Inside The Numbers: Percentage of Total Score By Buy-In Size

We go inside the numbers and ask just how much do points scored in Super High Roller events impact the GPI300?

PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL SCORE

We’re so lucky to have hard working people doing their thing behind the scenes here at the Global Poker Index! On the heals of all the discussions on whether or not Super High Roller events should count towards players’ scores, our numbers queen Mary decided to take a look at the current GPI300 and the percentage of their total GPI scores in relation to the size of the buy-in. The numbers, as you’ll see, are very interesting.

Here is a look at the GPI Top 25 (a list of the GPI100 can be found at the end of the article):

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INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The research reveals that eight of the current Top 10 ranked players on the GPI300 have obtained their points in only 10% of events with a buy-in higher than 50K. GPI#1 Daniel Negreanu, who has been at the centre of of these discussions, has only collected 8% of his total GPI points in events with a buy-in higher than 50K. Defending GPI Player of the Year Ole Schemion sits at 6% while all of World #3 Marvin Rettenmaier points were collected in events between 1K and 50K. A further examination shows that Mad Marvin collected his points in in events between 1K and 25K.

Philipp Gruissem is the name to pop up as one who has taken advantage of the Super High Roller structure, having scored 24% of his points in +50K  events. The numbers show that Erik Seidel, Daniel Shak and current GPI PoY leader Mike McDonald are also in the same boat as Gruissem, although there is no doubting McDonald’s incredible accomplishments so far this season. Two of McDonald’s three seven-figure scores came in events that allowed re-entries, yet he did not require a single one.

In closing, the numbers do seem to reveal that in most cases, if not all, the amount of GPI Points accumulated in Super High Roller events seem to be minimal. Also, it’s important to remember that if those results would be removed, players would still be able to score points with other results accumulated during that time-period so, even if you removed those points from Erik Seidel for example, he would still be adding other points to his total … in other words, the change inside the GPI300 standings would be few and far between. 

The report does show that are several different paths a player can take in order to be included in the GPI300, some play smaller buy-in events exclusively while others will make their way to the top playing in higher buy-in events.