February 01 2017, by Eric Danis
February 1, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
Look out! Former World #1 Fedor Holz is eyeing a return to the pole position…
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,577.93 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,505.18 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,323.16 | 9 | +6 |
| #4 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,272.13 | 3 | -1 |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,122.95 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,039.12 | 5 | -1 |
| #7 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,971.69 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 2,939.20 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 2,933.98 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 2,900.34 | 11 | +1 |
| #11 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,886.31 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,855.39 | 13 | +1 |
| #13 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,855.27 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Jason Koon CB | USA | 2,824.17 | 15 | +1 |
| #15 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,817.68 | 16 | +1 |
| #16 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 2,813.71 | 17 | +1 |
| #17 | Niall Farrell CB | UK | 2,807.04 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,730.71 | 14 | -4 |
| #19 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,722.75 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 2,696.91 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Jason Mercier | USA | 2,683.05 | 22 | +1 |
| #22 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 2,682.71 | 21 | -1 |
| #23 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,679.45 | 23 | = |
| #24 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,661.30 | 24 | = |
| #25 | Dietrich Fast CB | GER | 2,658.08 | 33 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: Steve O’Dwyer (World #27, -2)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Ludovic Geilich | UK | 258 | 147 | +111 |
| Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 278 | 194 | +84 |
| Enzo Del Piero | UK | 277 | 196 | +81 |
| Robert Hankins CB | USA | 238 | 174 | +64 |
| Ben Heath CB | UK | 91 | 35 | +56 |
| Michael Gathy CB | BEL | 167 | 112 | +55 |
| Jesse Sylvia | USA | 290 | 239 | +51 |
| Kilian Kramer CB | GER | 152 | 109 | +43 |
| Artur Koren | GER | 108 | 70 | +38 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 96 | 61 | +35 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Olivier Busquet | USA | 180 | 298 | -118 |
| Alexander Lynskey | AUS | 112 | 191 | -79 |
| Jared Jaffee | USA | 186 | 253 | -67 |
| Scott Clements | USA | 124 | 189 | -65 |
| Stevan Chew | AUS | 173 | 231 | -58 |
| Jeff Gross | USA | 154 | 207 | -53 |
| Linh Tran | VIE | 239 | 288 | -49 |
| Craig Varnell | USA | 93 | 140 | -47 |
| Andy Hwang | USA | 140 | 187 | -47 |
| Jesse Yaginuma | USA | 200 | 244 | -44 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Riley Fuller | USA |
| #302 | Michael Laake | USA |
| #303 | Alex Goulder | UK |
| #304 | William Davies CB | UK |
| #305 | Vicente Delgado | ESP |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Jeff Rossiter | AUS | 137 | Riley Fuller | USA | 301 | |
| Michael Hahn CB | USA | 180 | Michael Laake | USA | 302 | |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 181 | Alex Goulder | UK | 303 | |
| Liv Boeree | UK | 240 | Dermot Blain | IRL | 311 | |
| Tobias Hausen 300 | GER | 269 | Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 318 | |
| Scott Davies | USA | 270 | Esther Taylor-Brady | USA | 326 | |
| Joey Weissman | USA | 272 | Loni Harwood | USA | 331 | |
| Scott Stewart 300 | USA | 273 | Alexander Gambino | USA | 381 | |
| Wael Sarkis | LIB | 296 | Matt Bond | USA | 395 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 1,424.52 |
| #2 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,424.08 |
| #3 | David Yan | NZL | 956.39 |
| #4 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 939.05 |
| #5 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 788.13 |
| #6 | Ben Heath | UK | 771.68 |
| #7 | Lucas Greenwood | CAN | 765.12 |
| #8 | Sergi Reixach | ESP | 760.80 |
| #9 | Roland Israelashvili | USA | 729.34 |
| #10 | Anton Astapau | BLR | 716.70 |
| #11 | Manig Loeser | GER | 713.79 |
| #12 | Mark Radoja | CAN | 689.55 |
| #13 | William Foxen | USA | 678.26 |
| #14 | Benjamin Tollerene | USA | 674.30 |
| #15 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 663.18 |
Full February 1, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-02-01/300/
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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.
