February 28 2019, by Eric Danis
February 27, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› 2018 Poker Masters Champion Ali Imsirovic (GPI #22) cracked the GPI Top 25 for the first time last week – this week, he’s up 2 more spots following a victory at the US Poker Open
›› Reigning PCA High Roller winner Martin Zamani (GPI #110) is the biggest riser within the GPI300 this week, up over 130 spots to a career-best #110 following a trio of Top 10 finishes at the US Poker Open
›› Although there are no first-time entrants into the GPI300 this week, two players returning to the Top 300 hit career-bests: Mykhalio Gutyi (GPI #216) and Richard Bai (GPI #291)
›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Sean Winter leads Rainer Kempe by 300+ points early in the 2019 race
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | William Alex Foxen (21 weeks) | USA | 3,920.36 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,756.52 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,655.91 | 4 | +1 |
| #4 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,649.04 | 3 | -1 |
| #5 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,464.72 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,370.33 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,290.44 | 13 | +6 |
| #8 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,281.64 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,270.48 | 7 | -2 |
| #10 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,205.56 | 18 | +8 |
| #11 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,196.39 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Dominik Nistche | GER | 3,181.84 | 11 | -1 |
| #13 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,148.00 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 3,120.34 | 16 | +2 |
| #15 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,085.88 | 17 | +2 |
| #16 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,054.28 | 14 | -2 |
| #17 | Michael Addamo | AUS | 3,048.12 | 19 | +2 |
| #18 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,022.17 | 15 | -3 |
| #19 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,012.74 | 22 | +3 |
| #20 | Manig Loeser | GER | 3,009.12 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,004.13 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Almedin Imsirovic | BIH | 2,986.11 | 24 | +2 |
| #23 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 2,979.00 | 9 | -14 |
| #24 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,966.91 | 25 | +1 |
| #25 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,964.01 | 29 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Isaac Haxton (USA) -3
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #110 | Martin Zamani CB | USA | 241 | +131 |
| #159 | Chris Hunichen | USA | 261 | +102 |
| #227 | Andrew Hills CB | UK | 287 | +60 |
| #221 | Filipe Oliveira CB | POR | 275 | +54 |
| #60 | Barry Hutter | USA | 112 | +52 |
| #153 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 205 | +52 |
| #128 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 167 | +39 |
| #157 | Peter Vitantonio | USA | 193 | +36 |
| #214 | Joshua Kay | USA | 249 | +35 |
| #173 | Ben Heath | UK | 206 | +33 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #168 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 72 | -96 |
| #259 | Julien Martini | FRA | 175 | -84 |
| #273 | Victor Chong | MAS | 213 | -60 |
| #231 | Michael Tureniec | SWE | 179 | -52 |
| #199 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | UKR | 152 | -47 |
| #233 | Anton Wigg | SWE | 186 | -47 |
| #111 | Ognyan Dimov | BUL | 68 | -43 |
| #220 | Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 177 | -43 |
| #262 | Joseph Couden | USA | 221 | -41 |
| #213 | Lander Lijo Bereciartua | ESP | 173 | -40 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Allen Kessler | USA | +8 |
| #302 | Jasthi Kumar CB | USA | +17 |
| #303 | Evangelos Beichrakis CB | GRE | +12 |
| #304 | Simon Deadman | UK | +8 |
| #305 | Carlos Chadha Villamarin | USA | +16 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Mykhalio Gutyi CB | UKR | 216 | Phil Hellmuth | USA | 316 | |
| Viet Van Vo | USA | 225 | Jeff Gross | USA | 328 | |
| Craig Varnell | USA | 234 | Albert Daher | LIB | 329 | |
| Alexandre Santo | BRA | 288 | Peter Hengsakul | USA | 334 | |
| John Richards | USA | 289 | Brett Bader | USA | 341 | |
| Richard Bai CB | USA | 291 | Dan Wilson | IRL | 353 | |
| Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 292 | Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 418 | |
| Simon Burns | UK | 294 | Patrick Clarke | IRL | 420 | |
| Spencer Champlin | USA | 296 | Jimmy Guerrero | FRA | 428 | |
| Robin Hegele | GER | 298 | Marton Czuczor | HUN | 573 | |
| Christian Harder | USA | 300 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2019 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| 1st | Sean Winter | USA | 1,919.38 | = |
| 2nd | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,610.25 | = |
| 3rd | Jack Salter | UK | 1,463.21 | = |
| 4th | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 1,461.56 | = |
| 5th | Toby Lewis | UK | 1,435.53 | = |
| 6th | David Rheem | USA | 1,351.81 | = |
| 7th | David Peters | USA | 1,281.05 | NEW |
| 8th | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,277.91 | NEW |
| 9th | Daniel Tang | 1,207.81 | -2 | |
| 10th | Brian Altman | USA | 1,101.49 | NEW |
| 11th | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,070.17 | -3 |
| 12th | Jon Turner | USA | 1,058.23 | +2 |
| 13th | Dave Alfa | USA | 1,057.17 | -4 |
| 14th | Martin Zamani | USA | 1,053.91 | NEW |
| 15th | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 1,046.17 | -5 |
Full February 27, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-02-27/300/
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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.
