Global Poker Index: Calm Before the Storm — 20 Weeks On Top for O’Dwyer Pre-WSOP

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 May 25, 2016.

GPI 300 Top 10

It was a quiet week at the top of the Global Poker Index rankings where Steve O’Dwyer remained the top-ranked tournament player in the world for a 20th-straight week. It’s the calm before the storm, though, as the 2016 World Series of Poker begins next week, throughout which there will surely be lots of movement up and down the GPI top 300.

The only change in the top 10, in fact, came at the bottom where Connor Drinan inched upwards one spot to knock David Peters off the list, though Peters is still close at No. 11.

Looking down the list, a steady stream of cashes this year has enabled 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event winner Joe McKeehen to crack the top 25. This week McKeehen moved up from No. 33 to No. 25, his highest ranking to date.

Welcome to the GPI Top 300

Seven players joined the GPI top 300 this week, with Bobby Oboodi the highest-ranked of the group. Oboodi jumped from No. 309 all the way to No. 194 after chopping the 529-entry Parx Casino Big Stax XVI BigStax1100 this week with Jason …

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