Due to a lack in competition, this week there are no changes to report in the GPI Player Of The Year; therefore, we will focus on the GPI World Poker Rankings that comprise all live results for the past three years, according to the Global Poker Index. After the last update, it is Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier  who spearheads the list for the eighth consecutive week since he took back the podium from Ole Schemion   after standing tall at the E#32 $5,000 NLH 6max, being the runner up at the E#54 $10,000 PLO Championship and reaching the final table at the E#54 $10.000 The Players Championship as part of the 2015 World Series Of Poker.

If it’s all about breaking records, then Jason Mercier  is sure to hold his position in order to get back the record he had for most consecutive weeks as #1 and lost to Dan Smith , who was able to match him by the end of 2014; only to be surpassed by Ole Schemion  this year.

Anyway, Jason Mercier  isn’t just the one who inaugurated the #1 place when the World Poker Ranking was created around four years ago, he is also the one who just became the first person to overcome the 60- week barrier on top of the list and gained a big advantage over the aforementioned Ole Schemion  y Dan Smith . Far behind in the historic stats, we find Team PokerStars Pros Daniel Negreanu   and Bertrand “Elky” Grosspellier  together with Marvin Rettenmaier .

Problems for the #1 player in the world start when we take a look at the current GPI300 and notice that the gap with the #2 player in the world has reduced by less than 45 points. It so happens that Byron Kaverman  took the spot from Anthony Zinno   to position himself there for the fifth time in his career and is on the verge of becoming the eleventh holder of the #1 spot in the Global Poker Index thanks to the fourteen events he has played in 2015.

The one who’s come back, full speed ahead btw, is David Kitai  another former #2 who made his way to the top 10  after a month outside the elite circle (he had formerly played among the best for one year).

September will be marked by what happens at the WPT Borgata Open  and the LAPT Punta Del Este

We will be watching closely!