Global Poker Index: Negreanu Back on Top
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GPI 300 World Poker Rankings
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Canada’s own KidPoker is back on top of the GPI 300. When the Global Poker Index rankings were released Wednesday, Daniel Negreanu had reclaimed the top spot. Negreanu was the benefactor of Germany’s Ole Schemion losing points due to inactivity and falling to third place. Negreanu moved up into first and American female superstar Vanessa Selbst slid into second place, Selbst’s highest ranking ever.
DNegs will begin seeking his 19th week reigning atop the poker world since the GPI was commissioned. He is now tied with Marvin Rettenmaier and Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier for second-most weeks at #1 with 18. Jason Mercier holds the top honour with 84 weeks!
Canadians Mike McDonald and Sorel Mizzi join Negreanu in the top ten. McDonald moved up one spot to sixth, while Mizzi pegged up two spots to seventh. Here are the latest GPI 300 top ten ranked players in the world:
| Position | Change | Player | GPI Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 | Daniel Negreanu | 3,834.74 |
| 2 | +1 | Vanessa Selbst | 3,786.12 |
| 3 | -2 | Ole Schemion | 3,708.31 pts |
| 4 | -- | Marvin Rettenmaier | 3,541.43 |
| 5 | -- | Jason Mercier | 3,373.17 |
| 6 | +1 | Mike McDonald | 3,353.70 |
| 7 | +2 | Sorel Mizzi | 3,306.67 |
| 8 | -2 | Dan Smith | 3,295.32 |
| 9 | +2 | Ravi Raghavan | 3,287.67 |
| 10 | -2 | Shannon Shorr | 3,285.15 |
Jonathan Duhamel is just on the outside looking in to the top ten, moving up to 11th. Griffin “Flush_Entity” Benger, Mark “AceSpades11” Radoja, Yann “yadio” Dion, and Jonathan Roy all rose in position, while Marc-Andre Ladouceur stayed level. On the flipside, Mike “SirWatts” Watson dropped 13 places and Timothy Adams fell from 78th to 158th.
Here is a list of the top-ten, GPI-300-ranked Canadians:
| Position | Change | Player | GPI Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | +1 | Daniel Negreanu | 3,834.74 |
| 6 | +1 | Mike McDonald | 3,353.70 |
| 7 | +2 | Sorel Mizzi | 3,306.67 |
| 11 | +5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 3,225.51 |
| 33 | -13 | Mike Watson | 2,812.71 |
| 45 | +1 | Griffin Benger | 2,652.33 |
| 48 | -- | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 2,624.53 |
| 57 | +1 | Mark Radoja | 2,511.56 |
| 71 | +2 | Yann Dion | 2,357.20 |
| 79 | +2 | Jonathan Roy | 2,245.75 |
GPI 2014 POY Rankings
There was no movement in the top ten of the 2014 GPI Player of the Year rankings this week. Mike “Timex” McDonald is the top Canadian on the leaderboard, sitting in fourth, and Ami “UhhMee” Barer remains in sixth. Despite the leap back to the top of the world rankings, Negreanu dropped four places to 77th. Mike “GoLeafsGoEh” Leah and Owen “ocrowe” Crowe made the biggest moves for Canada, jumping nine spots to 25th and 10 spots to 120th respectively. Shyam “G’s Zee” Srinivasan is just outside the top 20 as well in 21st. Jonathan Duhamel is 63rd, Sorel Mizzi is 89th, and Patrick Crivell rounds out the top 100 in 97th.
Here is how the 2014 GPI POY top-ten leaderboard looks:
| Position | Change | Player | GPI Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | -- | Keven Stammen | 583.20 |
| 2 | -- | Dominik Panka | 544.01 |
| 3 | -- | Dan Heimiller | 542.80 |
| 4 | -- | Mike McDonald | 513.95 |
| 5 | -- | Jason Mercier | 489.04 |
| 6 | -- | Ami Barer | 433.46 |
| 7 | -- | Ronit Chamani | 431.81 |
| 8 | -- | Tom Hall | 417.86 |
| 9 | -- | James Calderaro | 408.38 |
| 10 | -- | Alex Bilokur | 408.07 |
Top ten Canadians in the GPI POY leaderboard:
| Position | Change | Player | GPI Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | -- | Mike McDonald | 513.95 |
| 6 | -- | Ami Barer | 433.46 |
| 21 | -- | Shyam Srinivasan | 355.74 |
| 25 | +9 | Mike Leah | 345.41 |
| 63 | -2 | Jonathan Duhamel | 278.85 |
| 77 | -4 | Daniel Negreanu | 268.61 |
| 89 | -3 | Sorel Mizzi | 255.80 |
| 97 | -2 | Patrick Crivell | 248.31 |
| 120 | +10 | Owen Crowe | 227.13 |
| 141 | -3 | Marc-Andre Ladouceur | 211.69 |
As the $3,500, $5 million guarantee WPT Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown begins Thursday, we should see a pretty good shake up for next week’s updated rankings. Many of Canada's and the world’s best players will head to Fort Lauderdale for the second-last event of the WPT season. Check back next week to see the new GPI update and you can follow the action at the WPT SHR Poker Showdown with our daily recaps.
All stats and rankings courtesy of the Global Poker Index. Every week the GPI releases an update calculating players' world rankings. To learn more about the GPI, check out their “About GPI” page.
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