August 28 2012, by mr4b
WPT Legends Of Poker 2012 Day 3: Chip counts and GPI rankings
It does not take long to a WPT to go from 622 registered players to 18 survivors, who will surely try to take down the $500,000 first prize, and become, a WPT poker legend.
But another battle is taking place at the Bicycle casino in Los Angeles, California: the battle for GPI points. Joseph Cheong and Jason Koon were gonna make it through day 3 and were looking at getting much closer from the GPI 300 top ten. Unfortunately Jason got eliminated in 19th position preventing him from coming back into day 4.
By winning this, Joseph would make a jump by replacing one of his period 1 score by a much better figure, which would help him in the future to reach the top ten. The American player does not have enough scores throughout the past 3 years to have a full GPI score. The years passing by and if he does get more results, he could be a serious challenger for Jason Mercier or Elky.
Chip Leader is Cyrus Fazard, not ranked in the Global Poker Index, with 3,180,000 chips, followed by Greg Mueller, 2,000,000 (GPI#531).
Here is the chip count with GPI rankings:
| Name | Chip Count | Country | rank | score |
| Cyrus Farzad | 3,830,000 |  |
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| Greg Mueller | 2,040,000 |  |
531 | 830.6 |
| Stephen Graner | 1,800,000 | |
7447 | 109.76 |
| Jeff Madsen | 1,630,000 | |
286 | 1091.56 |
| Max Steinberg | 1,125,000 | |
1414 | 432.81 |
| Ali Eslami | 1,115,000 | |
207 | 1251.26 |
| Josh Hale | 1,010,000 | |
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| Ramzi Srour | 775,000 | |
17039 | 27.29 |
| Alan Myerson | 705,000 | |
3926 | 195.66 |
| Sam Barnhart | 665,000 | |
1408 | 435.93 |
| Efren Abustan | 520,000 | |||
| Jesse Martin | 490,000 | |
144 | 1454.84 |
| David Marshall | 477,000 | |
13539 | 48.47 |
| Joseph Cheong | 455,000 | |
44 | 1936.84 |
| Raouf Malek | 425,000 | |
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| Art Alaniz | 395,000 | |
6376 | 126.66 |
| Antonios Roungeris | 390,000 | Greece | ||
| Jim Willerson | 382,000 |
Here is the list of players ranked according to their GPI Score:
| Name | Chip Count | Country | rank | score |
| Joseph Cheong | 455,000 | |
44 | 1936.84 |
| Jesse Martin | 490,000 | |
144 | 1454.84 |
| Ali Eslami | 1,115,000 | |
207 | 1251.26 |
| Jeff Madsen | 1,630,000 | |
286 | 1091.56 |
| Greg Mueller | 2,040,000 | |
531 | 830.6 |
| Sam Barnhart | 665,000 | |
1408 | 435.93 |
| Max Steinberg | 1,125,000 | |
1414 | 432.81 |
| Alan Myerson | 705,000 | |
3926 | 195.66 |
| Art Alaniz | 395,000 | |
6376 | 126.66 |
| Stephen Graner | 1,800,000 | |
7447 | 109.76 |
| David Marshall | 477,000 | |
13539 | 48.47 |
| Ramzi Srour | 775,000 | |
17039 | 27.29 |
| Cyrus Farzad | 3,830,000 | |
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| Josh Hale | 1,010,000 | |
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| Efren Abustan | 520,000 | |||
| Raouf Malek | 425,000 | |
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| Antonios Roungeris | 390,000 | Greece | ||
| Jim Willerson | 382,000 |
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Mr4b discovered poker randomly in 2005 and fell in love with this skill game. First playing live at the DeepStack Open tournaments as well as online, he then decided to work in the industry and joined the Chilipoker team as a community manager. He now works for the Global Poker index as a Social Media and Content Manager. Passionate about the online world and social networks, as well as basket ball, or sports in general!
