This week also sees two new entries in the Top 10 as Alex Bilokur (GPI#8 CB, +10) – who also takes over from Keven Stammen in the GPI Player of the Year race – and Erik Seidel (GPI#9, +3) each find their way in this week. Michael Watson (GPI#12, -2) and former World #1 Jason Mercier (GPI#16, -9) each drop out of the Top 10 this week.
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GPI WORLD TOP 10
3,946. 69 Vanessa Selbst (+1) 3,897. 33 Ole Schemion (-1) 3,824. 34 Daniel Negreanu 3,635,23 Scott Seiver 3,563. 39 Byron Kaverman 3,370. 01 Philipp Gruissem 3,337. 86 Paul Volpe (+1) 3,299. 31 Alex Bilokur (NEW) 3,285. 76 Erik Seidel (NEW) 3,244. 22 Jonathan Duhamel (-1)
THE RISERS
Pratyush Buddiga (GPI#73 CB, +104) and John Brock Parker (GPI#89, +71) are each off to a great start at this year’s World Series of Poker. Each player moves into the Top 100 with today’s update.
Joe Tehan (GPI#224, +72), former World Top 10 Igor Kurganov (GPI#130, +69) and Rumen Nanev (GPI#216, +56) also make the move up this week.
Richard Lyndaker (USA) +114 Pratyush Buddiga (USA) +104 Alexander Venovski (USA) +102 Joe Tehan (USA) +72 Brock Parker (USA) +71
BIGGEST DROPS
Past successes have come back to haunt Kevin MacPhee (GPI#236, -73) and Daniel Kelly (GPI#265, -73) as they each fall the hardest inside the GPI300 this week.
Greg Mueller (GPI#241, -53) seems to be on a roller coaster ride. Each update the big Canadian seems to either go up or down, that’s usually what happens at the World Series of Poker!
Kevin MacPhee (USA) -73 Daniel Kelly (USA) -73 Giuliano Bendinelli (ITA) -68 Oleksii Khoroshenin (UKR) -61 Greg Mueller (CAN) -53
WHO’S IN, WHO’S OUT
A total of 21 players entered and left the GPI300 this week!
ON THE BUBBLE
Saturday, Ashton Griffin (GPI#188) was on the bubble. A fourth score at the World Series of Poker took care of Grffin’s problem. He earns his highest ranking so far in 2014.
Kiryl Radzivonau (GPI#301) is on the bubble this week. The Belarusian only has four scores so far this season.
CB = Career Best GPI Ranking
Statistical information provided by Eric Danis, Global Poker Index
