GPI300: Gruissem and Chidwick Storm In, Seiver to #2

Tons of action at the top this week as Seiver, Gruissem, Kaverman and Chidwick shake things up.

VIEW FROM THE TOP

Ole Schemion (GPI#1, -) begins his third straight week at the top this week. Schemion, who was crowned EPT Season 10 Player of the Year as the European Poker Tour wrapped up another successful last Friday in Monte Carlo, managed to add another 47 points to his already impressive score on the GPI.

There is a new #2 in the poker world as Scott Seiver (GPI#2 CB, +1) wrapped up an impressive few weeks on the circuit. Following a 21st first place finish at the WPT World Championship, Seiver headed to Monte Carlo and won the 5K PLO event at the EPT Grand Final. He followed that up a few days later with a runner-up finish in the EPT High Roller event.

The man who got the best of Seiver in the EPT Grand Final High Roller event is former World #2 Philipp Gruissem (GPI#3, +35) who returns to the GPI Top 10 for the first time since dropping out of the Top 10 last month. Gruissem also cashed in the Main Event. Meanwhile, Byron Kaverman (GPI#5 CB, +2) beats his career-best GPI ranking for the second straight week, moving up to #5 in the World after his 5th place finish in the EPT Grand Final High Roller event.

UK star Stephen Chidwick (GPI#10 CB, +14) enters the Top 10 for the very first time of his career. Chidwick earned two cashes at the EPT Grand Final, yet only his High Roller score registered points. The arrival of Gruissem and Chidwick means that two stars must exit the Top 10: Jonathan Duhamel (GPI#13, -4) and Joseph Serock (GPI#14, -4) each drop out of the Top 10 this week.

GPI TOP 10:

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SWIMMING UPSTREAM

Defending GPI National Ireland Player of the Year Dermot Blain (GPI#69 CB, +110) and US pro Dani Stern (GPI#83 CB, +118) each made a big jump into the Top 100 this week. Each player enjoyed success at the EPT Grand Final Festival – Blain won the 5K NLH 8-Handed event, adding € 200,900 to his career earnings.

John Juanda (GPI#184, +99), who ranked #5 on our GPI Player of the Decade charts earlier this year, GPI April Player of the Month runner-up Anatoly Filatov (GPI#149, +96), Liv Boeree (GPI#196, +85) and WPT and WSOP winner Rocco Palumbo (GPI#177, +73) join Blain and Stern as some of the top movers this week inside the GPI300.

This week’s Top 10 Movers within the GPI300:

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DOWN THE LADDER

Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske (GPI#174, -35) finds himself on the list of those who took the biggest spills this week. The Flying Dutchman only has three scores on the live tournament circuit this year, his last one coming at EPT Vienna, where he finished 31st in the Main Event.

Fellow Dutch player Mateusz Moolhuizen (GPI#259, -69), WPT Champions Club members Benjamin Hamnett (GPI#232, -38) and Bobby Oboodi (GPI#230, 33) and Russian star Alexander Kravchenko (GPI#137, -33) are just a few of the other players who make their way down the ladder in this week’s update.

This week’s Top 10 Drops within the GPI300:

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IN-N-OUT

EPT Champion Benjamin Spindler (GPI#182), WSOP bracelet winner Pascal Lefrançois (GPI#250 CB) and EPT standout Jeffrey Hakim (GPI#273) are just a few of the big name pros who have returned to the GPI300 this week.

But it’s Mayu Roca (GPI#78 CB), the #1 ranked player on the GPI National Columbia charts, who makes the biggest splash this week, moving back into the GPI300 for the very first time since June 2012.

Former Player of the Year Thomas Marchese (GPI#304) finds himself outside the GPI300 for only the second time of his career. Marchese, who was ranked #305 on March 19th, would end, at the time, a three-year run ranked inside the 300.

Double WSOP bracelet winner Greg Mueller (GPI#306) as well as fellow Team PokerStars Pros Isaac Haxton (GPI#308) and Jake Cody (GPI#352) are three of the other 12 players who leave the GPI300 this week.

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ON THE BUBBLE

Last week’s bubble player, Andy Hwang (GPI#312) was unable to return to the 300 this week, falling 11 spots to #312.

This week, Bulgarian pro Atanas Gueorguiev (GPI#301) finds himself on the bubble. Gueorguiev has collected a total of nine cashes this season, but has been unable to pick up a significant score to add to his points total.

CB = Career Best GPI Ranking