Barcelona

GPI GLOBAL RANKINGS: Sam Greenwood on the move again

September 4, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update

GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE #1 Stephen Chidwick (4th week) UK 3,803.02 1 = ...


September 05 2019, by Eric Danis

GPI PoM Aug 2018: Christopher Michael Soyza

GPI Player of the Month for August 2018: Christopher Michael Soyza

If you didn’t know the name Christopher Michael Soyza prior to 2018, you do now! Soyza has become a household ...


September 12 2018, by Eric Danis

World Rankings: Schwippert enters World Top 10

April 25, 2018 World Poker Rankings

THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Lost in the Stephen Chidwick shuffle last week was Jan Schwippert’s (World #10) move up 13 spots ...


April 26 2018, by Eric Danis

World Rankings: Chidwick takes over GPI and PoY races

April 18, 2018 World Poker Rankings

THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› There’s a new sheriff in town! Coming off the heels of his 3rd place finish in ...


April 18 2018, by Eric Danis

GPI World Rankings: Kempe takes another run at #1

April 11, 2018 World Poker Rankings

THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Former World #1 David Peters (World #3) moves up a spot in the standings. Peters, who ...


April 11 2018, by Eric Danis

GPI August PoM: Martin Finger

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 ...


September 11 2015, by Eric Danis

GPI300: Petrangelo, Kanit, Kitai move up

GPI300: Petrangelo, Kanit making moves

Petrangelo keeps on pushing while Kanit, Kitai are back in the Top 10 … VIEW FROM THE TOP Jason Mercier (GPI#1, ...


September 03 2015, by Eric Danis

GPIEPA: Possible candidates for the +2K event category

#GPIEPA: Looking at events that could make the finals in the +2K Best Event category

Time to put the spotlight on the Event of the Year (Category: Buy-In Over 2K) Award. Naturally, the category includes ...


February 13 2015, by Eric Danis

Dan Smith returns to #1

GPI300: Smith returns to #1, Kitai makes Top 10 debut

Dan Smith becomes third player ever to crack 4,000-point barrier while Davidi Kitai makes Belgian history … VIEW FROM THE TOP ...


August 27 2014, by Eric Danis

Bilokur leads GPI PoY leaderboard

2014 GPI PoY: Alex Bilokur leaves WSOP with the lead

Alex Bilokur takes the GPI PoY lead into the final months of the 2014 poker season… BILOKUR HOLDS SLIM LEAD ...


July 24 2014, by Eric Danis

GPI Daily News

WSOP, EPT, WPT All Announce Tour Stops

Big news from the Big 3 as the World Series of Poker, the European Poker Tour and the World Poker ...


April 24 2014, by Eric Danis

GPI Daily News

GPI September Player of the Month: Joao Barbosa

Congratulations go out to Joao Barbosa (GPI#275) – Global Poker Index Player of the Month for September 2013: BARCELONA BONANZA A ...


October 14 2013, by Eric Danis

News

GPI Tournament Report: Barcelona, Los Angeles, Melbourne + More

We take you to Barcelona, Los Angeles, Melbourne, Atlantic City, Jacksonville and France in this week’s GPI Tournament Recap: EPT ...


September 10 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

FPM Barcelona Winners Include Hoivold, McDonald

The GPI’s Fantasy Poker Manager game included prizes for the Top 20 Managers during the most recent tour stop on ...


September 09 2013, by Eric Danis

News

EPT Barcelona Final Table Previews

Poker fans are certainly in for a treat on Saturday as EPT Barcelona features two big final tables to close ...


September 07 2013, by Eric Danis

News

GPI Tournament Report: Barcelona, Florida, Oklahoma + More

We take you to Barcelona, Florida, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Alberta in this week’s GPI Tournament Recap: EPT BARCELONA SUPER HIGH ...


September 03 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

EPT Barcelona: Draft David Benefield

Last week in Florida, current November Niner chip leader, J.C. Tran, had a tremendous run at WPT Alpha8 Florida, finishing second ...


September 03 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

EPT Barcelona: Draft Mihails Morozovs

Coming off a very successful run at the WPT Merit Cyprus Classic, Mihails Morozovs looks to continue his hot play ...


September 02 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

EPT Barcelona: Keep An Eye On Martin Jacobson

He is an accomplished poker player – both live and online – so it’s shocking to know that Sweden’s #1 ...


September 01 2013, by Eric Danis

GPI POY

2013 GPI PoY: Silverman Shines

After four months atop the 2013 GPI Player of the Year leader board, Paul Volpe (GPI#11) is no longer the king ...


August 30 2013, by Eric Danis

Interview

GPInterview: Neil Johnson Part 2 | EPT10 Q+A

In the second part of our GPInterview featuring PokerStars Live Poker Manager Neil Johnson, we discuss Season 10 on the ...


August 26 2013, by Eric Danis

GPI Daily News

GPI First Look: EPT Barcelona

As satellite events are set to begin later today at Casino Barcelona, the European Poker Tour is set to kickoff ...


August 26 2013, by Eric Danis

News

Duracell Powers Up EPT Players

Members of the poker media will have one less responsibility when EPT10 kicks-off in Barcelona on Monday. It is not ...


August 22 2013, by Eric Danis

Interview

GPInterview: Neil Johnson | Part 1 – Get To Know Neil

We were able to interview PokerStars Live Poker Manager Neil Johnson. What was supposed to be a 20 minute interview ...


August 21 2013, by Eric Danis

GPI Daily News

GPI National Spain | Top 10

Many in the poker world will turn their focus to Barcelona next week as Season 10 on the European Poker ...


August 21 2013, by Eric Danis

GPI Daily News

GPI National | Germany Top 10

It’s no secret that poker in Germany is thriving. Not only is the poker thriving, but the homegrown talent is ...


August 20 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

FANTASY FRIDAY: Double and Triple Dipping

We’re just a few weeks away from a new season on Fantasy Poker Manager and while we wait impatiently for Cyprus, ...


August 02 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

A Final Look at WPT Barcelona

Question: Is there a region producing successful live tournament poker players more than the Province of Québec in Canada? Answer: ...


April 10 2013, by Eric Danis

Tournaments reports

WPT Barcelona Day 2 Seat Draw & Chip Count

The race to the prestigious win of this tournament is now on. With around 150 players coming back for day ...


April 07 2013, by mr4b

Fantasy Poker

WPT Barcelona: Draft Paul Berende

NOTE: This player has made it to Day 2 play with a top 10 chip stack – a little over ...


April 07 2013, by Eric Danis

Tournaments reports

WPT Barcelona Day 1a Chip Count

 WPT Barcelona saw 103 players playing its day 1a, figuring lots of famous names such as Faraz Jaka, Ana Marquez, ...


April 06 2013, by mr4b

Fantasy Poker

WPT Barcelona: Draft Kevin MacPhee

NOTE: This player has made it to Day 2 play with a top 10 stack – just under 100K – ...


April 06 2013, by Eric Danis

Fantasy Poker

WPT Barcelona: Keep an Eye on Lauri Pesonen

NOTE: This article has been released prior to the end of Day 1 play at WPT Barcelona.  UPDATE: Pesonen ended ...


April 05 2013, by Eric Danis

News

WPT Barcelona Preview

Just a few days after Rocco Palumbo was crowned Champion of the Gioco Digitale WPT Venice Grand Prix, the World ...


April 05 2013, by Eric Danis

EPT Barcelona 2012

EPT Barcelona High Roller Day 1 Chipcounts and GPI rankings

Day 1 of the 2012 Pokerstars.com EPT Barcelona €10,000 High Roller is now over. A total of 111 entries were ...


August 24 2012, by mr4b