Global Poker Index: Dan Smith Continues Dominance; Daniel Colman Making POY Charge
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.
2014 GPI Player of the Year
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Smith | 3839.04 | - |
| 2 | Daniel Colman | 3820.76 | +3 |
| 3 | Mustapha Kanit | 3567.62 | -1 |
| 4 | Jason Mercier | 3545.77 | -1 |
| 5 | Scott Seiver | 3480.86 | -1 |
| 6 | Jacob Schindler | 3384.02 | - |
| 7 | Keven Stammen | 3278.36 | - |
| 8 | Alex Bilokur | 3276.21 | - |
| 9 | Davidi Kitai | 3251.01 | +7 |
| 10 | George Danzer | 3226.87 | +9 |
While Dan Smith maintains his lead in the 2014 GPI Player of the Year race and Daniel Colman has jumped up into second position, the biggest moves occurred at the bottom of the top 10 with Davidi Kitai and George Danzer both making big gains to move into the ninth and tenth spots, respectively.
A runner-up showing in the ��5,300 Pot-Limit Omaha event at EPT London this week was enough to catapult Kitai from No. 16 up to No. 9. Meanwhile George Danzer's stellar WSOP Asia-Pacific where he cashed three times including winning his third WSOP bracelet this year in the AU$5,000 8-Game Mixed Event helped him move back into the top 10 for the first time since July.
GPI 300 Top 10
| Rank | Player | GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Smith | 4074.73 | - |
| 2 | Ole Schemion | 4015.54 | - |
| 3 | Daniel Negreanu | 3889.56 | - |
| 4 | Jason Mercier | 3814.17 | - |
| 5 | Scott Seiver | 3648.91 | - |
| 6 | Olivier Busquet | 3600.88 | +5 |
| 7 | Davidi Kitai | 3588.84 | +1 |
| 8 | Byron Kaverman | 3570.64 | -2 |
| 9 | Alex Bilokur | 3493.30 | -2 |
| 10 | Stephen Chidwick | 3370.26 | -1 |
Dan Smith continues to top the overall GPI rankings as well this week as there was no change among the top five. This marks the eighth-straight week Smith has led the GPI 300, while he's now been in first position in the GPI POY race for seven weeks.
Meanwhile leaping up into the sixth spot from No. 11 this week is Olivier Busquet, his victory in the ��2,200 UKIPT High Roller over the weekend garnering him the points to move up and into a career high spot for the New Yorker.
Welcome to the GPI
| Rank | Player | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| 208 | Matias Ruzzi | 1834.94 |
| 257 | Atanas Kavrakov | 1708.97 |
| 270 | Jesse Alexis Cohen | 1695.83 |
| 289 | Dmitry Yurasov | 1654.22 |
| 291 | Chad Eveslage | 1652.05 |
| 292 | Fabian Quoss | 1651.49 |
| 293 | Ludovic Geilich | 1647.28 |
| 294 | Alexander Queen | 1644.49 |
| 295 | Roman Korenev | 1642.59 |
| 296 | James Collopy | 1641.93 |
| 297 | Seth Berger | 1639.82 |
| 298 | Bryan Campanello | 1639.66 |
| 299 | Andrey Pateychuk | 1638.73 |
A lot of shuffling �� most of it at the very bottom of the GPI Top 300 �� meant 13 players dropped from the list to be replaced by 13 others this week. Among those falling out of the Top 300 this week are a number of notables, including Zimnan Ziyard (to No. 322), Barny Boatman (to No. 324), and Johnny Lodden (to No. 350).
Biggest Gains
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 195 | Rasmus Agerskov Larsen | 1864.76 | +56 |
| 205 | Richard Lyndaker | 1842.08 | +55 |
| 192 | Henrik Hecklen | 1873.37 | +54 |
| 156 | Joao Vieira | 2031.26 | +53 |
| 257 | Atanas Kavrakov | 1708.97 | +52 |
An eighth-place finish in the ��770 UKIPT Main Event helped move Denmark's Rasmus Agerskov Larsen up from No. 251 to No. 195 this week.
Biggest Drops
| Rank | Player | Total GPI Score | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 279 | Jacob Bazeley | 1683.55 | -81 |
| 251 | Giacomo Fundaro | 1727.09 | -69 |
| 290 | Sergio Aido | 1653.22 | -67 |
| 276 | Kunal Patel | 1689.32 | -60 |
| 267 | Corrie Wunstel | 1697.34 | -56 |
Finally among those dropping this week yet retaining spots inside the Top 300 Jacob Bazeley fell the furthest, moving down from No. 198 to No. 279.
To view the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website. While you��re at it, follow the GPI on Twitter and its Facebook page.
