December 07 2017, by Eric Danis
December 6, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Six of the Top 9 players ranked inside the GPI World Rankings are current or former World #1’s: Adrian Mateos (Current #1), Bryn Kenney (#2), David Peters (#3), Dan Smith (#6), Fedor Holz (#7) and Nick Petrangelo (#9)
›› Coming off a strong showing in the Caribbean and in Las Vegas, partypoker pro Jason Koon (World #5) has hit another milestone – now entering the GPI Top 5
›› A trio of American players make their GPI300 debuts this week: Jeffrey Trudeau (World #245), Krzysztof Stybaniewicz (World #285) and Andrew Kelsall (World #291)
›› Speaking of the GPI300 – keep an eye on Kazakhstan’s Shyngis Satubayen (World #301), who is on the verge of entering the elite group for the very first time of his career
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Adrian Mateos (2 wks) | ESP | 3,571.59 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,401.03 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,343.89 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,254.04 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Jason Koon CB | USA | 3,253.77 | 8 | +3 |
| #6 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,233.37 | 7 | +1 |
| #7 | Fedor Holz #1 | GER | 3,217.59 | 5 | -2 |
| #8 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,184.27 | 11 | +3 |
| #9 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,161.72 | 6 | -3 |
| #10 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,079.24 | 9 | -1 |
| #11 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,071.18 | 12 | +1 |
| #12 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,041.79 | 10 | -2 |
| #13 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,038.11 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,033.24 | 20 | +6 |
| #15 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,008.69 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Niall Farrell | UK | 3,003.95 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 2,971.26 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,965.85 | 16 | -2 |
| #19 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 2,944.77 | 17 | -2 |
| #20 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 2,923.20 | 19 | -1 |
| #21 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,903.75 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 2,876.25 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,855.82 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Darren Elias | USA | 2,848.41 | 32 | NEW |
| #25 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,845.52 | 24 | -1 |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Chance Kornuth (USA) -1
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Benjamin Tollerene CB | USA | 271 | 118 | +153 |
| Matas Cimbolas CB | LIT | 227 | 107 | +120 |
| Davidi Kitai | BEL | 214 | 134 | +80 |
| John Monnette | USA | 221 | 152 | +69 |
| David ‘ODB’ Baker | USA | 237 | 175 | +62 |
| Darryll Fish | USA | 123 | 65 | +58 |
| Jared Jaffee | USA | 219 | 167 | +52 |
| Lander Lijo Bereciartua | ESP | 245 | 193 | +52 |
| David Jackson | USA | 249 | 202 | +47 |
| Daniel Tang | HKG | 194 | 153 | +41 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 149 | 237 | -88 |
| Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 106 | 179 | -73 |
| Samuel Chartier | CAN | 188 | 255 | -67 |
| Sam Soverel | USA | 133 | 190 | -57 |
| Michal Mrakes | CZE | 208 | 259 | -51 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 174 | 219 | -45 |
| Phong Nguyen | USA | 160 | 201 | -41 |
| Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 261 | 297 | -36 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | USA | 193 | 227 | -34 |
| Jeremy Joseph | USA | 236 | 270 | -34 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Shyngis Satubayen CB | KAZ |
| #302 | Michael Linster | USA |
| #303 | Alex Difelice | CAN |
| #304 | Paul Newey | UK |
| #305 | Matt Bond | USA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Jeffrey Trudeau 300 | USA | 245 | Michael Linster | USA | 302 | |
| Andres Korn | ARG | 250 | Alex Difelice | CAN | 303 | |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 273 | Paul Newey | UK | 304 | |
| Fahredin Mustafov CB | BUL | 274 | Matt Bond | USA | 305 | |
| Jean-Pascal Savard | CAN | 276 | Kyle Cartwright | USA | 308 | |
| Park Yu Cheung | HKG | 277 | Dmitry Chop | UKR | 312 | |
| Kyle Bowker | USA | 278 | Chris Klodnicki | USA | 318 | |
| Simon Lam | USA | 283 | Scott Davies | USA | 323 | |
| Ray Henson | USA | 284 | Jeff Gross | USA | 324 | |
| Krzystof Stybaniewicz 300 | USA | 285 | Damian Salas | ARG | 358 | |
| Jean Gaspard | USA | 289 | Salvatore Dicarlo | USA | 369 | |
| Andrew Kelsall 300 | USA | 291 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 407 | |
| Kiryl Radzivonau | BLR | 294 | Andrey Pateychuk | RUS | 413 | |
| Mark Herm | USA | 295 | David ‘Doc’ Sands | USA | 431 | |
| Romain Lewis | FRA | 296 | Jesse Sylvia | USA | 483 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,478.06 | = |
| #2 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,448.91 | = |
| #3 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,280.21 | = |
| #4 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,197.38 | = |
| #5 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,170.57 | +1 |
| #6 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,134.62 | -1 |
| #7 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,086.76 | +8 |
| #8 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,048.64 | -1 |
| #9 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 3,006.34 | -1 |
| #10 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,964.45 | NEW |
| #11 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,950.31 | NEW |
| #12 | Darren Elias | USA | 2,942.14 | -3 |
| #13 | Steffen Sontheimer | GER | 2,941.11 | -3 |
| #14 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,940.17 | -3 |
| #15 | David Peters | USA | 2,934.32 | -3 |
Full December 6, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-12-06/300/
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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.
