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With the poker world about to be focused on Las Vegas for the next two months, the Global Poker Index sees a calm week. With very few new results reporting, event aging creates some small changes to the Top Twenty and only one player makes their GPI...

With their difficult fields, dense with the Global Poker Index top-ranked players, High-Roller Events are a unique challenge for the best in the world. Among the rewards for outstanding performance in these events is a boost on the Global Poker...

As results for the WSOP Europe age into Period 2, players who performed well at that festival are feeling the effects as three players fall out of the Top Twenty. While only four events reported new results this week, the Global Poker Index still...

With Easter and Passover comes a break in the busy spring tournament schedule. With the lull, new results were reported for a mere four Global Poker Index ranked players. But that does not mean the Index is without some big changes this week....

The EPT Campione €5,000 NLHE Main Event drew to a close over the weekend with Jannick Wrang finishing on top of the field of 570. Wrang has started 2012 strong, cashing in three Main Events in as many months. In January he cashed in the PCA Main...

Jonathan Duhamel grabbed hold of the lead in the Global Poker Index Player of the Year race back in January and he hasn’t let go of it since. Duhamel’s lead remains so commanding that the 253 point gap between Duhamel and Erik Cajelais, currently 2nd...

Spring break also brought a break in the tournament poker world with only two new events reporting results. That means a quiet week for the Index with event aging creating some minor turmoil for some big names.

Jason Mercier, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier and Shawn Buchanan remain at the top of the Global Poker Index this week with Mercier still sitting comfortably at Number One. Joining them at the top is Eugene Katchalov who moves up two spots to GPI#4. ...

Jason Mercier holds onto the Global Poker Index Number One ranking this week and in doing so sets a new record for the total number of weeks any player has held the top spot. The previous record of fifteen weeks was set by Erik Seidel on February...

Walk into any poker room or tournament area and it's pretty easy to determine whether Will "The Thrill" Failla is sitting at a table. Rarely quiet, usually laughing, Failla has been one of the more well known players on the tournament circuit for...