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Global Poker Index: Still First for Fedor; Turner, Metalidi, Heimiller Trending Upward
- Updated: July 28, 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 July 27, 2016.
2016 GPI Player of the Year
The top of the 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year leaderboard remained mostly quiet this week with Fedor Holz maintaining his lead for the seventh-straight week.
In fact, each of the top 10 players remains the same from the last update, with only Chance Kornuth (now at No. 3) and Paul Volpe (No. 4) swapping positions.
Looking just below the top 10, Samuel Panzica has made a move up from No. 27 to No. 15. Among Panzica’s early 2016 highlights was a victory in the €10,300 High Roller event at the European Poker Tour Dublin stop in February. Panzica has added a number of cashes since then, including a big win a week ago in the 2016 Florida State Poker Championships Main Event that helped him make his most recent jump in the POY list.
Also worth noting, Jon Turner leaped from No. 164 to No. 48 in the POY list after winning the $5,000 Deep Stack Extravaganza III where he topped a 537-entry field of to earn a $536,858 payday. Also, Barry Hutter catapulted from No. 110 to No. 49 following a …
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