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Global Poker Index: Ari Engel Gains Ground on Fedor Holz Near POY Finish
- Updated: December 8, 2016
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 Dec. 7, 2016.
2016 GPI Player of the Year
Last week the top 10 of the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year leaderboard remained entirely the same from two weeks ago, save the upward movement of one player — Ari Engel who had inched forward a spot. This week Engel is again the only player trending upward on the list, this time jumping from No. 7 to No. 4 to climb even closer to the top spot.
When the GPI POY standings for the year were first revealed during the late spring, Engel was ranked No. 1 thanks to a hot start to 2016 that included a victory in the 2016 Aussie Millions Poker Championship Main Event (worth AU$1,600,000), his earning an eighth career World Series of Poker Circuit ring at Harrah’s Atlantic City, plus numerous other final tables.
However Fedor Holz rushed past Engel soon thereafter and has remained in the top spot ever since, with this marking his 26th-straight week at No. 1. Holz’s year has included numerous highlights, among them no less than four seven-figure scores for winning the World Poker Tour National Triton Super High Roller, the EPT Barcelona Super High Roller, and the World Series of Poker High Roller for One Drop, as well as for his runner-up finish in the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl.
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