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GPI Player of the Month for October 2018: Ryan Riess
It’s 2013 all over again! Five years ago this week the man known as “The Beast”, Ryan Riess won the ...
November 06 2018, by Eric Danis
October 31, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› Shaun Deeb (World #12) makes a big jump inside the Top 25, reaching a career-best #12 ...
October 31 2018, by Eric Danis
GPL China is back with Season 2, City Pride is on the line!
In 2017, a mind-sport event called Global Poker League was set in China. It lasted six months with more than ...
October 30 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Month for September 2018: Tobias Peters
In what was a two-player race until the very end of the month, Tobias Peters ended up earning the nod ...
October 11 2018, by Eric Danis
October 10, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› Another strong performance, this time at partypoker MILLIONS UK in Nottingham, sees Alex Foxen (World #1) ...
October 11 2018, by Eric Danis
September 12, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› A pretty quiet week in rankings movement sees Poker Masters Short Deck event winner Isaac Haxton ...
September 12 2018, by Eric Danis
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
September 5, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› More success at EPT Barcelona sees Benjamin Pollak (World #7) move up the ranks yet again this ...
September 05 2018, by Eric Danis
August 29, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› A high roller victory at EPT Barcelona, currently underway sees two-time GPI France PoY Benjamin Pollak ...
August 30 2018, by Eric Danis
August 22, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› Nikita Bodyakovskiy (World #13) continues his rise in the standings. The two-time Triton Poker Super High Roller ...
August 23 2018, by Eric Danis
August 15, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› A High Roller victory at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open sees Alex Foxen (World #3) ...
August 16 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Month for July 2018: Joe Cada
Players who earn GPI Player of the Month honors usually collect a bunch of results throughout the month, padding their ...
August 10 2018, by Eric Danis
Introducing GPI China’s New Look and Logo
Mediarex Sport & Entertainment and Mediarex Beijing Sport & Culture Co. are delighted to share that the Global Poker Index ...
August 09 2018, by Eric Danis
August 8, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› A second Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event win sees Nikita Bodyakovskiy (World #13) reach ...
August 08 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Month for June 2018 – John Hennigan
They call him Mr. Worldwide … actually, they call him “World”, “Johnny World”. Two decades into his poker career, John ...
July 10 2018, by Eric Danis
June 20, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› A third victory of the season sees Alex Foxen (World #2) move up to a career-best ...
June 20 2018, by Eric Danis
June 13, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25 RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE #1 Stephen Chidwick (9 weeks) UK 3,741.92 1 ...
June 13 2018, by Eric Danis
June 6, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES ›› A third place finish in the 3K Shootout event to start the WSOP sees Joseph McKeehen ...
June 06 2018, by Eric Danis
May 30, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› William Alex Foxen (World #4) enters the World Series of Poker as a member of the ...
June 04 2018, by Eric Danis
May 23, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Sam Greenwood (World #8) is gaining ground in the standings, moving into the Top 10 for ...
May 25 2018, by Eric Danis
May 16, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› It’s a really quiet week in the rankings as Jason Koon (World #10) makes the biggest ...
May 17 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Month for April 2018 – Joseph Cheong
2010 WSOP November Niner Joseph Cheong is back on the poker circuit in a big way, and results are starting ...
May 14 2018, by Eric Danis
May 9, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› World #1 Stephen Chidwick should be looking over his shoulder as a trio of former World ...
May 09 2018, by Eric Danis
May 2, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Sam Greenwood (World #16) keeps on winning poker tournaments, and keeps on moving up the rankings ...
May 03 2018, by Eric Danis
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
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
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 Player of the Month for March 2018 – David “The Dragon” Pham
Rumors of his demise were greatly exaggerated. 51-year-old legend David “The Dragon” Pham is the GPI Player of the Month ...
April 09 2018, by Eric Danis
Eric Danis named President of the Global Poker Index and The Hendon Mob Poker Database
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, April 4th, 2018 LAS VEGAS, NV – April 4, 2018 – Mediarex Group today announced that ...
April 05 2018, by Eric Danis
April 4, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Benjamin Zamani (World #22) returns to the Top 25 for the first time in 10 weeks. ...
April 05 2018, 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
March 21, 2018 World Poker Rankings: Re-Enter the Dragon
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› David Pham (World #35) is at it again. Three weeks after re-entering the GPI300, “The Dragon” ...
March 22 2018, by Eric Danis
March 14, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› World #1 Adrian Mateos has entered the Top 10 for most total weeks (16) ranked #1 ...
March 14 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Month for February 2018: Joao Simao
Congratulations to Team partypoker pro Joao Simao, GPI Player of the Month for February 2018! Simao has been one of ...
March 09 2018, by Eric Danis
March 7, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion Joseph McKeehen (World #6, +6) has entered the Top 10, moving ...
March 08 2018, by Eric Danis
January 17, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› 2017 GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos (World #1, =) is already off to a hot ...
January 17 2018, by Eric Danis
GPI Player of the Year 2017
Another poker year is in the books! Another poker year where a lead change in the final major series of ...
January 05 2018, by Eric Danis
December 20, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› A pair of 4th place finish at PokerStars Championship Prague helped UK star Stephen Chidwick (World ...
December 21 2017, by Eric Danis
December 13, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Ari Engel (World #6) is back in familiar territory. Winning his second Heartland Poker Tour (HPT) ...
December 14 2017, by Eric Danis
December 6, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Six of the Top 9 players ranked inside the GPI World Rankings are current or former ...
December 07 2017, by Eric Danis
November 8, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Don’t look now but former World #1 – and now “part-time” poker pro – Fedor Holz ...
November 09 2017, by Eric Danis
November 1, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Spanish star Adrian Mateos (World #2) earned his career-best ranking this week. The multiple-time European Poker ...
November 02 2017, by Eric Danis
October 18, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Tom Hall (World #25) joins the World Top 25 for the first time of his career ...
October 19 2017, by Eric Danis
October 11, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Koray Aldemir’s successful 2017 season sees him move to a career-best World #8 this week. He ...
October 12 2017, by Eric Danis
September 13, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Benjamin Pollak (World #10) is the first French player to be ranked in the Top 10 ...
September 14 2017, by Eric Danis
August 30, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Stephen Chidwick (World #5) is making another run at #1! The former World #3 is coming ...
August 31 2017, by Eric Danis
August 23, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Bryn Kenney (World #1) has taken over the GPI! Not only does Kenney become the 16th ...
August 24 2017, by Eric Danis
GPI Stats Pack: 2017 PokerStars Bucharest Main Event
POKERSTARS FESTIVAL BUCHAREST MAIN EVENT JW Marriott Bucharest Grand Hotel Bucharest, Romania August 2-6, 2017 Entries: 736 Total Purse: €706,560 ...
August 06 2017, by Eric Danis
August 2, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› The members of the GPI Top 25 remain the same for a second straight week as Nick ...
August 02 2017, by Eric Danis
July 26, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK ›› Three Americans, a Canadian and now TWO Spaniards form the World Top 6 as Sergio Aido, who ...
July 26 2017, by Eric Danis
