Hellmuth hates on the Global Poker Index
In today's Daily Rewind we throw a tantrum with the "Poker Brat" and see why an infected finger won't stop Liv Boeree enjoying the craic.
Hellmuth vs. the GPI
In a not unsurprising turn of events, the GPI's #149 ranked player, Phil Hellmuth, has come out in criticism of the company's tournament leaderboard.
Despite not playing a major event for around four months, Hellmuth has spoken out against the Global Poker Index because, in his words, he "cannot respect a points award system that counts $100,000 High Rollers".
Calling for poker awards to be "egalitarian", Hellmuth is unhappy with high rollers being included in the scoring despite almost 50% of his winnings from the last two years coming courtesy of the $1 Million One Drop Event.
Speaking out in defence of the GPI, Daniel Negreanu pointed out the other ranking systems count high rollers and instead of criticising the project he should suggest how it can be improved.
The GPI's owner Alex Dreyfus soon joined the Twitter debate and pointed out that the formula doesn't give $100,000 tournaments any more weighing than a $20,000 event.
He also couldn't resist having a swipe at Hellmuth by referring to his unwillingness to answer emails and tweeting that we don't need a council to decide these issues because the "greatest decided for us".
Earlier today Alex decided to blog more about the issue and, in amongst describing the GPI in more detail, he offered Hellmuth the simple advice that the "greatest" doesn't mean "the best" and if he wants to rank higher then he simply needs to "win more".
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Liv ready for the craic
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| Liv looking forward to Dublin |
UKIPT Dublin gets underway tomorrow and when the Main Event kicks off on Thursday at least two recognisable faces will be at the felt.
Ahead of the popular festival, both Liv Boeree and Jake Cody will make the trip to Dublin for a Main Event which boasts a €350,000 guarantee.
Despite enjoying herself on the other side of the world at the moment, Liv said she'll be heading to Ireland later this week even if her infected finger (see today's Signoff) isn't healed.
On top of the Main Event, a slew of side events, including a €2,000+€200 High Roller, will also be taking place during the week-long festival.
Lovgren's fear of mice
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| Sofia dreaming big |
PKR pro Sofia Lovgren recently spoke to PokerFaceNews about her life on and off the poker table and it seems that her biggest fear isn't sharks but mice.
During the interview Sofia explained that she's "terrified" of rodents as well as how pizza with her boyfriend, Luca Moschitta (the youngest ever Supernova Elite), during an EPT High Roller cost her 15% of her stack.
Fortunately she was able to get back in time to save her stack and cash in 16th place; a result she is now looking to parlay into her first live win.
When asked what she'd like to see happen in the poker world, Sofia said aside from online poker being "available to everyone" it would be nice to see a Swedish woman win the WSOP Main Event.
Question of the Day
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Despite taking part in the final day of the Winter Olympics, Norway's Petter 'NorthugJr' Northug still managed to win $129,799 at the virtual felt yesterday.
Playing $50/$100 PLO against the likes of 'PimpyLimpy', Northug was able to finish as the day's third biggest winner behind 'Tight-Man1' who scooped $255,886.
Falling foul of negative variance in the last 24 hours and topping the daily loss chart was Kyle Ray. The American pro found himself on the wrong of a $256,076 downswing to finish ahead of Noah Boeken and Alexander Kostritsyn.
Daily Signoff
Australia might be one of the greatest countries to explore, but Liv Boeree found out that it can also be one of the most dangerous after she was bitten by an unknown insect recently.
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