Die Hard Poker Index (DHPI)

Updated: January 25, 2026 (After Season 20, Event #8)

The Die Hard Poker Index (DHPI) is loosely based on the Global Poker Index to better rate the top players in the league. You get points based on a top 30% finish in an event with higher points for a higher finish. You then get a total for each of the past 3 years. Finishes from current year are worth full value, prior year is 75% and 2 years ago are only worth 50% of their values. This aging factor results in more weight being placed on more recent events in much the same way as the poker industry standard Global Poker Index (GPI) does.

The end result should be a good indication of who the best players in the league have been over the last 3 years.

	Prev		2017	2018	2019	2020	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Total	DHPI
Rank	Rank	Player	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0.75	1	NO AGING	2026
1	1	Zach Nicholls	0	0	0	0	0	0	316	402	106	824	566
2	2	Darren Kennedy	149	147	141	0	266	177	289	205	237	1611	535
3	3	Everett Wicklund	194	89	277	96	239	152	236	214	168	1665	447
4	4	Brad Wilson	0	38	0	0	0	222	357	195	118	930	443
5	5	Andrew Krywaniuk	92	32	287	71	0	154	115	270	181	1202	441
6	9	Andy Goosen	0	0	0	0	0	120	329	241	54	744	399
7	14	Cindy Chen	0	0	0	0	0	103	158	225	136	622	384
8	10	Henry Oh	0	0	0	0	0	138	207	138	170	653	377
9	6	Paul Anaka	0	0	0	0	0	346	276	245	55	922	377
10	7	Trevor Massey	362	160	59	0	30	302	173	257	92	1435	371
11	11	Roger Grosset	164	174	203	145	269	276	288	163	96	1778	362
12	8	Faisal Alqutub	0	0	0	0	0	0	161	174	135	470	346
13	30	Christina Armstrong	0	126	101	0	127	52	90	87	212	795	322
14	12	Paul Deol	313	107	145	182	203	276	269	206	31	1732	320
15	13	Jeremy Skinner	0	0	0	0	141	0	225	227	31	624	314
16	15	Chris Watson	0	0	0	132	182	227	100	214	96	951	307
17	16	Johnny Dai	124	142	108	154	279	377	248	205	25	1662	303
18	17	Eric Ruttan	52	103	123	98	0	108	54	183	135	856	299
19	33	Kelli Krywaniuk	74	121	167	104	25	153	216	100	116	1076	299
20	18	Evan Horton	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	182	114	388	297
21	22	Ted Hill	0	50	0	0	0	0	135	132	129	446	296
22	21	Chris Watts	0	0	0	107	96	145	107	245	58	758	295
23	37	Jesse Forster	28	42	179	127	255	309	55	232	90	1317	292
24	24	Pat Woelk	0	0	161	115	283	357	178	63	149	1306	285
25	25	Steve Bakx	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	220	119	339	284
26	26	Ty Duong	0	0	0	0	297	150	274	157	27	905	282
27	39	Kelly Lange	60	35	131	139	0	196	102	239	50	952	280
28	28	Michelle Owen	167	105	85	138	249	135	85	182	101	1247	280
29	19	Danny Bajaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	308	101	46	455	276
30	20	Shawn Lange	61	83	211	60	250	188	144	195	51	1243	269
31	42	Ishmail Francis	0	0	0	0	0	0	133	209	45	387	268
32	31	Tosca Lueks	0	204	169	154	209	257	123	132	107	1355	268
33	23	Chris Nishi	0	225	63	142	128	0	30	231	74	893	262
34	35	Jason Nadeau	224	105	78	174	30	149	106	165	82	1113	259
35	27	Tyler Marples	58	138	128	143	32	33	0	259	60	851	254
36	29	Brent Senko	130	203	180	25	0	94	203	113	65	1013	251
37	32	Keith Fisher	119	0	168	62	54	223	177	62	106	971	241
38	45	Allan Foster	63	94	0	0	0	57	37	104	144	499	241
39	46	Dylan Ruocco	25	26	73	92	31	122	62	227	36	694	237
40	34	Andrew Creed	109	91	62	26	0	0	218	88	60	654	235
41	48	Mike Hill	0	0	0	0	0	0	99	113	98	310	232
42	36	Dave Aplas	0	0	0	0	0	69	65	178	66	378	232
43	38	Jim Prime	129	178	56	141	82	199	96	110	100	1091	231
44	40	John Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	127	129	67	323	227
45	41	Doug Cornelson	113	87	195	53	0	252	194	169	0	1063	224
46	43	Terry Goode	27	88	111	163	147	0	122	111	77	846	221
47	44	Harry Aujla	0	0	0	0	77	64	140	194	0	475	216
48	54	Chris McDonell	0	121	60	98	122	163	154	81	66	865	204
49	47	Jeff Hall	0	223	54	132	167	177	152	0	125	1030	201
50	59	Adi Aggarwal	0	0	0	0	0	36	0	152	73	261	187
51	49	Chris Searles	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	188	28	245	184
52	50	Dave Sims	233	178	55	61	239	233	169	94	27	1289	182
53	60	Nikola Mitevski	0	63	120	31	260	27	233	0	64	798	181
54	51	Eric Weber	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	116	92	208	179
55	52	Piers Wylie	0	0	0	0	0	40	111	160	0	311	176
56	53	Mike Mittermuller	133	103	118	235	117	35	212	92	0	1045	175
57	55	Dan Molatore	294	75	378	54	0	267	161	120	0	1349	171
58	66	Jeff Roberts	34	127	0	0	0	0	0	135	63	359	164
59	70	Chris Potter	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	92	94	186	163
60	56	Mike Baker	0	0	0	0	0	0	124	87	32	243	159
61	57	John Romanowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	144	64	38	246	158
62	58	Gordie Clark	0	0	0	0	0	32	127	124	0	283	157
63	77	Melanie Romanowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	126	72	28	226	145
64	78	Reza Yazdani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	100	160	145
65	61	Ryan Freeman	0	0	0	0	0	140	63	108	31	342	144
66	87	Scott Brynen	35	56	127	132	0	123	69	0	108	650	143
67	62	Deepak Bhasin	98	29	96	97	138	161	113	114	0	846	142
68	63	Linda Brine	0	0	0	33	94	87	41	81	60	396	141
69	64	Robert Brechin	94	107	109	0	235	140	93	85	31	894	141
70	65	Chris Latourelle	0	0	0	0	30	0	151	86	0	267	140
71	97	Barb Blanchard	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	119	144	138
72	79	Steve McLarty	117	135	151	141	64	109	82	0	96	895	137
73	67	Mike Twitchell	148	116	269	66	178	235	35	95	43	1185	132
74	68	Mike Pruessmann	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	154	0	183	130
75	89	Mike Honeyman	216	79	59	141	195	204	0	64	80	1038	128
76	69	Bobbi Frost	0	0	228	75	0	130	119	57	25	634	127
77	71	Johanne Glyn-Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	63	124	0	187	125
78	88	Spiro Pegos	0	0	84	40	89	100	69	0	89	471	124
79	86	Martin Sayle	0	0	84	0	330	110	100	30	50	704	123
80	72	Justin Salero	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	100	129	122
81	73	Travis Wiens	0	139	0	0	0	139	163	53	0	494	121
82	74	Brant Taylor	153	392	136	180	194	264	185	38	0	1542	121
83	75	Don Krekoski	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	45	56	158	118
84	76	Wray Jones	0	0	64	0	114	113	152	55	0	498	117
85	95	Sean Cardoso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	113	113	113
86	80	Jamie Hucul	210	98	46	28	149	93	123	33	25	805	111
87	81	Romica Mihailov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109	28	137	110
88	99	Mike Yost	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	67	123	109
89	82	Juno Lau	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	95	0	167	107
90	83	Iven Chen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	142	0	142	107
91	84	Jason Livingston	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	102	102
92	85	Kosta Theodosakis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	101	101	101
93	156	Tim Yu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	96	96	96
94	171	Chris Le	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	75	100	94
95	90	Josh Hayden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	117	0	117	88
96	91	Colton Kroeker	0	0	0	0	0	0	58	78	0	136	88
97	92	Andy Luong	45	0	0	0	0	0	60	76	0	181	87
98	93	Corey Chan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	64	94	87
99	94	John Hooper	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68	32	100	83
100	96	Ryan Fountain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	108	0	108	81
101	98	Duane Dobbs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	79	79	79
102	100	Issa Shaw	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	50	85	76
103	126	Raj Parmar	0	0	30	57	116	109	32	0	60	404	76
104	124	Stewart Kienas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	76	76
105	562	Jesse Spencer	0	281	73	71	0	0	0	0	75	500	75
106	101	Kal Kooner	86	148	48	124	253	59	30	40	30	818	75
107	102	Roman Pereyaslavsky	35	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	72	142	72
108	103	Nate Rajakumar	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	32	0	126	71
109	104	Greg Lock	0	0	0	64	127	30	141	0	0	362	71
110	105	Llowiyn English	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	94	0	94	71
111	106	Dennis Neels	0	0	0	30	0	185	91	32	0	338	70
112	136	Bob Bell	0	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	68	97	68
113	107	Joey Blake	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	90	0	90	68
114	108	Ivan Mahood	108	72	83	58	0	0	0	0	65	386	65
115	109	James Tichenor	60	95	0	0	0	92	130	0	0	377	65
116	110	Tyler Ramage	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	86	0	86	65
117	111	Alicia Dodge	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	85	0	85	64
118	146	Kate Mitevska	0	0	57	56	25	32	61	0	32	263	63
119	112	Chris Flaman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	83	0	83	62
120	113	David Truong	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	82	0	82	62
121	114	Anoop Randhawa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	61	61
122	115	Rodney Dyck	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	0	81	61
123	145	Marina Lurye	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	60	60
124	116	Aaron Karlsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	32	69	60
125	117	Rik Rohrback	223	111	242	167	25	87	119	0	0	974	60
126	118	Andrew Carr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	31	67	58
127	119	Michel Grillot	0	0	0	0	0	40	114	0	0	154	57
128	120	Al Leung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	75	0	75	56
129	121	Aleks Vukovic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72	0	72	54
130	122	Jason Makowski	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	35	0	87	52
131	123	Mike McManus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	28	60	52
132	125	Cody Hurlburt	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	64	0	64	48
133	127	Adrian Lim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61	0	61	46
134	128	Boris Gunn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	60	45
135	129	Carl Ungeracht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60	0	60	45
136	130	Mike Andrews	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	45	45
137	131	Brian Taylor	76	0	56	59	0	69	87	0	0	347	44
138	132	Dave Hammons	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	41	41
139	133	Bob Lisle	0	0	0	52	108	81	33	28	0	302	38
140	134	Zeph Pages	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	0	48	36
141	135	Nicholas Chen	0	0	0	0	0	0	71	0	0	71	36
142	137	Diane Abrey	0	0	0	0	54	0	70	0	0	124	35
143	138	Dave Faubert	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	0	45	34
144	139	Robin Scory	0	0	0	0	154	147	67	0	0	368	34
145	140	Sam Raz	0	0	155	168	0	118	67	0	0	508	34
146	141	Dave Palmer	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	33	33
147	142	Yuriy Makogonsky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	33	33
148	143	April Facey	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	0	43	32
149	144	Jillian Bodnar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	31	31
150	147	Corey Maitz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	30	30
151	148	Iulian Coca	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	40	30
152	149	Andre Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	38	29
153	150	Tony Washburn	0	0	0	90	167	90	56	0	0	403	28
154	151	Chandra Saratx	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	37	28
155	152	Martin Todosychuk	0	0	0	0	0	60	55	0	0	115	28
156	153	David Cheng	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	27	27
157	1022	Nick Santorelli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	27	27
158	154	Jeremy Hawkinson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	35	26
159	155	Antonia Baker	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	25	25
160	157	Barry Wetzel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	33	25
161	158	Horschel Patel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0	33	25
162	159	Amir Khan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	32	24
163	160	Jeff Standing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	32	24
164	161	Joon Lee	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	0	0	48	24
165	162	Marc Belland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	32	24
166	163	Kyle Jessop	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	31	23
167	164	Vic Gill	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0	31	23
168	165	Jason Marshall	0	0	0	0	0	66	45	0	0	111	23
169	166	Jerry Shi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	30	23
170	167	Jordan Kroeker	0	269	118	94	27	0	0	28	0	536	21
171	168	Charlie Uyboco	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	27	20
172	169	Doug Crone	26	29	55	142	110	0	0	27	0	389	20
173	170	Eric Nair	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	0	0	40	20
174	172	Josh Berry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	0	25	19
175	173	Mo Pannun	53	100	123	61	115	107	0	25	0	584	19
176	174	Kent Senko	85	50	105	156	0	0	35	0	0	431	18
177	175	Ryan McDonald	158	86	0	0	0	0	33	0	0	277	17
178	176	Jaskarn Sahota	0	0	0	0	31	0	32	0	0	63	16
179	177	Ben Barlow	0	0	30	0	0	0	31	0	0	61	16
180	178	Dean Hilts	73	61	0	0	108	0	30	0	0	272	15
181	179	Karen Pezzuto	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	0	30	15
182	180	Kerry Sweeney	0	0	0	0	153	72	30	0	0	255	15
183	181	Bobby Flouris	0	0	95	0	33	0	28	0	0	156	14
184	182	Cathy Mai	0	0	0	0	174	161	26	0	0	361	13
185	183	Dave Collier	0	62	390	180	267	348	25	0	0	1272	13

January 25, 2026

Darren Kennedy closed the gap big time on Zach Nicholls leaving only 31 points between first and second. The top 5 remained the top 5 with no changes. Huge move by Christina Armstrong who final tabled both events to move from 30^th to 13^th spot. Cindy Chen also cashed twice and moved into the top 10 from 14^th to 7^th spot. Kelli Krywaniuk moved 33^rd to 19^th. Jesse Forsters runner up on Friday moved him 37^th to 23^rd and Kelly Lange’s third place moved him from 39^th to 27^th.

November 9, 2025

Darren Kennedy chopped Event #5 with Roman Pereyaslavsky bringing some big time points and moving me up from 3^rd to 2^nd. Still not within striking distance of Zach as another out right win gets me 75 points and Zach is 78 points ahead of me, but the gap is closing. Everett Wicklund won Event #6 on Satruday and moved from 6^th to 3^rd position. Faisal continues his climb with a 3^rd in Event #5 and have moved from 33^rd to 14^th to 8^th in successive updates. Very impressive. Paul Deol and Jeremy Skinner slip out of the top 10 and Henry Oh moves 16^th to 10^th thanks to a cash in Event #5. Christina moved 54^th to 30^th thanks to a 4^th place finish in TORSE.

November 2, 2025

Faisal Al Qutub won the Event 4 and made a dramatic move from 33^rd to 14^th in the Index. Our overall DHPI leader final tabled and thus extended his stranglehold on top of the Die Hard Poker Index. Zach’s 6^th point finish makes it hard for anyone to even think about catching him. Darren (that’s me) just reached his highest point on the index moving up 3 spots to the #3 position with a strong showing on Saturday. Paul Deol moves 13^th to 8^th knocking Cindy Chen out of the top 10. Sean Cardoso cracks the top 100 moving 115^th to 90^th.

October 22, 2025

Two events over the weekend brought some changes to the DHPI. No change at the top as Zach maintains his dominance over the Die Hard League. Andrew Krywaniuk made a big jump from 8^th to 4^th and his wife Kelli also had a good weekend moving 35^th to 20^th. Some great results from Jeff Hall (83^rd to 27^th), Evan Horton (36^th to 16^th) and Jim Prime (44^th to 23^rd) resulted in big moves. Trevor Massey sneaks into the top 10 moving 11^th to 9^th at the expense of Paul Deol who slips out. As for the top 100, long time DHPLers Scott Brynen and Ivan Mahood jumped back into the top 100 with solid weekends, while relative newcomers Corey Chan, Reza Yazdani, Jason Livingston and Mike Yost also made their way into the top 100.

September 21, 2025

Start of a new season always brings changes as 3 years ages results drop off and weighting changes on the other 2 years. This time is no different. Zach stays at number one but he now has a commanding 107 point lead over second as everyone else had points drop off while his results were all from the past two years only. 3 players fell out of the top 10 as Johnny, Roger and Trevor slip. Johnny’s fall was most significant dropping 9 spots 3^rd to 12^th. Some sizable jumps forward saw Darren go from 9^th to 4^th, Jeremy and Cindy both jumped 9 spots to sneak into 9^th/10^th respectively. Lots of people dropped but Mike Honeyman significantly fell from 74^th to 108^th. First time he is slipped outside the top 100 and many wonder what has happened to this player as his results continue to suffer.

April 12, 2025

Changes abound as the League Final completed this week. This event has the most available DHPI points so it can cause a lot of affects on the Index. Zach Nicholls won a Main Event seat and the resulting points took him to first overall. Zach becomes the first person in Die Hard history to hold the #1 spot while only having played in two seasons. Impressive stuff. Everett Wicklund also won an ME seat and he jumped 16^th to 10^th. Chris Watts was the other winner and his efforts moved him from 31^st to 17^th in the standings.

The End of the year top 10 were: Zach Nicholls, Paul Anaka, Johhny Dai, Brad Wilson, Andy Goosen, Paul Deol, Trevor Massey, Roger Grosset, Darren Kennedy and Everett Wicklund.

With a new season coming Paul Anaka and Johnny will be affected the most when their 300+ points from 2023 drop off in September. Zach Nicholls didn’t play that year so he will solidify his spot up top.

March 31, 2025

Considering how many points were up for grabs it was surprising that no one jumped into the top 10. Chris Watson made the closest attempt going 18^th to 12^th. Kelly Lange went 30^th to 18^th with the win. Brent Senko went 37^th to 26^th and Harry Aujla jumped from 42^nd to 29^th.

March 16, 2025

Paul Anaka takes over top spot in DHPI. Johnny Dai moves 5^th to 3^rd, Paul Deol jumps from 8^th to 6^th and Doug Cornelson enters the top 10 jumping up from #14 spot. Ryna Fountain and Chris Potter enter the top 100 for the first time as well as we had some good movement in the index this week. With a $300 Mystery Bounty and the League Final upcoming there is likely to be some real shakeups on the horizon.

March 3, 2025

While no one new entered the top 10 after Event #9 we did have a change at the top with Brad Wilson overtaking Paul Anaka for the lead. Zch Nichols jumped from 5 to 3 and Andy Goosen and Trevor Massey tightened things up at the top.

February 3, 2025

After the doubleheader weekend we see a return to #1 by Paul Anaka with Brad Wilson moving to the #2 spot and Roger Grosset falling to #3. Chris Watson’s win moved him from 23^rd to 14^th and Jesse Forster jumped from 18^th to 11^th. Chris Searles jumped from 110^th to 76^th and Eric Weber moved from 115^th to 79^th. And the last notable jump was Adi Aggarwal who moved from 120^th to 84th

November 25, 2024

Johnny Poker moves from 4^th to 2^nd, Paul Deol with the win moves from 7^th to 4^th and Trevor Massey with another good showing moves from 9^th to 7^th. But the top 10 remains the top 10. Entering the top 100 are Iven Chen 101 – 76^th, Bob Lisle 100-90^th, Chris Searles 110-93^rd, Don Krekoski 123-94^th and Johanne Glyn Jones 119-99^th.

November 17, 2024

Very little changed after Event #5 with the only movement in the top 10 comes from myself Darren switching with Paul Deol in the 7/8 spots. In the top 20 though we had 3 players move into the top 20 with good finishes from Dave Sims, Andrew Krywaniuk and Cindy Chen. And in another shocker not one person cracked the top 100 as the top 100 players remained the same.

November 8, 2024

With 2 tourneys on the same weekend it didn’t take long for a new king to emerge as Roger Grosset’s 2^nd and 5^th place finishes propelled him way above Paul Anaka to move into first place on the DHPI. Zach Nicholls first place finish on Saturday moved him into the top 10 going 13^th to 6^th. Trevor Massey also cracked the top 10 moving 16^th to 9^th. Shawn Lange moved from 27^th to 13^th with the Friday win as he also threatens to sneak into the top 10. Chris Nishi, Juno Lau and Al Leung were the 3 players to get into the top 100 this update.

October 21, 2024

A new king on top as Paul Anaka cashes in the $300 TORSE and the top 2 players weren’t there to accumulate points. Johnny Dai and Andy Goosen were also passed by Brad Wilson and Roger Grosset meaning they dropped to 4^th and 5^th respectively. Deepak Bhasin made a big move from 43^rd to 26^th with a second place finish in the TORSE and Joey Blake moved from unranked to 8^th by winning the event.

September 29, 2024

With Andy Goosen finishing first and Danny Bajaj second in Event #2 its no surprise that they are the 2 most prominent jumps on the index this week. Andy moves 7^th to 2^nd and sits only 2 points behind Johhny Dai for the coveted first place position. Danny moved 20^th to 12^th and is knocking on the door of the prestigious top 10. Other notables were Roger moving two spots up to be in the 3 hole and Colton Kroeker with a solid finish to crack the top 100 for the first time moving 110^th to 88^th.

September 15, 2024

Another season has begun which means changes in Die Hard Poker Index ratings as the 2021-22 season falls off and we start getting 2024-25 results. There was some definite movement amongst the top 10 but Johnny Poker maintained his lead with a stellar 9^th placing in Event #1. Andy Goosen goes 14^th to 7 to crack the top 10 for the first time and Brant Taylor falls 9^th to 15^th as the only player to drop out of the top 10 this week.

April 16, 2024

After the $300 Mystery Bounty Event and the League Final we wrap up this season Die Hard Poker Index. Johnny Dai stays in the #1 spot. Brant Taylor and Brad Wilson who won the last two events respectively, both move into the top 10 at the expense of Dave Sims and Dave Collier. The big movers were Zach Nicholls from 41^st to 27^th and Danny Bajaj from 49^th to 31^st. Once the 2022 season drops off and we move into 2025, it looks like it will be Paul Anaka (380) moving into the top spot, Brad Wilson (379) in #2 and Johnny Dai (375) will slip to #3

March 4, 2024

After Event #10 we have a little movement up top as Roger Grosset took over the number 2 spot from Pat Woelk. Paul Deol moved up from 9^th to 5th. Dave Collier jumped back into the top 10 at the expense of Jesse Forster who fell 10 to 11^th. Further down the table the inevitable ascent from Andy Goosen continues as he jumps from 23^rd to 16^th on the back of a second place finish in Event #10. Zach Nicholls moved 53^rd to 41t with a 3^rd in Event #10 and Danny Bajaj jumped from 73^rd to 49^th with his win.

February 21, 2024

After Event #8 and 9 were completed this past weekend we had no changes in the top 5, but we did see some movement as Ty Duong moved from 10^th to 7^th, Brad Wilson made a significant move from 23^rd to 10^th on the strength of an Event #9 win. Brnet Senko cracked top 50 moving 70^th to 50^th and Zach Nicholls moved up 25 spots from 78^th to 53^rd which is all the more incredible as its on one year totals only. Also 3 players cracked the top 100 for the first time as Piers Wylie (132^nd to 86^th), Kate Mitevska (101^st to 91^st) and Evan Horton (113^th to 97^th) all made their mark on the Die Hard Poker Index.

January 30, 2024

After Event #7 No major changes amongst the top but Johnny Dai did extend his position at the top. Ty Duong sneaks into the top 10 at the expense of Dave Collier who slipped two spots from 9 to 11. Doug Cornelson jumped 11 spots from 40 to 29, Andy Goosen continues his climb moving into top 20 from 23^rd spot. And Evertt Wicklund firms up his hold in the top 10 with a move from 10^th to 7^th.

January 5, 2024

After Event #6 Johnny Dai reclaims the top spot over Pat Woelk with a 15^th place finish. Both Roger and Darren showed their stuff and move up one spot each to 3^rd and 4^th respectively as well. Everett Wicklund’s 2^nd place finish in Event 6 moved him into the top 10 as well. The biggest jump of the week goes to Mike Mittermuller who moved from 49^th to 31^st on the back of an outright win. And the player of the season so far remains Andy Goosen who moved fro m31st to 21^st with another final table, this time a 6^th place finish.

November 18, 2023

After Event #5 there was more movement. Paul Anaka moved 5^th to 3^rd, Darren Kennedy 7^th to 5^th and Paul Deol 9^th to 7^th. Chris Watson moved up 15^th to 11^th and although he didn’t catch Pat, Johnny did close the gap enormously by picking up 40 DHPI points to get within 24 points of the lead.

November 9, 2023

After Event #4 we had a bit of movement inside the top 10 with Paul Anaka jumping 9^th to 5^th thanks to his win. Darren Kennedy’s 5^th place finished bumped him 8^th to 7^th as well. No one slipped out of the top 10 though as Brant Taylor maintains a slim one point lead over Jeff Hall. Other significant movement saw Chris Watson move 21^st to 15^th, Brad Wilson 24^th to 18^th and Nik Mitevski 42^nd to 29^th. Another event in 9 days from now may shake things up at the top again.

October 30, 2023

One new entry in to the top 10 as Paul Anaka moves 11^th to 9^th and Jeff Hall swaps with him falling out. Mino reshuffling inside the top 10 but nothing at the top though Pat does extend his league significantly with a 6^th place finish last week. Cindy Chen’s win moved her from 56 to 30^th. Chris Latourelle moved 88^th to 61^st and Henry Oh moved 59th to 43rd. Next event is coming up in 4 days time.

October 14, 2023

A change at the top. Pat Woelk takes over the first place position with a solid 4^th place finish in Event 2. Roger moves 5 to 3 and Darren moves 9 to 6. Jeff Hall only new player into the top 10 moving 11 to 9. Tosca was the one falling out going from 8 to 13. Andrew Creeds first place jumped him 180^th to 84thOther greater than 10 position jumps are: Kelli Cera 41 to 30, Harry 58 to 47, Travis 70 to 54, Jeremy 73 to 57 and Christina 71 to 58, Kate to 107 to 89.

September 17, 2023

After Event 1 we had some changes. Note that all Events from 2020 season drop off and last years results move to 75% value and 2 years ago to 50% value. As such we saw some movement. Darren Kennedy moves into the top 10 into the 9 spot from 17. Trevor Massey continues his accent moving 23^rd to 13^th and with the win Jeff Hall moves up to 11^th from 19^th. At the very top Johhny maintained first place and Pat Woelk jumped over Dave Collier resulting in 2^nd/3^rd switching spots.

August 30, 2023

After Summer Events and League Final I have updated the DHPI again. Johhny held onto top spot and Dave Collier held onto 2^nd. Pat and Jesse switched spots at 3 and 4. Tosca moved into top 10 going 12^th to 8^th thanks to a great showing at the Mystery Bounty tourney. Chris Watson also in top 10 with 13^th to 10^th. Other significant moves due mostly to Legue final included Trevor Massey (51-23), Jim Prime (43-22) and Brad Wilson (74-50)

March 13, 2023

After Event #10, Johnny Dai solidifies his grip on the top spot with 5^th place showing. With all new players coming in 1^st-4^th in the last event there was not as much significant movement down the charts. We look forward to the upcoming League Final to see what effect that will have on the standings.

February 16, 2023

After Event #7, Jesse Forster took over the DHPI lead and held it for just one week before Dave Collier passed him again on Event #8. Johhny Dai however passed them both by winning Event #8 and is now our current DHPI leader.

January 11, 2023

Jess Forster takes over first place in the DHPI with a first place in Event #6 and a 23^rd in Event #5. Roger Grosset jumps 7^th to 4^th with a 7^th and 4^th place showing and Shanw Lange jumps from 18th to 12^th.

November 10, 2022

I haven’t had time to updated this until now but with 4 events under our belts it was time. With the 2019 season no longer affecting the DHPI you can see lots of changes.

Dave Collier maintains the pole position with some solid showings this year.

Rising: Johnny Dai moves 5^th to 2^nd. Brant Taylor makes a big jump from 12 to 4 spot and Dave Sim and Michelle Owen also make the jump into the top 10 from 22 to 8 and 13 to 6 respectively.

Falling: Roger Grosset falls 2^nd to 7^th, Pat Woelk 3^rd to 9^th, Everett Wicklund from 4^th to 23^rd, Paul Deol 8^th to 14^th and Tosca Lueks 10^th to 15^th.

Newcomers: Making his presence known early is Paul Anaka with an astounding 160 points in his first 4 events moving him up to 45^th place

April 15, 2022

The League final came and with it some big changes. Johhny’s win catapulted him up to 5^th in the DHPI. Dave Collier’s second place extended his grip on first that had been shrinking. Also good finishes from Brant and Alyssa strengthened their positions.

April 2, 2022

Event 10 saw some changes among the leaders with Pat Woelk moving from 3^rd to 2^nd and Everett Wicklund moving from 5^th to 3^rd. Dave Collier maintained his lead at the top, but when the season rolls over he will definitely be seeing a drop. Other moves saw Shawn Lange crack the top 10 moving 11thto 10^th. Darren Kennedy made a jump from 19^th to 14^th. Dave Brunham moved from 59^th to 40^th and Robin Scorry moved from 99^th to 67^th with the big win. I will say again that while this ranking system is far from perfect, I really do think it captures quite well a good overview of which players have performed the best in the last 3 years. Really like this system.

March 26, 2022

Event 9 saw no changes in the top 5 with both Dave (29) and Roger (25) gaining any points and putting some distance between 3^rd-5^th. Everett also gained points and is a virtual tied for 3^rd now with Pat and Paul. Dan Cassidy made a huge jump from 12^th to 6^th to crack the top 10. Jesse Forster also made it into the top 10 moving 13^th to 9^th. Other big moves included Darren going 28^th to 19^th and Guy Bottin moving 84^th to 56^th.

Mar 13, 2022

Roger jumps from 4^th to 2^nd and the race for first is on with the top 4 all within a win of taking over first spot. Elsewhere Mike Honeyman with the win jumps from 19^th to 10^th and Shawn Lange also cracks the top 10 moving from 12^th to 9^th.

Feb 27, 2022

Not much change at the top as Dan Cassidy wins and moves from 26^th to 14^th. Mike Twitchell cracks the top 100 moving from 11^th to 8^th and Johnny slips out of the top 10 moving 9^th to 11^th.

February 20, 2022

Dave Collier holds onto top spot with a still commanding lead. Some small movements at the top as Paul moves 3^rd to 2^nd, Roger 5^th to 4^th and Pat moves 8^th to 5^th. Johnny cracks into the top 10 with his 5^th place finish and the biggest moves were Dave Sims jumping 66^th to 32^nd.

Look forward to next week to see what more changes occur.

December 10, 2021

The DHPI returns and Dave Collier remains on top after a couple of top 2 finishes this year already. Big Jumps by Everett (9 to 2) and Paul (10 to 3) to enter the top 3 and other large jumps further down the rankings include Pat (45 to 8), Michelle (39 to 10) and Kal (46 to 13). ON the other side of the coin both Brant (2 to 17) and Rik (3 to 16) were the big droppers so far.

February 9, 2020

Event #8 has Brant Taylor reclaiming the #1 position with Dave Collier slipping to second place. Also with back to back third place finishes by Rik Rohrback in Events #7 and 8 he has jumped 10 spots from 13^th to 3^rd in the rankings. Chris Nishi also slides into the top 10 with a move from 14^th to 10^th. Kelli Cera and Jordan Kroeker slide down out of the top 10 into 13^th and 14^th resepectively.

November 24, 2019

Event #6 resulted in a new #1 as Dave Collier finished 2^nd and even though first place Brant Taylor finished 17^th and added to his DHPI total, the 60 points obtained by Collier was enough to take over first place.

November 10, 2019

Event #5 resulted in no changes in the top 3, but lots of movement between 4^th and 16^th. Johnny Dai with the win moved from 39^th to 15^th, Everett passed Alyssa into 4^th and Kelli jumped 4 spots from 10^th to 6^th. And no Mike Honeyman you haven’t passed me yet… keep trying.

October 26, 2019

Updated to include Event #4. Roger moves up to the #3 spot.

October 24, 2019

Updated including first 3 events of 2019-20 season. 2017 results drop resulting in some players falling a lot. Dave Collier is now challenging Brant Taylor for the first position.

April 2, 2019

Second update to the DHPI and we have a new man on top with both Chris Fraser and Brant Taylor tied for the lead but expect movement after the League Final

February 18, 2019

For a little extra fun I have added a Die Hard Poker Index which is loosely based on the Global Poker Index to better rate the top players in the league. You get points based on a top 30% finish in an event with higher points for a higher finish. You then get a total for each of the past 3 years. Finishes from 2017 are only worth 50% of their values, finishes in 2018 are worth 75% of their values and finishes in 2019 are worth 100%. This aging factor results in more weight being placed on more recent events in much the same way as the poker industry standard Global Poker Index (GPI) does.

Hopefully you enjoy yet another fun stat to look at and congrats to Brant Taylor who is the current DHPI #1! Brant is closely followed by Chris Fraser who is only 2 points behind him. Players that are new to the league but off to good starts like Dave Collier will find it hard to take over the #1 spot until they withstand the test of time. But at #13 he is doing just fine. Likewise players such as Jordan Kroeker and Georg Jancev have shown that even short durations can move them up the DHPI list.