Global Poker Index: Eli Elezra Rejoins Rankings After Hot Month; Fedor Still First

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player’s results over six half-year periods. For a look at the entire list, visit the official GPI website. Here’s a look at the rankings as of September 21, 2016.

2016 GPI Player of the Year

Another week and another top-ranking for Fedor Holz in the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year race. At the start of the summer when the GPI first released the POY rankings, Ari Engel enjoyed a brief moment at the top. But since Holz took over the lead shortly thereafter, he’s now spent 15 weeks at No. 1 with a little over three months left to go in the year. (Engel, if you’re curious, is currently in 13th in the race.)

In fact, the entire top 10 remained the same yet again this week, with Chance Kornuth still the nearest challenger to Holz in second position.

Looking just below this group, Alexander Rocha went from No. 25 to No. 14 after winning a $3,500 buy-in Deepstack Extravaganza 3.5 event last week. Rocha topped a 249-entry field to win a $173,861 first prize and a bunch of POY points to enable his upward move.

GPI 300 Top 10

It was another quiet week at the top of the overall GPI rankings as well where Holz also remains the …

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