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The Global Poker Index Releases its Annual Scoring Model Adjustments
The most exciting change for the GPI in 2013 is the lowering of the minimum buy-in amount from $1,500 USD equivalent to . In addition to allowing in all of the WSOP $1000 events, in which many professional players participate, adjusting the buy-in will allow a host of events in the US, Europe (UKIPT, FPS, WPTN, …) and the rest of the world to qualify for inclusion in GPI scoring. In particular this will apply to events where the buy-in amount is set to a minimum local professional level, such as €1,000.
"By making this change, the GPI continues to be the true measure of the performance of poker players across the globe", said Alex Dreyfus , CEO of Zokay Entertainment. In addition to the change in minimum buy-in, the GPI is also increasing the number of cashes that a poker pro can count towards their score. The new number of cashes that will count is 26, up from 21 last year, spread out over the 36 month period the GPI measures.
Additional details on these changes and more can be found at http://www.globalpokerindex.com/about/ and the updated rankings will be available from .
In the five months since its acquisition by Zokay Entertainment, the GPI has been . Zokay plans to continue developing the GPI as the and ranking system for the poker industry, with the expectation of making a and the GPI across the globe in an effort to for the multi-billion dollar live poker industry. In addition to announcing the winners of the prestigious , expect many more exciting from Zokay Entertainment and the Global Poker Index in the .
About Zokay Entertainment
Zokay Entertainment is the new entertainment and poker company set up by Alexandre Dreyfus , founder of the Chiligaming group. The Zokay group, whose motto is ' ', is based in Malta and the US and currently has 15 employees. Zokay acquired the GPI in August and has already turned it into the reference tool for worldwide poker rankings and to develop it as a bridge between offline and online poker and poker in a social gaming environment.
For more information, contact Alexandre Dreyfus :
Mobile : +356-99-99-78-78
Email: alex@zokay.com