April 26 2018, by Eric Danis
April 25, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Lost in the Stephen Chidwick shuffle last week was Jan Schwippert’s (World #10) move up 13 spots to a career-best #11 in the World. This week, the German moves up one more spot to debut in the Top 10
›› Morten Mortensen (World #124) moves to a career-best ranking this week. The Danish veteran recently finished 10th in the Main Event at the partypoker MILLIONS Grand Final
›› Congratulations go out to Daniel Wagner (World #213) and Neil Patel (World #264), who each make their GPI300 debuts this week
›› On the flip side, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Paul Volpe (World #303) drops out of the GPI300 for the first time in almost six years … Volpe is not a member of the GPI300 for the first time since August 2012
›› 2018 GPI PoY: We have a pair of new entries in the PoY Top 15 this week as WSOP Circuit Cherokee ring winners Dylan Wilkerson and Joseph Cheong make big moves up the PoY rankings
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (2 weeks) | UK | 3,808.48 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,738.71 | 2 | = |
| #3 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,418.33 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,360.62 | 5 | +1 |
| #5 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,359.52 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,285.32 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,206.16 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,202.00 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,176.79 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jan Schwippert CB | GER | 3,152.76 | 11 | +1 |
| #11 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,134.17 | 17 | +6 |
| #12 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,122.88 | 14 | +2 |
| #13 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,122.14 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,090.94 | 13 | -1 |
| #15 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,089.06 | 15 | = |
| #16 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,063.66 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Brian Altman | USA | 3,000.96 | 10 | -7 |
| #18 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,985.53 | 20 | +2 |
| #19 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,929.70 | 21 | +2 |
| #20 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,923.84 | 25 | +5 |
| #21 | Nick Petrangelo CB | USA | 2,920.81 | 22 | +1 |
| #22 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,901.03 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,862.27 | 24 | +1 |
| #24 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,847.41 | 26 | NEW |
| #25 | Timothy Miles | USA | 2,837.72 | 35 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #28 Dan Smith (USA) -10 // #31 Steve O’Dwyer (USA) -12
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Faraz Jaka | USA | 296 | 94 | +202 |
| David Eldridge | USA | 282 | 136 | +146 |
| Morten Mortensen CB | DEN | 240 | 124 | +116 |
| Joe Kuether | USA | 244 | 134 | +110 |
| Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 182 | 82 | +100 |
| William Givens | USA | 233 | 157 | +76 |
| Michael Newman | USA | 290 | 216 | +74 |
| Zachary Donovan CB | USA | 217 | 146 | +71 |
| Jefferey Fielder | USA | 185 | 115 | +70 |
| Mukul Pahuja | USA | 274 | 206 | +68 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Michael Watson | CAN | 181 | 277 | -96 |
| Roman Korenev | RUS | 175 | 258 | -83 |
| Ismael Bojang | GER | 94 | 175 | -81 |
| Alan King Lun Lau | HKG | 166 | 246 | -80 |
| Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 80 | 160 | -80 |
| Fedor Holz | GER | 111 | 181 | -70 |
| David Laka Calzada | ESP | 144 | 211 | -67 |
| Sam Soverel | USA | 219 | 284 | -65 |
| Christian Christner | GER | 137 | 202 | -65 |
| Jimmy Guerrero | FRA | 172 | 235 | -63 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Duff Charette | CAN | -4 |
| #302 | Stephen Buell | USA | = |
| #303 | Paul Volpe | USA | -4 |
| #304 | Derek Wolters | USA | +1 |
| #305 | Ognyan Dimov | BUL | +1 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Matthew Stout | USA | 156 | Duff Charette | CAN | 301 | |
| Daniel Wanger 300 | USA | 213 | Paul Volpe | USA | 303 | |
| Joseph Couden | USA | 228 | Thomas Boivin | BEL | 306 | |
| Samuel Phillips | USA | 248 | Phil Hellmuth | USA | 316 | |
| Jeff Gross | USA | 255 | Juha Helppi | FIN | 321 | |
| Neil Patel 300 | USA | 264 | Dean Baranowski | USA | 322 | |
| Juan Carlos Alvarado | MEX | 274 | Usman Siddique | UK | 333 | |
| Blake Bohn | USA | 290 | Max Silver | UK | 335 | |
| Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 293 | Diego Zeiter | SUI | 355 | |
| Chen Lin | TAI | 294 | Jake Cody | UK | 367 | |
| Giuseppe Pantaleo | GER | 297 | Yuliyan Nikolaev Kolev | BUL | 504 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2018 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,588.63 | = |
| #2 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,380.34 | = |
| #3 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 2,067.73 | NEW |
| #4 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 2,063.75 | NEW |
| #5 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 1,994.22 | +5 |
| #6 | Timothy Miles | USA | 1,955.07 | +11 |
| #7 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1,935.80 | +1 |
| #8 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 1,918.80 | -5 |
| #9 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,894.89 | -2 |
| #10 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 1,890.78 | -6 |
| #11 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,862.02 | -5 |
| #12 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 1,842.66 | +2 |
| #13 | Brian Altman | USA | 1,795.13 | -8 |
| #14 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,756.38 | -5 |
| #15 | Joao Simao | BRA | 1,639.27 | -4 |
Full April 25, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-04-25/300/
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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.
