What is the Global Poker Index Rankings?
The Global Poker Index (GPI) is a system for
ranking the world’s best poker 2️⃣ players. Players are ranked weekly based on their
performance by finishing in cash positions in qualifying tournaments over the previous
2️⃣ 36-month period. Qualifying tournaments are events with 32 or more players, a buy-in
for at leastR$1, and open to the 2️⃣ public. Selected audience events, such as women or
seniors, are excluded from the list.
How are the Global Poker Index Rankings
2️⃣ calculated?
The GPI Rankings are calculated using a weighted formula that takes into
account tournament results over the past three years, 2️⃣ attributing more value to the
most recent results. The best five results in a six-month period are taken for a 2️⃣ total
of the previous 18 months. For the next 18 months, the best four results are taken in
each six-month 2️⃣ period.
A weighting is applied, giving more relevance to the most recent
results. A buy-in factor also comes into play, ensuring 2️⃣ rankings aren’t skewed by the
higher buy-in results. Any tournament betweenR$1 andR$20,000 is taken into account.
Results from any tournament 2️⃣ with a larger buy-in will still count towards the rankings,
but the score taken from it will be capped as 2️⃣ if it was aR$20,000 tournament.
The 300
players with the top score after all of these factors then make up the 2️⃣ GPI Rankings for
that week.
Who is the best poker player in the world?
This is largely subjective, and
with the GPI 2️⃣ Rankings changing each week, it’s difficult to pinpoint one player who
people can unanimously agree is the best.
The 2024 Player 2️⃣ of the Year, according to the
GPI rankings, was Almedin Imsirovic. After a string of high-profile tournament
victories that year, 2️⃣ it’s difficult to argue with this result. Daniel Negreanu and
Jason Koon were other notable names in the top 15.
However, 2️⃣ away from the GPI Rankings,
many people would agree that certain players are, and have been, at the top of 2️⃣ the game
for years. While they might not have the best recent results, nor be as active as they
once 2️⃣ were, the likes of Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Erik Seidel will always come up in the
conversation due to their 2️⃣ sheer presence at the very top of the game for so
long.
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