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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 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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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: 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 – 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
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
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
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
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 – 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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