Marvin Rettenmaier retained his number one spot in the list of Top 300 Poker Players issued by Global Poker Index (GPI) this week. This is the fifth week in a row for Rettenmaier to remain on the top of the list. Though there is no new name in the top ten list this week but there is some movement in the ranking of players.
The only other player besides Rettenmaier, who retained his position from last week is Michael Mizrachi, who is still on number 7 position. The biggest drop in rankings happened to Phillip Gruissem who dropped 4 places from his last week position and now is on number 6 in the list. Apart from this there has been a little movement in the rankings from the last week.
GPI is a ranking of the top 300 poker players of the world and the website publishes it weekly. Players are ranked based on their performances in cash positions in qualifying tournaments over 6 periods of six months. A cash position is taken to be any position where in a player gets a part of the total prize money. Qualifying tournaments are open poker tournaments with a buy-in of atleast $1000 and with 21 or more entrants.
Top 10 Poker Players according to GPI released on April 11th 2013.
Player Name |
Nationality |
Points |
Rank Change |
Marvin Rettenmaier |
Germany |
3115.71 |
(-) |
Mike Watson |
Canada |
3039.45 |
(+1) |
Bertrand Grospellier |
France |
2970.19 |
(+1) |
Bryn Kenney |
USA |
2864.37 |
(+1) |
David Sands |
USA |
2818.96 |
(+1) |
Phillip Gruissem |
Germany |
2787.645 |
(-4) |
Michael Mizrachi |
USA |
2763.05 |
(-) |
Steve O’Dwyer |
USA |
2736.89 |
(+2) |
Jason Mercier |
USA |
2719.78 |
(-1) |
Joseph Cheong |
USA |
2685.99 |
(-1) |