August 08 2018, by Eric Danis
August 8, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› A second Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event win sees Nikita Bodyakovskiy (World #13) reach a career-high in the GPI World Rankings this week
›› Former GPI World #1 Anthony Zinno (World #18) returns to the World Top 25 following his 5th place finish at WPT Choctaw in Durant, Oklahoma
›› No debut entries in the GPI300 this week, however seven players make a return to the lead group, including American Poker Award winner Nick Schulman (World #296)
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Stephen Chidwick remains atop both GPI World and 2018 PoY races
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (17 weeks) | UK | 3,858.21 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,666.36 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,552.71 | 3 | = |
| #4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,551.51 | 4 | = |
| #5 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,551.49 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,353.92 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,313.80 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,307.14 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,292.86 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,253.99 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,155.36 | 24 | +13 |
| #12 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,149.07 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy CB | BLR | 3,133.26 | 20 | +7 |
| #14 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,127.58 | 11 | -3 |
| #15 | Darren Elias | USA | 3,088.21 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,075.39 | 13 | -3 |
| #17 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 3,064.17 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Anthony Zinno #1 | USA | 3,051.49 | 26 | NEW |
| #19 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,038.19 | 16 | -3 |
| #20 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,020.99 | 17 | -3 |
| #21 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 3,002.87 | 18 | -3 |
| #22 | Mike Leah | CAN | 2,999.34 | 19 | -3 |
| #23 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 2,964.16 | 21 | -2 |
| #24 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,943.05 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,940.27 | 22 | -3 |
Out of the Top 25: #27 Benjamin Tollerene (USA) -2
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #91 | Anthony Ruberto | USA | 181 | +90 |
| #204 | Justin Young | USA | 274 | +70 |
| #226 | Bryan Piccioloi | USA | 284 | +58 |
| #160 | Daniel Strelitz | USA | 203 | +43 |
| #241 | Jonathan Turner | USA | 283 | +42 |
| #211 | Robert Heidorn | GER | 252 | +41 |
| #98 | Sam Soverel | USA | 138 | +40 |
| #227 | Nikolay Fal | RUS | 265 | +38 |
| #251 | Cliff Josephy | USA | 285 | +34 |
| #147 | Paul Hofer | GER | 173 | +26 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #286 | Claas Segebrecht | GER | 209 | -77 |
| #242 | Samuel Phillips | USA | 169 | -73 |
| #217 | Joshua Kay | USA | 162 | -55 |
| #209 | Michael Sklenicka | CZE | 157 | -52 |
| #297 | Richard Kirsch | GER | 247 | -50 |
| #233 | Jack Sinclair | UK | 191 | -42 |
| #144 | Kenny Hallaert | BEL | 103 | -41 |
| #264 | Jordan Cristos | USA | 224 | -40 |
| #239 | Nipun Java | IND | 205 | -34 |
| #108 | Joe Kuether | USA | 82 | -26 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Ralph Massey | USA | -2 |
| #302 | Oliver Weis | GER | -2 |
| #303 | Gal Yifrach | USA | -2 |
| #304 | Spencer Champlin | USA | +4 |
| #305 | Jeffrey Hakim | USA | -3 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Anton Wigg | SWE | 231 | Ralph Massey | USA | 301 | |
| Seth Davies | USA | 253 | Oliver Weis | GER | 302 | |
| Viet Van Vo | USA | 268 | Weiyi Zhang | CHN | 306 | |
| Phachara Wongwichit | AUS | 275 | Stanislav Koleno | SLV | 316 | |
| Elio Fox | USA | 288 | Michael Zhang | UK | 321 | |
| Steven Van Zadelhoff | NED | 292 | Kitty Kuo | TAI | 330 | |
| Nick Schulman | USA | 296 | Ben Heath | UK | 363 |
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 | 3,297.45 | = |
| #4 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,116.13 | +2 |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,096.99 | -1 |
| #6 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,086.82 | -1 |
| #7 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,948.00 | +4 |
| #8 | David Peters | USA | 2,936.16 | -1 |
| #9 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,934.50 | -1 |
| #10 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,925.92 | +4 |
| #11 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,923.53 | -2 |
| #12 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 2,886.93 | -2 |
| #13 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,753.48 | -1 |
| #14 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,725.14 | -1 |
| #15 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 2,708.38 | = |
Full August 8, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-08-08/300/
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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.
