April 11 2019, by Eric Danis
April 10, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› GPI Global #1 Alex Foxen has his sights set on Fedor Holz and the consecutive weeks at #1 streak. Foxen (27 straight weeks) is now just four weeks away from making history and taking over from Holz and his 30 consecutive week streak
›› WPT Five Diamond Champ Dylan Linde (GPI #22), who was on hand this past Friday at the Global Poker Awards, moves up to a career-best #22 this week
›› Igor Yaroshevskyy (GPI #170), who represented the Ukraine at the 2015 GPI World Cup in Malta, is the highest mover inside the GPI300. The reigning National Player of the Year is coming off a trip of Top 15 finishes at the Merit Poker Top Guns event in Cyprus
›› No new entries into the GPI300 this week, however there are six players returning to the 300, including Joshua Kay, Blair Hinkle and Rex Clinkscales
›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: With 13 Top 10 finishes so far this season, former GPI Top 10 player Ari Engel moves up to 4th in the PoY standings
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | William Alex Foxen (27 weeks) | USA | 3,817.56 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,713.54 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,595.06 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,483.27 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,453.89 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,369.82 | 7 | +1 |
| #7 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,360.90 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,245.43 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,236.86 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,226.14 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,190.92 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,176.89 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,154.21 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,143.56 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,080.46 | 17 | +2 |
| #16 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 3,077.69 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,070.09 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,062.27 | 15 | -3 |
| #19 | Manig Loeser | GER | 3,056.33 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,027.53 | 21 | +1 |
| #21 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 3,016.99 | 22 | +1 |
| #22 | Dylan Linde CB | USA | 2,993.87 | 24 | +2 |
| #23 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 2,991.01 | 25 | +2 |
| #24 | Almedin Imsirovic | BIH | 2,984.27 | 27 | NEW |
| #25 | Michael Addamo | AUS | 2,974.53 | 20 | -5 |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Adrian Mateos #1 (ESP) -3
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #170 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | UKR | 273 | +103 |
| #64 | Ben Palmer CB | USA | 153 | +89 |
| #73 | Fahredin Mustafov | BUL | 144 | +71 |
| #232 | Mike Shin | USA | 297 | +65 |
| #197 | Mykhalio Gutyi CB | UKR | 259 | +62 |
| #167 | Phachara Wongwichit CB | THA | 225 | +58 |
| #127 | Ian O’Hara | USA | 180 | +53 |
| #234 | Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 287 | +53 |
| #151 | Ivan Zhetchev CB | BUL | 199 | +48 |
| #221 | Joseph Couden | USA | 263 | +42 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #278 | Victor Chong | MAS | 223 | -55 |
| #233 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 181 | -52 |
| #189 | Matthew Affleck | USA | 151 | -38 |
| #139 | Ludovic Geilich | UK | 104 | -35 |
| #190 | Ravi Raghavan | USA | 156 | -34 |
| #276 | Eric Blair | USA | 244 | -32 |
| #294 | Lander Lijo Bereciartua | ESP | 262 | -32 |
| #141 | Scott Stewart | USA | 114 | -27 |
| #209 | Matthew Stout | USA | 183 | -26 |
| #220 | Sorel Mizzi | CAN | 195 | -25 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Filipp Khavin | USA | -54 |
| #302 | Mihai Manole | ROU | -2 |
| #303 | Kyle Cartwright | USA | -22 |
| #304 | Ryan Phan | USA | +29 |
| #305 | Lucas Greenwood | CAN | -1 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Joshua Kay | USA | 265 | Filipp Khavin | USA | 301 | |
| Blair Hinkle | USA | 277 | Mihai Manole | ROU | 302 | |
| Rex Clinkscales | USA | 280 | Kyle Cartwright | USA | 303 | |
| Vlad Darie | ROU | 284 | Guo Dong | CHN | 320 | |
| Claudio Di Giacomo | ITA | 286 | Scott Clements | USA | 321 | |
| Omar Lakhdari | ALG | 296 | Evangelos Beichrakis | GRE | 336 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2019 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| 1st | Sean Winter | USA | 1,919.38 | = |
| 2nd | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,767.30 | = |
| 3rd | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,719.07 | = |
| 4th | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,706.88 | +4 |
| 5th | Ariel Celestino | BRA | 1,679.71 | = |
| 6th | Joseph Cheong | USA | 1,649.27 | -2 |
| 7th | Pete Chen | TAI | 1,584.81 | -1 |
| 8th | Brian Altman | USA | 1,560.90 | -1 |
| 9th | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,554.38 | NEW |
| 10th | Sean Yu | KOR | 1,511.76 | -1 |
| 11th | Hamid Izadi | USA | 1,509.59 | NEW |
| 12th | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,496.66 | NEW |
| 13th | David Peters PoY | USA | 1,467.91 | -3 |
| 14th | Chino Rheem | USA | 1,463.92 | -3 |
| 15th | Jack Salter | UK | 1,463.21 | -3 |
Full April 10, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-04-10/300/
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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.
