August 23 2018, by Eric Danis
August 22, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Nikita Bodyakovskiy (World #13) continues his rise in the standings. The two-time Triton Poker Super High Roller winner now sits at #13 in the GPI World Rankings
›› Recent HPT St. Charles winner and GPI American Poker Award winner Maurice Hawkins (World #69) is the biggest riser inside the GPI300 this week
›› Congratulations go out to Thai Ha (World #238), Christopher Conrad (World #292) and Anna Antimony (World #296) who all make their GPI300 debuts this week
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Benjamin Yu’s 4th place finish in the 10K Event on the final day of the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open sees him move up a spot in the PoY race
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (19 weeks) | UK | 3,860.84 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,666.36 | 2 | = |
| #3 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,596.33 | 3 | = |
| #4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,521.29 | 5 | +1 |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,505.49 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,461.30 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,349.58 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,289.93 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,286.21 | 10 | +1 |
| #10 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,243.82 | 11 | +1 |
| #11 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,121.84 | 12 | +1 |
| #12 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,096.46 | 14 | +2 |
| #13 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy CB | BLR | 3,080.31 | 16 | +3 |
| #14 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,052.52 | 9 | -5 |
| #15 | Anthony Zinno #1 | USA | 3,051.49 | 18 | +3 |
| #16 | Darren Elias | USA | 3,046.98 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,042.50 | 13 | -4 |
| #18 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 2,996.39 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Shaun Deeb CB | USA | 2,991.08 | 21 | +2 |
| #20 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 2,971.74 | 19 | -1 |
| #21 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 2,966.33 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,943.05 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,942.61 | 23 | = |
| #24 | Ryan Riess | USA | 2,929.39 | 38 | NEW |
| #25 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,899.13 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: #27 Brian Altman (USA) -3
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #69 | Maurice Hawkins | USA | 143 | +74 |
| #141 | Matthew Stout | USA | 196 | +55 |
| #197 | Samuel Phillips | USA | 248 | +51 |
| #237 | Jake Schwartz | USA | 288 | +51 |
| #192 | Andrew Kelsall | USA | 232 | +40 |
| #74 | David Pham | USA | 113 | +39 |
| #161 | Philipp Gruissem | GER | 198 | +37 |
| #92 | Matt Affleck | USA | 128 | +36 |
| #247 | John Richards | USA | 283 | +36 |
| #53 | Michal Mrakeš | CZE | 88 | +35 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #291 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 174 | -117 |
| #143 | Martin Jacobson | SWE | 63 | -80 |
| #258 | Aymon Hata | GER | 189 | -69 |
| #169 | Igor Kurganov | RUS | 101 | -68 |
| #269 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 202 | -67 |
| #181 | Stefan Huber | SUI | 122 | -59 |
| #268 | James Romero | USA | 211 | -57 |
| #172 | Georgios Vrakas | GRE | 116 | -56 |
| #105 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 55 | -50 |
| #219 | Andre Akkari | BRA | 169 | -50 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Oliver Weis | GER | -2 |
| #302 | Christian Harder | USA | -56 |
| #303 | Michael Gagliano | USA | +1 |
| #304 | Dan Wilson | IRL | -86 |
| #305 | Guillaume Diaz | FRA | -29 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Thai Ha 300 | VIE | 238 | Oliver Weis | GER | 301 | |
| Artem Metalidi | UKR | 262 | Christian Harder | USA | 302 | |
| Stanley Lee CB | USA | 280 | Dan Wilson | IRL | 304 | |
| Chad Eveslage | USA | 281 | Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 305 | |
| David ‘ODB’ Baker | USA | 283 | Bartlomiej Machon | POL | 307 | |
| Christopher Conrad | USA | 292 | Nick Schulman | USA | 309 | |
| Olivier Busquet | USA | 295 | Thomas Taylor | CAN | 320 | |
| Anna Antimony 300 | USA | 296 | Vinny Pahuja | USA | 326 | |
| Marshall White | USA | 299 | Taylor Paur | USA | 358 | |
| Brett Apter | USA | 300 | Steven van Zadelhoff | NED | 387 |
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 | 3,691.67 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,660.28 | = |
| #3 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,569.71 | = |
| #4 | David Peters | USA | 3,144.12 | = |
| #5 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,122.50 | = |
| #6 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,116.13 | = |
| #7 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,096.99 | = |
| #8 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,086.82 | = |
| #9 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 3,004.06 | +1 |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,948.00 | -1 |
| #11 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,925.92 | = |
| #12 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,923.53 | = |
| #13 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 2,902.54 | = |
| #14 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 2,894.11 | = |
| #15 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,753.48 | = |
Full August 22, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-08-22/300/
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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.
