April 12 2017, by Eric Danis

April 12, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update

THE HEADLINES

›› London Royal Justin Bonomo (World #3) is once again making a push towards the top spot

›› WPT L.A. Poker Classic Champ Daniel Strelitz (World #25) makes his World Top 25 debut

›› Former World #1 Marvin Rettenmaier (World #167) is the biggest riser this week coming off a Top 10 finish at the Seminole Hard Rock WPT Finale in sunny Florida

›› Paris Aviators Team Manager Fabrice Soulier (World #200) returns to the GPI300 after a 13-week absence

›› Congratulations go out to Pete Chen (World #275), Raghav Bansal (World #277) and Adrian Attenborough (World #282), who all make their GPI300 debut this week

GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25

RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE
#1 Nick Petrangelo USA 3,587.81 1 =
#2 David Peters USA 3,444.17 2 =
#3 Justin Bonomo CB USA 3,324.11 5 +2
#4 Bryn Kenney USA 3,253.71 3 -1
#5 Fedor Holz GER 3,188.36 4 -1
#6 Rainer Kempe GER 3,132.51 6 =
#7 Steve O’Dwyer USA 3,102.98 8 +1
#8 Samuel Panzica USA 3,093.72 7 -1
#9 Adrian Mateos ESP 3,092.63 9 =
#10 Ari Engel CAN 3,060.87 13 +3
#11 Dan Smith USA 3,059.25 11 =
#12 Jason Koon USA 3,049.44 16 +4
#13 Jason Mercier USA 3,031.07 45 NEW
#14 Ankush Mandavia USA 3,017.21 10 -4
#15 Byron Kaverman USA 2,975.79 12 -3
#16 Jake Schindler USA 2,932.56 14 -2
#17 Niall Farrell UK 2,921.36 15 -2
#18 Sergio Aido ESP 2,917.93 17 -1
#19 Connor Drinan USA 2,904.87 18 -1
#20 David Yan NZL 2,881.95 22 +2
#21 Jack Salter UK 2,852.99 20 -1
#22 Koray Aldemir GER 2,852.33 19 -3
#23 Stephen Chidwick UK 2,812.94 21 -2
#24 Igor Yaroshevskyy UKR 2,788.91 23 -1
#25 Daniel Strelitz CB USA 2,771.95 34 NEW

Out of the Top 25: Anthony Zinno (World #27, -3); Ben Heath (World #28, -3)

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

PLAYER NATION LAST THIS CHANGE
Marvin Rettenmaier GER 290 167 +123
Matas Cimbolas LIT 292 169 +123
James Chen CB TAI 299 194 +105
Ryan Riess CB USA 161 59 +102
Simeon Naydenov BUL 199 122 +77
Xixiang Luo CHN 184 115 +69
Daniel Colman USA 133 69 +64
Michael Telker USA 249 185 +64
Sergey Lebedev RUS 156 93 +63
Michael Gagliano USA 237 177 +60

DOWN THE LADDER

PLAYER NATION LAST THIS CHANGE
Cary Katz USA 78 213 -135
Robert Hankins USA 164 224 -60
Ludovic Geilich UK 163 215 -52
Brian Rast USA 193 245 -52
David Jackson USA 226 271 -45
Jussi Nevanlinna FIN 185 227 -42
Cord Garcia USA 109 141 -32
Stevan Chew AUS 197 229 -32
Kou Vang USA 153 184 -31
Darren Rabinowitz USA 103 133 -30

ON THE BUBBLE

RANK PLAYER NATION
#301 Maria Ho USA
#302 Samuel Phillips USA
#303 James Akenhead UK
#304 Dani Stern USA
#305 Alexander Condon USA

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

GPI300: IN ››››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT NATION GPI#
Cliff Josephy USA 166 Maria Ho USA 301
Oliver Weis CB GER 189 James Akenhead UK 303
Louis Salter UK 199 Dani Stern USA 304
Fabrice Soulier FRA 200 Alexander Condon USA 305
Artem Metalidi UKR 214 DJ MacKinnon USA 307
Chris Klodnicki USA 237 Guillaume Diaz USA 308
Timothy West USA 249 Upeshka De Silva USA 310
Joe Elpayaa USA 254 Romain Lewis FRA 311
William Givens CB USA 267 Benjamin Winsor UK 312
Pete Chen 300 TAI 275 Ouassini Mansouri FRA 313
Raghav Bansal 300 IND 277 Austin Peck USA 315
Michael Mizrachi USA 281 Tom Middleton UK 316
Adrian Attenborough 300 AUS 282 Steve Karp USA 317
Scott Davies USA 291 Ariel Celestino BRA 318
William Kassouf UK 292 Stoyan Obreshkov BUL 319
Brian Green USA 295 Celina Lin CHN 323
Mikita Badziakouski BLR 296 Christopher Frank GER 345

CB: Career-best GPI ranking  |  300: Making GPI300 debut


 

2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE

RANK PLAYER NATION PoY SCORE CHANGE
#1 Bryn Kenney USA 2,487.70
#2 Ari Engel CAN 2,032.65 +4
#3 Mustapha Kanit ITA 1,970.27 -1
#4 Sergio Aido ESP 1,933.22 -1
#5 Byron Kaverman USA 1,828.69 -1
#6 Manig Loeser GER 1,752.38 +2
#7 Nick Petrangelo USA 1,642.51 +3
#8 Koray Aldemir GER 1,631.78 -3
#9 Dylan Wilkerson USA 1,562.14 =
#10 Anthony Spinella USA 1,502.72 NEW
#11 Darryll Fish USA 1,475.40 NEW
#12 Loni Harwood USA 1,459.09 NEW
#13 Ben Heath UK 1,446.64 -6
#14 Daniel Colman USA 1,417.54 NEW
#15 Daniel Dvoress CAN 1,411.21 -3

 

Full April 12, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-04-12/300/

 

 

 

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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.