September 11 2015, by Eric Danis
Finger is GPI Player of the Month, Timex second
A good run in Barcelona sees a German star scoop up Player of the Month honors …
Four results from the EPT Barcelona Festival allowed German pro Martin Finger (GPI#14) to pickup the GPI Player of the Month title for August 2015.
The former World #12 started his Barcelona journey in style with a High Roller victory, surviving the final day charge from UK duo Mark Teltscher (GPI#552) and Liv Boeree (GPI#233). Finger earns his first win on the circuit since April 2014, when he collected a pair of W’s during the EPT Sanremo Festival.
Finger would ride the hotstreak for the next five days, collecting three other results in that span. The former EPT Prague and WSOP bracelet winner would add his 6th and 7th Top 10 finishes of the season in that stretch. In addition to sitting at #14 on the GPI World Poker Rankings, Finger also moved into 14th position in the 2015 GPI PoY race.
MARTIN FINGER – AUGUST 2015
| # | SERIES | EVENT | POSITION | ENTRIES | GPI SCORE |
| 1 | EPT Barcelona | NLH High Roller | 1st | 118 | 602.22 |
| 2 | EPT Barcelona | NLH Hyperturbo | 6th | 105 | 239.05 |
| 3 | EPT Barcelona | NLH High Roller | 27th | 401 | 303.66 |
| 4 | EPT Barcelona | NLH Six-Max Turbo | 3rd | 92 | 283.47 |
Former World #5 Mike “Timex” McDonald (GPI#22) also seemed to have enjoyed his time in Barcelona. Just like Finger, the Canadian star collected four results during the Festival, including a 43rd place finish in the EPT Main Event. That result marked the 11th time the 2008 EPT Dortmund Champion has scored points in a EPT Main Event.
TOP 10 PLAYERS – AUGUST 2015
| # | PLAYER | NATION | AUG SCORE | GPI RANK | 2015 PoY |
| 1 | Martin Finger | GER | 1,428.40 | #14 | 14th |
| 2 | Mike McDonald | CAN | 1,358.22 | #22 | 60th |
| 3 | Niklas Astedt | SWE | 1,067.95 | #245 | 275th |
| 4 | Jack Salter | UK | 1,066.93 | #17 | 24th |
| 5 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 987.01 | #29 | 4th |
| 6 | Jani Sointula | FIN | 974.79 | #659 | 564th |
| 7 | Alexander Denisov | RUS | 920.15 | #58 | 18th |
| 8 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 874.71 | #67 | 61st |
| 9 | Farid Jattin | COL | 864.05 | #132 | 490th |
| 10 | Ryan Riess | USA | 827.46 | #165 | 82nd |
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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.
