Global Poker Index: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Maintains Lead During WSOP

Posted 6 days 8 hours ago by Mickey Doft

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes a player's results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list of 300, visit the official GPI website.

The Top 10 as of June 4, 2012

Rank	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank from Last Week
1	Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier	2,873.86	--
2	Jason Mercier	2,848.11	--
3	David "Doc" Sands	2,615.42	+1
4	Steve O'Dwyer	2,575.22	-1
5	Marvin Rettenmaier	2,550.39	+2
6	Dan Smith	2,461.05	+2
7	Jonathan Duhamel	2,452.79	-1
8	Noah Schwartz	2,440.23	+2
9	Sorel Mizzi	2,383.17	-4
10	Vanessa Selbst	2,377.98	+6

With the World Series of Poker in full swing, one deep run for a player in the top 10 or even just outside of it can really shake things up. So far, Vanessa Selbst is making the biggest moves. She's back in the top 10 after a fourth-place showing in Event #2. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is still No. 1 and no doubt he'll be looking to further his lead with a productive WSOP, but right on his heels is Jason Mercier. Neither has posted a big WSOP result yet, but it's only a matter of time.

Welcome to the GPI

Three of the top four finishers in WSOP Event #6, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max, are new to this week's GPI. Joseph Cheong finished runner-up but is back on the GPI in the No. 121 spot. Hugo Lemaire finished fourth and holds down the fort in the No. 160 spot, while champion Aubin Cazals debuts in the No. 242 spot.

New Additions

Player	Total GPI Score	GPI Rank
Joseph Cheong	1,456.10	121st
Hugo Lemaire	1,326.64	160th
Chris Tryba	1,234.91	206th
Aubin Cazals	1,141.75	242nd
Chad Brown	1,137.69	244th
Dana Kellstrom	1,105.63	260th
Anthony Gargano	1,096.23	271st
Tyler Bonkowski	1,091.58	274th
Mike Beasley	1,091.40	275th
Owais Ahmed	1,089.75	276th
Amnon Filippi	1,044.67	294th
Massimo Mosele	1,038.46	299th

Falling from the GPI this week were Agris Klaise, Balazs Botond, Dobromir Nikov, Jan Bendik, Nacho Barbero, Mads Wissing, Maria Ho, Michael Binger, Phil Ivey, Sami Kelopuro, Torsten Brinkmann, and Will Molson.

Ups and Downs

The biggest rise of the week belonged to Jacob Bazeley. He finished runner-up in WSOP Event #2, a $1,500 no-limit hold'em. The man who took it down: Brent Hanks, vaulted 92 places to No. 207.

Biggest Gains

Rank	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank From Last Week
106th	Victor Ramdin	1,539.61	+82
116th	Tom McCormick	1,486.67	+64
150th	Brock Parker	1,346.60	+94
151st	John Racener	1,342.04	+69
154th	Jesse Martin	1,340.02	+74
169th	Dimitar Danchev	1,311.40	+93
197th	Josh Arieh	1,243.27	+76
199th	Jacob Bazeley	1,241.67	+95
207th	Brent Hanks	1,223.80	+92
219th	Justin Smith	1,198.00	+78

Andras Kovacs slid the most this week. His only two Period 1 scores aged into Period 2. Jake Cody also slipped. His win in the $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em event at the 2011 WSOP aged into Period 3.

Biggest Drops

Rank	Player	Total Score	Change in Rank From Last Week
98th	Jake Cody	1,575.22	-58
203rd	Cary Katz	1,236.59	-57
209th	Marton Czuczor	1,219.77	-48
222nd	Andras Kovacs	1,192.44	-77
238th	David Paredes	1,148.64	-53
253rd	Adrien Allain	1,117.54	-66
270th	James Mitchell	1,096.35	-44
281st	Fabian Quoss	1,069.13	-54
283rd	Vanessa Rousso	1,061.62	-54
295th	Jean-Paul Pierre Pasqualini	1,041.56	-49

What's In Store?

Vanessa Selbst rejoined the top 10 this week and her deep run in Event #12 will push her toward the top five. The effects from the 2012 World Series of Poker have only just begun. To this point, only six events have had an impact on the GPI and next week, 12 more events will tip the GPI scales.

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