Global Poker Index: ��King Dan�� Smith Still Reigns; Olivier Busquet Cracks Overall Top 10

Martin Harris

Sep 18, 2014 3 min read Last updated Apr 09, 2015

Each week, the Global Poker Index releases a list of the top 300 tournament poker players in the world using a formula that takes into account a player��s results over six half-year periods. The GPI also ranks the top performers of the year over two six-month periods as calculated by the USA Today Global Poker Index point system.

2014 GPI Player of the Year

Rank	Player	GPI Score	Change
1	Dan Smith	1249.44	-
2	Mustapha Kanit	1158.69	-
3	Scott Seiver	1137.09	-
4	Daniel Colman	1119.55	-
5	Jason Mercier	1099.02	-
6	Keven Stammen	1092.79	-
7	Alex Bilokur	1071.07	-
8	Jacob Schindler	1056.67	-
9	Ole Schemion	1009.57	-
10	Ami Barer	1003.51	-

It was the quietest of weeks for the top 10 of the 2014 GPI Player of the Year race with none of those in the top spots accumulating any points and thus no movement at all at the top. Dan Smith continues to hold onto the top spot as he attempts to earn a second GPI POY title in three years.

There was a lot activity just below the top 10, however, with Oliver Price leaping all of the way from No. 35 to No. 11 this week after picking up three cashes during the partypoker WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus series, including a third-place finish in the $10,500 High Roller event and an 11th in the $4,400 Main Event won by Alexander Lakhov.

Also of note, Anatoly Filatov moved all of the way from from No. 67 to No. 16 this week after winning the High Roller in Cyprus, one of four cashes the Russian earned during the series.

GPI 300 Top 10

Rank	Player	GPI Score	Change
1	Dan Smith	4134.25	-
2	Ole Schemion	3927.33	-
3	Daniel Negreanu	3883.85	-
4	Jason Mercier	3838.26	-
5	Scott Seiver	3558.29	-
6	Byron Kaverman	3491.86	-
7	Davidi Kitai	3361.64	+2
8	Stephen Chidwick	3359.81	-1
9	Paul Volpe	3247.24	-1
10	Olivier Busquet	3231.60	+1

Not a lot happening at the top of the overall GPI list this week, either, as Smith spent a fourth-straight week in the top spot. Olivier Busquet moved up one spot to No. 10 this week to make his first career appearance in the GPI overall top 10 after having come close two years ago.

Welcome to the GPI

Rank	Player	Total Score
176	Andrey Shatilov	1956.84
255	Andrey Pateychuk	1755.99
281	Michael Linster	1702.84
291	Timothy Miles	1673.81
292	Bryan Campanello	1673.32
294	Brandon Cantu	1669.25
296	James Collopy	1662.52
298	Alexsandr Gofman	1659.53
300	Richard Dubini	1657.12

A couple of Russians named Andrey made big moves upward this week to join the GPI Top 300, with Andrey Shatilov jumping from No. 458 to No. 176 on the strength of a runner-up in the WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus High Roller and Andrey Pateychuk leaping from No. 383 to No. 255 after also cashing a couple of times in Cyprus. Meanwhile Brandon Cantu climbs into the GPI Top 300 this week, his first time back since September 2013.

Biggest Gains

Rank	Player	Total GPI Score	Change
176	Andrey Shatilov	1956.84	+282
128	Alexander Lakhov	2130.97	+145
255	Andrey Pateychuk	1755.99	+128
185	Tom Marchese	1936.27	+89
291	Timothy Miles	1673.81	+85

While Shatilov enjoyed the biggest gain of all the players in this week's GPI Top 300, Alexander Lakhov also picked up a lot of ground after his aforementioned win in the WPT Merit Classic North Cyprus Main Event. Tom Marchese also enjoyed a big upward move after recently winning the Aria $100,000 Super High Roller II for a big $1,306,800 score.