| Rank | Player | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| 214 | Dan Heimiller | 2022.83 |
| 215 | Jens Lakemeier | 2019.98 |
| 231 | Javier Zarco | 1986.63 |
| 255 | Artem Metalidi | 1937.31 |
| 290 | Moritz Dietrich | 1880.39 |
| 292 | Ali Fazeli | 1873.94 |
| 297 | Jesse Alexis Cohen | 1849.52 |
| 299 | Terry Fan | 1848.37 |
During the final weeks of the 2016 World Series of Poker we were seeing more than 20 players jumping up into the overall GPI 300 each week (and, of course, the same number dropping out). But now that the summer portion of the WSOP has concluded and things have died down a bit, relatively speaking, the volatilty of the rankings has lessened as well.
Just eight players joined the newest top 300, with — cue the song "We're in the Money!" — Dan Heimiller the highest-ranked of the bunch after moving up from No. 380 to No. 214. Heimiller finished third in that aforementioned $5,000 NLH Deep Stack Extravaganza III event won by Jon Turner. He also made a relatively deep run to finish 137th in this year's WSOP Main Event.
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Artem Metalidi | 1937.31 | +236 |
| 214 | Dan Heimiller | 2022.83 | +166 |
| 215 | Jens Lakemeier | 2019.98 | +137 |
| 194 | Timothy Reilly | 2080.55 | +98 |
| 155 | Jon Turner | 2216.81 | +88 |
Heimiller's jump was the second-biggest of the week for those inside the top 300, topped only by Artem Metalidi who went from No. 491 all of the way to No. 255 after taking second in that same $5K Deep Stack event, with the tournament's winner Turner also making it onto the top five biggest gainers in the overall rankings.
Biggest Drops
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | Pascal Hartmann | 1908.67 | -50 |
| 211 | Matt Glantz | 2025.71 | -46 |
| 261 | Scott Davies | 1930.52 | -40 |
| 206 | Raiden Kan | 2044.94 | -33 |
| 238 | Rex Clinkscales | 1978.08 | -33 |
Finally, looking only at players keeping spots in the top 300, Pascal Hartmann slipped the most after going from No. 228 to No. 278.
What to Expect Next Week
The Borgata Summer Poker Open has nearly reached a conclusion, while the World Poker Tour is in Durant, Oklahoma at the Choctaw Casino Resort through the start of August. The WPT Legends of Poker series also gets going today at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. And over in Europe the partypoker WPT National Rozvadov is in action at the Kings Casino.
Also, don't forget about the 2016 Seneca Summer Slam in Niagara Falls, which is where the PokerNews Live Reporting Team is currently, with live updates, chip counts, photos, and more.
To view the 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.
