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Vanessa Selbst
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
March 28, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Stephen Chidwick and Justin Bonomo continue to play musical chairs with the #2 and #3 spots ...
March 28 2018, by Eric Danis
PokerNews GPI Update Podcast | Episode #37
The 37th episode of the PokerNews GPI Update is now available for your listening pleasure! WPT Marketing Manager and PokerNews Producer Rich Ryan joins ...
August 28 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Schemion’s and Selbst’s great fall
Mercier still on top while a pair of former World #1’s continue to fall … VIEW FROM THE TOP Jason Mercier ...
July 29 2015, by Eric Danis
GPM draw party sees the world’s best gather in Malta
36 of the 40 players entered in this weekend’s Global Poker Masters – including a fashionable late Ole Schemion – ...
March 21 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI American Awards: Top tournament performances for your consideration
In my latest GPI American Poker Awards post, I take a look at possible candidates for the Tournament Performance of the Year ...
January 19 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Buddiga, others make good use of PCA performances
Ole Schemion retains the top spot while the rest of the Top 10 moves around a bit… VIEW FROM THE ...
January 14 2015, by Eric Danis
Schemion v Kitai, Cohen v Selbst + other PoY races going down to the wire
Just a few days ago we went through every possible scenario in the GPI Player of the Year race, currently ...
December 15 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: The return of Vanessa Selbst to the Top 10
Selbst is back in the Top 10 plus WSOP bracelet winners return to the 300 … VIEW FROM THE TOP Dan Smith (GPI#1, -) ...
October 08 2014, by Eric Danis
Celebrities Overrun the WSOP; Present Terrific Marketing Opportunity
Early on at the 2014 World Series of Poker thespian/poker enthusiast James Woods was everywhere. Another poker aficionado, Gabe Kaplan, ...
July 10 2014, by Steve Ruddock
GPI300 Numbers: Schemion Back on Top
Ole Schemion and Vanessa Selbst flip-flop this week as the young German regains the #1 position atop the GPI World ...
July 02 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300 Numbers: No Changes at the Top
The Saturday Update: All calm as the Top 10 remains the same… VIEW FROM THE TOP GPI TOP 10: [table ...
June 29 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300 Numbers: Selbst Still the 1, Chidwick Back in Top 10
Vanessa Selbst begins her second week at the top of the GPI300 while Ole Schemion makes his long-awaited World Series ...
June 25 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300 Numbers: Smith Storms Back Into Top 10
The Saturday Update: Selbst retains the #1 spot while Dan Smith forces his way back into the Top 10… VIEW ...
June 22 2014, by Eric Danis
Another Poker First for Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst is one of the fastest rising stars in poker. She quietly came to the live tournament poker scene ...
June 22 2014, by Jennifer Newell
GPI300: Selbst Becomes First Woman to Reach #1
Vanessa Selbst becomes the eighth person to reach #1 status on the GPI300… VIEW FROM THE TOP GPI TOP 10: ...
June 19 2014, by Eric Danis
BREAKING: Selbst, Bilokur to Takeover GPI, PoY Races
A new Queen and a new King to be crowned later today once GPI rankings are released… SELBST PUSHES PAST ...
June 18 2014, by Eric Danis
PokerNews GPI Update Podcast | Episode #20
The 20th episode of the PokerNews GPI Update is now available for your listening pleasure! POKERNEWS GPI UPDATE PokerNews Senior Editor ...
June 06 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Selbst, Negreanu, Hellmuth All Trending
Vanessa Selbst’s bracelet victory brings her one step closer to the top and two big names make bold moves inside ...
June 04 2014, by Eric Danis
Over 6,000 So Far in Millionaire Maker
MILLION DOLLARS, BABY The World Series of Poker presents, for the second year in a row, the Millionaire Maker event. ...
June 01 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI #WSOP14 Daily | Day 5
Everyone is trying to becoming the next millionaire as for the second consecutive year, the WSOP Millionaire Maker returns … ...
May 31 2014, by Eric Danis
Selbst Earns Third WSOP Bracelet
HISTORY IN THE MAKING It wouldn’t be easy but Vanessa Selbst (GPI#4) would eventually find her way to the winner’s circle ...
May 31 2014, by Eric Danis
PokerNews GPI Update Podcast | Episode #19
The 19th episode of the PokerNews GPI Update is now available for your listening pleasure! POKERNEWS GPI UPDATE PokerNews Senior Editor ...
May 31 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI #WSOP14 Daily | Day 4
She’s been the story all week so why should that change today? Vanessa Selbst eyes a third bracelet later today ...
May 30 2014, by Eric Danis
Bracelets and Bad Tweets in the Rio plus GUKPT Walsall Begins
Selbst to Avenge Hater’s Tweet The $25K Mix Max might have finished with just two players left fighting for the ...
May 30 2014, by Daniel Smyth
GPI #WSOP14 Daily | Day 3
We are in the money is the 25K Mixed Max event as big names fall late in the day … ...
May 29 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI #WSOP14 Daily | Day 2
There’s a reason she’s on the cover of the GPI WSOP Preview Magazine! Vanessa Selbst is the player to beat ...
May 28 2014, by Eric Danis
Selbst, Quoss Amongst New One Drop Participants
The World Series of Poker announced that 10 new names have been added to the list of Big One for ...
May 12 2014, by Eric Danis
The Closer: Ole Schemion Wins EPT Season 10 Player of the Year
Ole Schemion headed into the EPT Grand Final with what some believed was an insurmountable lead atop the EPT10 Player ...
May 05 2014, by Eric Danis
My First THM Line #2
It’s the second edition of My First THM Line. This time, we take a look at five players who’ve had successful starts to the ...
April 29 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Ole on Top, Mukul Moves Up, Kid Poker Plummets
Remember the days where all was quiet at the top of the GPI300 rankings? Well, Ole is #1, Mukul takes ...
April 23 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI First Look: EPT Grand Final
It’s final festival time on the European Poker Tour as many of the game’s best are in Monte Carlo in hopes ...
April 22 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Shorr, Duhamel Move Up, Serock Moves In
All is quiet at the top but Shannon Shorr and Jonathan Duhamel make the push up… VIEW FROM THE TOP ...
April 16 2014, by Eric Danis
PokerNews GPI Update Podcast | Episode #15
The fifteenth episode of the PokerNews GPI Update is now available for your listening pleasure! POKERNEWS GPI UPDATE PokerNews Senior ...
April 10 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: A Game of Musical Chairs
Guess who’s back on top of the GPI300 this week? Time to play a game of musical chairs… VIEW FROM ...
April 09 2014, by Eric Danis
Schemion, Selbst Lead EPT10 PoY Race
With only the EPT Sanremo and EPT Grand Final festivals remaining on the Season 10 schedule, things are heating up ...
April 04 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Selbst Up, Mizzi Returns to the Top 10
Vanessa Selbst matches her career-high rank while Sorel Mizzi returns to the Top 10… VIEW FROM THE TOP Daniel Negreanu ...
March 19 2014, by Eric Danis
January 2014 GPI Player of the Month: Dominik Panka
Congratulations go out to Dominik Panka – Global Poker Index Player of the Month for the month of January 2014: PANKA ...
February 10 2014, by Eric Danis
2014 PoY: Panka Overtakes Selbst at the Top
A major shakeup in the Player of the Year race sees Dominik Panka takeover the #1 spot… PANKA TO THE ...
February 06 2014, by Eric Danis
FPM Borgata Winter: Fantasy Pick5
Back to Borgata we go! Just a few months after Anthony Zinno and Vanessa Selbst battled to the bitter end, ...
January 27 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI First Look: WPT Borgata Winter Poker Open
The Borgata Winter Poker Open is already underway in Atlantic … the WPT Main Event kicks off on Sunday: BACK ...
January 25 2014, by Eric Danis
2014 PoY: Selbst Takes Early Lead
The first major tournament series of the 2014 poker season is in the books and Vanessa Selbst grabs the early ...
January 17 2014, by Eric Danis
PokerNews GPI Update Podcast | Episode #9
The ninth episode of the PokerNews GPI Update is now available for your listening pleasure! POKERNEWS GPI UPDATE Veteran PokerNews ...
January 10 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Schemion Passes Negreanu, Selbst Continues Move Up
It’s just the second week of 2014 and we have a new leader atop the GPI300 standings… VIEW FROM THE ...
January 09 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI First Look: PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA)
Time to kickoff the first Main Event of the 2014 poker season in the beautiful Bahamas: THE STARS ARE OUT ...
January 07 2014, by Eric Danis
GPI Year in Review: Smith, Pair of Julians Win, Schemion Steals PoY in December
Dan Smith returns to the winners’ circle, a pair of Julians win big in Prague and Ole Schemion upsets Daniel ...
December 29 2013, by Eric Danis
GPI Year in Review: Big September Wins for Middleton, Zinno, Marvin Moves to #1
Tom Middleton would win big at EPT Barcelona, Anthony Zinno would do the same at WPT Borgata, where he would ...
December 28 2013, by Eric Danis
GPI Year in Review: PCA, Aussie Millions Kickoff January
Vanessa Selbst, Scott Seiver, Rupert Elder, Adrian Mateos Diaz and Matt Salsberg grabbed the headlines in January … KICKOFF IN ...
December 23 2013, by Eric Danis
PokerNews GPI Update Podcast | Episode #8
The eighth episode of the PokerNews GPI Update is now available for your listening pleasure! POKERNEWS GPI UPDATE Veteran PokerNews ...
December 20 2013, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Negreanu Survives the Charge, Selbst in Top 10
Only a few tournaments remain in 2013 as the GPI300 marches on with a duel for the ages and Vanessa ...
December 19 2013, by Eric Danis
