This week’s update of the GPI Player of the Year ranking shows Polish player Dzmitry Urbanovich at its top. Currently, the player has a total of 2,483.10 points and is followed by Argentinian Ivan Luca with 2,409.51 points and American Connor Drinan with 2,165.00 points.
Generally speaking, the GPI Player of the Year ranks the world’s top performing live tournament players since the beginning of the calendar year. Standings are published every week and are based on the players’ cash positions in tournaments. The events they take part in need to have at least 21 entries and the buy-in fees for those need to be at least $1.
This is the fifth consecutive week that Urbanovich tops the prestigious ranking. So far, the year has been quite profitable for the Pole. Only in March, he cashed in seven live events, with six of those being part of the EPT Season 11/IPT Season 7 poker festival, which ran between March 17-28 at the Portomaso Casino, Malta.
It is interesting to note that Urbanovich became the first player in the history of the European Poker Tour to win four events at a single festival. He triumphed in the €25,000 + 500 No-Limit Hold’em EPT High Roller event for €572,300 ($605,929) – his biggest live cash so far. Then, he won the €1,000 + 100 No-Limit Hold’em event for €35,200 ($38,077). The €5,000 + 200 No-Limit Hold’em event came next. The player was paid €110,000 ($118,991) for this one. Last but not least, he finished 1st in the €200 + 20 No-Limit Crazy Pineapple Turbo for €3,260 ($3,573).
In February, Urbanovich won the Eureka Poker Tour €2,000 + 200 No-Limit Hold’em Eureka High Roller Day 1 event in Rozvadov, Czech Republic, where he received a first-place prize of €25,725 ($29,105). In January, the player triumphed in the PCA $1,940 + 260 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty for $37,640.
So far, the Pole has as much as $1,038,132 in live tournament winnings. He is ranking 3rd in his country’s money list, with Dominik Panka and Marcin Horecki being the only players to stand before him. In addition, Urbanovich is 1,172nd in the all time money list. The player is 104th in this week’s update of the GPI ranking with a total of 2,259.11 points.
