December 21 2016, by Eric Danis
December 21, 2016 World Poker Rankings Update
We start this week’s update with a look at the 2016 GPI Player of the Year race as David Peters has taken the lead from Fedor Holz at the 11th hour…
2016 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | David Peters | USA | 3,666.31 |
| #2 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,644.80 |
| #3 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,513.79 |
| #4 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,336.54 |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,269.00 |
| #6 | Alan ‘Ari’ Engel | CAN | 3,255.23 |
| #7 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,192.88 |
| #8 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,176.03 |
| #9 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,138.97 |
| #10 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,114.66 |
| #11 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 3,088.76 |
| #12 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,002.78 |
| #13 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 2,992.47 |
| #14 | Jason Mercier | USA | 2,983.71 |
| #15 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,941.18 |
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 4,722.60 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Petrers CB | USA | 4,435.53 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 4,329.12 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 4,232.44 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Dan Smith | USA | 4,212.68 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 4,141.78 | 16 | +10 |
| #7 | Thomas Marchese | USA | 4,081.59 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,974.69 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Adrian Mateos CB | ESP | 3,944.03 | 14 | +5 |
| #10 | Connor Drinan | USA | 3,925.63 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,920.40 | 12 | +1 |
| #12 | Erik Seidel | USA | 3,909.29 | 9 | -3 |
| #13 | Jason Mercier | USA | 3,904.01 | 6 | -7 |
| #14 | Sean Winter | USA | 3,786.13 | 17 | +3 |
| #15 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,769.43 | 13 | -2 |
| #16 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,682.06 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Chance Kornuth CB | USA | 3,678.11 | 24 | +7 |
| #18 | Cary Katz CB | USA | 3,668.55 | 20 | +2 |
| #19 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,653.80 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,651.58 | 25 | +5 |
| #21 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,645.81 | 11 | -10 |
| #22 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,640.88 | 18 | -4 |
| #23 | Igor Kurganov | RUS | 3,626.15 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 3,562.33 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 3,536.83 | 26 | NEW |
Out of Top 25: #26 Stephen Chidwick (-5)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Julian Stuer CB | GER | 232 | 92 | +140 |
| Yang Zhang CB | CHN | 243 | 145 | +98 |
| Kiryl Radzivonau | BLR | 257 | 160 | +97 |
| Martin Kozlov CB | AUS | 277 | 186 | +91 |
| Dmitry Yurasov CB | RUS | 245 | 169 | +76 |
| Liv Boeree | UK | 236 | 163 | +73 |
| Tom Hall | UK | 211 | 140 | +71 |
| Frederik Jensen | DEN | 300 | 233 | +67 |
| Gavin O’Rourke | IRL | 293 | 228 | +65 |
| Fabrice Soulier | FRA | 281 | 221 | +60 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| David Malka | USA | 197 | 295 | -98 |
| Roland Israelahsvili | USA | 143 | 238 | -95 |
| Benjamin Yu | USA | 188 | 277 | -89 |
| Iliodoris Kamatakis | GRE | 161 | 234 | -73 |
| Govert Metaal | NED | 209 | 279 | -70 |
| Michael Watson | CAN | 85 | 151 | -66 |
| Stevan Chew | AUS | 205 | 261 | -56 |
| Justin Zaki | USA | 210 | 266 | -56 |
| Alexander Denisov | RUS | 110 | 164 | -54 |
| Shaun Deeb | USA | 159 | 207 | -48 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Jesse Yaginuma | USA | 198 | George Danzer | GER | 301 | |
| Andreas Freund CB | AUT | 208 | Kacper Pyzara | POL | 302 | |
| Louis Salter | UK | 218 | Jyri Merivirta | FIN | 303 | |
| Matthew Stout | USA | 237 | Jeff Madsen | USA | 304 | |
| Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 253 | Thiago Nishijima | BRA | 307 | |
| Vicente Delgado 300 | ESP | 258 | Kevin Eyster | USA | 310 | |
| Timothy Burt 300 | USA | 262 | Randy Ohel | USA | 313 | |
| Rumen Nanev | BUL | 273 | Jonathan Duhamel | CAN | 314 | |
| Jean-Noel Thorel | FRA | 276 | Chris Hunichen | USA | 320 | |
| Patrick Mahoney 300 | USA | 280 | Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 324 | |
| Wael Sarkis | LIB | 283 | David Diaz | USA | 328 | |
| Daniel O’Brien | USA | 284 | Jesse Sylvia | USA | 335 | |
| Josip Simunic | AUT | 285 | John Dolan | USA | 338 | |
| Daniel Colman | USA | 288 | Rocco Palumbo | ITA | 346 | |
| John Monnette | USA | 290 | Adam Friedman | USA | 347 | |
| Jesse Alexis Cohen | USA | 291 | Mark Dube | USA | 350 | |
| Jonathan Abdellatif CB | BEL | 292 | Andre Akkari | BRA | 351 | |
| Matas Cimbolas | LIT | 293 | Anton Wigg | SWE | 369 | |
| Javier Zarco | ESP | 294 | David Levi | USA | 393 | |
| Alex Difelice | CAN | 300 | Jean-Pascal Savard | CAN | 444 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
Full December 21, 2016 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/300/2016-12-21/
*Cover photo courtesy of World Poker Tour
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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.
