Poker players sometimes like to say how there is really only one obvious, ultimately most meaningful way of "keeping score" — the money.
Yet as far as tournament poker is concerned, the Global Poker Index has encouraged poker players to think differently about how to measure themselves against one another. First introduced in 2011, the tournament rankings system has now established itself as an ongoing, parallel competition that for many has become an especially diverting "side pot."
While the GPI revisits its rankings formula every year, for 2017 a more significant change was made to how the Global Poker Index World Poker Rankings are calculated.