April 05 2017, by Eric Danis
April 5, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
THE HEADLINES
›› Nick Petrangelo returns to #1 in the World; he spent 5 weeks at #1 earlier this year
›› Former World #1’s Fedor Holz (World #4) and Steve O’Dwyer (World #8) make big moves up the rankings
›› PokerStars Championship Macau prelim event winner Quan Zhou (World #93) makes his Top 100 debut
›› After spending all of March on the bubble, Romain Lewis (World #294) finally enters the GPI300 for the first time of his career
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,537.28 | 3 | +2 |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,444.17 | 1 | -1 |
| #3 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,226.57 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,188.36 | 17 | +13 |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,171.55 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,132.51 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,129.85 | 5 | -2 |
| #8 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,094.92 | 18 | +10 |
| #9 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,092.63 | 7 | -2 |
| #10 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,014.76 | 8 | -2 |
| #11 | Dan Smith | USA | 2,998.86 | 9 | -2 |
| #12 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,975.79 | 10 | -2 |
| #13 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,968.70 | 11 | -2 |
| #14 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,945.72 | 12 | -2 |
| #15 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,926.91 | 13 | -2 |
| #16 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,925.11 | 14 | -2 |
| #17 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,924.25 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,904.87 | 16 | -2 |
| #19 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,852.33 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,843.26 | 22 | +2 |
| #21 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,831.28 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | David Yan | NZL | 2,789.01 | 24 | +2 |
| #23 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | UKR | 2,788.91 | 21 | -2 |
| #24 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 2,714.91 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Ben Heath | UK | 2,688.38 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: None
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Faraz Jaka | USA | 276 | 180 | +96 |
| Quan Zhou CB | CHN | 178 | 93 | +85 |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 264 | 181 | +83 |
| Rafael Moraes | BRA | 234 | 175 | +59 |
| Joseph McKeehen | USA | 95 | 42 | +53 |
| Richard Alsup | USA | 290 | 241 | +49 |
| Zohair Karim | USA | 259 | 216 | +43 |
| Andrew Hulme | UK | 216 | 176 | +40 |
| Daniel O’Brien | USA | 212 | 173 | +39 |
| Daniel Colman | USA | 169 | 133 | +36 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Anthony Gregg | USA | 197 | 257 | -60 |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 88 | 132 | -44 |
| Nathan Bjerno | USA | 174 | 215 | -41 |
| Kully Sidhu | UK | 58 | 95 | -37 |
| Jean Gaspard | USA | 228 | 264 | -36 |
| Benjamin Zamani | USA | 31 | 60 | -29 |
| Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 81 | 110 | -29 |
| Matt Affleck | USA | 75 | 102 | -27 |
| Vinny Pahuja | USA | 140 | 167 | -27 |
| WeiYi Zhang | CHN | 203 | 228 | -25 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Liv Boeree | UK |
| #302 | David Lopez Llacer | ESP |
| #303 | Konstantin Puchkov | RUS |
| #304 | Jeremy Meacham | USA |
| #305 | Artur Conan | FRA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Michael Addamo | AUS | 140 | Liv Boeree | UK | 301 | |
| Nick Yunis | CHI | 274 | David Lopez Llacer | ESP | 302 | |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | GER | 290 | Konstantin Puchkov | RUS | 303 | |
| Upeshka De Silva | USA | 293 | Jeremy Meacham | USA | 304 | |
| Romain Lewis 300 | FRA | 294 | Artur Conan | FRA | 305 | |
| Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 295 | Wael Sarkis | LIB | 306 | |
| Ariel Celestino | BRA | 298 | William Kassouf | UK | 321 | |
| James Chen | TAI | 299 | Brian Green | USA | 326 |
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 | 2,101.11 | |
| #2 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 1,970.27 | |
| #3 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 1,784.14 | |
| #4 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 1,656.88 | +2 |
| #5 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 1,631.78 | -1 |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,604.24 | -1 |
| #7 | Ben Heath | UK | 1,446.64 | +1 |
| #8 | Manig Loeser | GER | 1,426.75 | NEW |
| #9 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 1,377.82 | -2 |
| #10 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 1,349.37 | NEW |
| #11 | Michael Del Vecchio | USA | 1,277.00 | -2 |
| #12 | Daniel Dvoress | USA | 1,236.21 | -2 |
| #13 | Sergi Reixach | ESP | 1,200.59 | -2 |
| #14 | Nadya Magnus | USA | 1,196.08 | -2 |
| #15 | Roland Israelashvili | USA | 1,188.77 | -2 |
Full April 5, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-04-05/300/
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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.
