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The History of #1

THE BEST POKER PLAYERS IN THE WORLD Updated: January 22, 2020 rankings release   GPI GLOBAL #1’s FIRST WEEK LAST ...


June 27 2019, by Eric Danis

GPI Blog

GPI Poker Player of the Month: Daniel Dvoress

Massive buy-in events at EPT Monte Carlo and at Triton Series Montenegro were no match for Canadian Daniel Dvoress, who ...


June 11 2019, by Eric Danis

GPI APRIL PoM: Alex Foxen

GPI Poker Player of the Month for April 2019: William Alex Foxen

Alex Foxen, the reigning and defending GPI Poker Player of the Year isn’t making things easy for those hoping to ...


May 07 2019, by Eric Danis

GPI Blog

Announcing the Global Poker Awards

POKER GOES WORLDWIDE WITH THE GLOBAL POKER AWARDS The first-ever Global Poker Awards, presented by PokerStars, will be streamed exclusively ...


March 07 2019, by Eric Danis

Alex Foxen is 2018 GPI PoY

GPI Player of the Year 2018

Another incredible poker season is in the books … but before we turn the page and move onto 2019, it’s ...


January 02 2019, by Eric Danis

GPI Blog

Global Poker Index & The Hendon Mob announce “The Hendon Mob Championship” Event

Global Poker Index & The Hendon Mob announce “The Hendon Mob Championship” Event Inaugural Tournament to be played at Malta ...


June 19 2018, by Hans Kleinsman

Eric Danis named President of GPI/THM

Eric Danis named President of the Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob Poker Database

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 4th, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NV – April 4, 2018 – Mediarex Group today announced that ...


April 05 2018, by Eric Danis

GPI Blog

The Global Poker Index comes to China with the GPI China

Beijing March 7 – Mediarex Sports Culture Ltd (Beijing) and Mediarex Sports & Entertainment (Malta) are happy to announce a ...


March 07 2018, by Hans Kleinsman

GPI Blog

Introducing The Hendon Mob Video Vault

The Hendon Mob becomes a “One-Stop-Shop” media hub for Poker Live Streams, Player Vlogs, Archived Videos & Live Event Replays! ...


June 09 2017, by Hans Kleinsman

Alex Dreyfus Blog

GPI & GPL 2.0: Embrace & Converge Esports and Poker

Dear All, We’ve been very silent over the last few months while working behind the scenes to figure out where ...


May 09 2017, by Alexandre Dreyfus

GPI Blog

GPI to rollout update scoring system for World Poker Rankings

LAS VEGAS (January 10, 2017) – Coming off the heels of a scoring update that was used to determine 2016 ...


January 10 2017, by Eric Danis

2016 GPI, National Players of the Year

2016 GPI, National Players of the Year

Following is a full list of winners of the Global Poker Index (GPI) Player of the Year races… GPI PLAYERS ...


January 05 2017, by Eric Danis

GPI announces updated PoY Scoring System

GPI releases new scoring system in time for World Series of Poker

Updated scoring system to determine 2016 WSOP and GPI Players of the Year LAS VEGAS (June 3, 2016) – The ...


June 03 2016, by Eric Danis

BLOG: The day we sportified poker
GPL Draft Day Broadcast Team

BLOG: The day we sportified poker

Originally published by Alex Dreyfus on Facebook Last Thursday, we hosted the first ever Global Poker League Draft in Los ...


February 29 2016, by Alexandre Dreyfus

BLOG: Confessions of a draft nut
GPL Draft Day

BLOG: Confessions of a sports draft nut

Originally published by Eric Danis on Facebook I can remember the very first time Global Poker Index CEO Alexandre Dreyfus and ...


February 11 2016, by Eric Danis

BLOG: The making of HoldemX™
The making of HoldemX

BLOG: What’s in a name anyway? The making of HoldemX™

Poker but not poker, but based off of poker. “How can we fit dragons and explosions into poker? We need ...


February 05 2016, by Alexandre Dreyfus

BLOG: Baazov to acquire Amaya

BLOG: Baazov to acquire Amaya – why it’s good for poker

Originally published by Alex Dreyfus on LinkedIn Why delisting Pokerstars is great for poker? Shocking news this morning, on the ...


February 02 2016, by Eric Danis

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog Alex Dreyfus – My picks for Bluff Power 20 (2015)

For the first time, I’ve been invited last January to be part of the 60+ people that votes for the ...


April 09 2015, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog: GPI initiatives

Blog – Alex Dreyfus – Poker’s World Cup, Global Poker League and strategic partnerships

We are 10 days away from the first ever “Poker’s World Cup” – the Global Poker Masters. This competition was ...


March 13 2015, by Eric Danis

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog – Alex Dreyfus – My letter to SantAmaya

Dear Santa Claus, Today is Black Friday – the real one – and I realize that I’ve never written to ...


November 28 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog : The Global Poker League, next piece in the puzzle to Sportify Poker

It’s been two years since I began developing the Global Poker Index into a startup capable of being one of ...


November 06 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Blog: Let's 'sportify' poker

Blog: Let’s Sportify Poker – Discover the brand-ability of the game

Poker is an Old Game, but its a Young Industry. For the last decade the Live Poker (*) market has grown ...


October 22 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog : Alex Dreyfus – Poker : the Californian dream and the butterfly effect.

Poker : the Californian dream and the butterfly effect (by a French Entrepreneur) $4.9 billion cash for a LBO to ...


June 18 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog Alex Dreyfus : Thanks Isai, Mark and  David (#PokerstarsAcquiredbyAmaya)

Today is a big day, the Rational Group is being acquired by Amaya Gaming. It means that Pokerstars and FullTilt ...


June 13 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

10 years in the Gambling Industry and the “Positive Economy”

(sorry for my frenglish – and I’m not sure the first part was necessary – I let you judge if ...


April 22 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog : Alex Dreyfus : “Greatest is not the best”

The GPI is very flawed. I cannot respect a points award system that counts $100,000 high rollers. Poker awards need ...


February 25 2014, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog : Alex Dreyfus – Review of 2013 and goals of 2014 (GPI)

Dear Poker Friend, Time for me to do quick review of 2013 and share my  goals for 2014. The last ...


December 20 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog : Alex Dreyfus : 18 years of risks and choices to assume (part1)

Tomorrow, the 4th of December 2013 is my 18th anniversary of a very special day. 18 years ago was the ...


December 03 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Blog: Alex Dreyfus – My take on Pokerstars in New Jersey – Everything is relative.

The epilogue to the Pokerstars/State of New Jersey saga is going to be written soon (if not already) and published. ...


November 13 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

“Poker Will Never Be The Same, It Will Be Better”

A lot has happened since my last blog post, most notably, after 12 months of hard work, the Global Poker ...


September 11 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Alex Dreyfus Blog

My CalvinAyre.com interview on the acquisition of The Hendon Mob

I had the opportunity today to be interviewed by Lee Davy for CalvinAyre.com about our recent acquisition of TheHendonMob.com . ...


July 31 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

GPI Blog

New Season, New Site, New Sights

It’s a new poker season and with that, a fresh new look over at GlobalPokerIndex.com! Fresh off the heals of ...


July 25 2013, by Eric Danis

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Global Poker Index Acquires TheHendonMob.com

London, July 23nd 2013 The Global Poker Index announced today that it has completed the acquisition of The Hendon Mob Limited ...


July 23 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

GPI Blog

Global Poker Index releases GPI Poker iPhone app

Live from the WSOP in Las Vegas, in their GPI  booth at the Rio, the Global Poker Index team is ...


May 31 2013, by mr4b

Fantasy Poker

FPM WSOP Fantasy: 3 Great Leagues, 1 Great Summer!

Yes, it’s that time of the year again!  The WPT and EPT season are complete and it’s time for the ...


May 28 2013, by Eric Danis

Alex Dreyfus Blog

GPI to meet players at EPT Monte Carlo

The GPI will be meeting poker players during the EPT Monte Carlo from the 8th to the 10th of May ...


April 30 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

Fantasy Poker

WPT Hard Rock: Draft Yung “Andy” Hwang

NOTE: This player has made it to Day 2 play with over 124K in chips – placing him in the ...


April 12 2013, by Eric Danis

GPI Blog

GPI Ranking of Andy Frankenberger Shown Off on Fox Business

Former derivatives trader turned successful poker pro Andy Frankenberger (GPI: #132) was on Fox Business last week – and so ...


March 21 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

Chinese Poker of a different sort

Team Lianzhong makes quiet but meaningful appearance at LAPC. If you were hanging around the Commerce Casino for the L.A. ...


March 14 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

Global Poker Index “suspends” two players from the system, following video evidence showing suspicious activity.

In view of Partouche 2009 incident, Jean-Paul Pasqualini and Cedric Rossi no longer eligible for inclusion in the Global Poker ...


February 14 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

GPI Blog

Mike Matusow’s Road to Victory

A personal account of how The Mouth took down the 2013 NBC Heads-Up Championship Controversial long before Black Friday, and ...


February 01 2013, by mr4b

Alex Dreyfus Blog

Global Poker Index Announces the Launch of the “Fantasy Poker Manager”

Sliema, Malta-  January 31 2013 Fans of poker have a new avenue to follow their favorite players through an innovative ...


January 30 2013, by Alexandre Dreyfus

GPI Blog

NBC Heads-Up Championship “Heavily for Television,” Says Producer

“Huge improvement” in player accountability since 2003: Interview with Mori Eskandani Mori Eskandani is the veteran television producer behind some ...


January 27 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

Sands: “No Hard Feelings” About NBC Heads Up Snub

GPI’s current #9 was “disappointed,” before replacing Negreanu Debating the 64 selections of the NBC National Heads Up Poker Championship ...


January 26 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

Kid Poker Gettin’ Older

Daniel Negreanu on why he backed out of the 2013 Heads-Up Championship Daniel Negreanu, one of the most popular and ...


January 24 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

Dan Smith: “I like my chances” in NBC Heads-Up Championship

GPI’s current Number One will play Mercier first. The final bracket for the 2013 National Heads-Up Poker Championship was set ...


January 24 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

Why GPI is already an Integral Part of Poker

The Global Poker Index has become more than a useful tool for poker players to view their tournament rankings versus ...


January 23 2013, by Jennifer Newell

GPI Blog

NBC National Heads Up Championship Players & Their GPI Ranks

The NBC has announced the full list of players who will take part into the 2013 NBC National Heads Up ...


January 19 2013, by mr4b

GPI Blog

The Low Down on Life at the Top: Ana Marquez Part 2

Last Monday, Daniel Smyth introduced us to Ana Marquez, Team Pro Pokerstars, and current leader of the GPI National 100 ...


December 05 2012, by Daniel Smyth

GPI Blog

The Lowdown on Life at the Top: Ana Marquez

Daniel Smyth took some time to speak with Ana Marquez, Team Pro Pokerstars, about her life as a poker player, ...


December 03 2012, by Daniel Smyth