December 02 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: USA dominating top of World Poker Rankings
Nine of the Top 10 spots in the GPI300 are held by members of Team USA … poor Martin Finger left alone fighting for the rest of the world …
VIEW FROM THE TOP
Week #10 at the top of the GPI World Rankings for Byron Kaverman (GPI#1, =), who matches Jason Mercier (GPI#2, =) for the second-longest consecutive weeks at the top streak. Ole Schemion (GPI#51, +4) will finish 2015 with the longest streak after spending the first 17 weeks of 2015 ranked at the top.
Nine of the Top 10 players in the world hail from the mighty USA this week as both Paul Volpe (GPI#9, +6) and Kevin MacPhee (GPI#10, +7) return to theTop 10, replacing fellow American Erik Seidel (GPI#11, -1) and Belgian superstar Davidi Kitai (GPI#12, -3).
Congratulations go out to Je Wook Oh (GPI#289, +30), who enters the GPI300 for the very first time of his poker career.
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 4,448.65 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,235.76 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,029.10 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,838.24 | 7 | +3 |
| #5 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,811.83 | 6 | +1 |
| #6 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,739.73 | 15 | NEW |
| #7 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,731.76 | 4 | -3 |
| #8 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,711.62 | 5 | -3 |
| #9 | Martin Finger | GER | 3,685.07 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Kevin MacPhee | USA | 3,651.19 | 17 | NEW |
Out of the Top 10 this week: Erik Seidel (GPI#11, -1), Davidi Kitai (GPI#12, -3)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Michael Dentale | USA | 2,086.49 | 231 | 161 | +70 |
| Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 2,026.36 | 234 | 176 | +58 |
| Mike Gorodinsky | USA | 2,139.91 | 189 | 146 | +43 |
| Alexander Kuzmin | RUS | 1,826.86 | 279 | 238 | +41 |
| Jesse Martin | USA | 1,878.94 | 256 | 218 | +38 |
| Phillip Hui | USA | 1,800.43 | 277 | 249 | +28 |
| Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 2,049.77 | 194 | 168 | +26 |
| Max Pescatori | ITA | 2,317.60 | 131 | 106 | +25 |
| Mark Darner | USA | 1,965.22 | 221 | 197 | +24 |
| Kiryl Radzivonau | BLR | 2,236.39 | 138 | 117 | +21 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Christoper Bolek | USA | 2,088.43 | 107 | 160 | -53 |
| Robert Mizrachi | USA | 1,743.15 | 238 | 287 | -49 |
| Joe Ebanks | USA | 1,910.53 | 158 | 206 | -48 |
| Calvin Anderson | USA | 1,930.02 | 160 | 202 | -42 |
| Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 1,887.21 | 183 | 214 | -31 |
| Oleksii Khoroshenin | UKR | 2,126.33 | 122 | 151 | -29 |
| Daniel Strelitz | USA | 1,765.65 | 245 | 272 | -27 |
| Charles Chattha | UK | 1,736.55 | 268 | 293 | -25 |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | USA | 2,297.60 | 86 | 110 | -24 |
| Oliver Price | UK | 2,140.61 | 121 | 145 | -24 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Vinny Pahuja | USA | 229 | David Paredes | USA | 301 | |
| Andrey Pateyhcuk | RUS | 242 | Charles Carrel | UK | 302 | |
| Kyle Bowker | USA | 246 | Kane Lai | USA | 304 | |
| Matt Salsberg | CAN | 252 | Ryan Van Sanford | USA | 307 | |
| David Nicholson | USA | 258 | Justin Schwartz | USA | 310 | |
| Eric Baldwin | USA | 266 | Riley Fuller | USA | 311 | |
| Jesse Sylvia | USA | 270 | Loni Harwood | USA | 315 | |
| Roman Valerstein | USA | 273 | Joao Simao | BRA | 316 | |
| Diogo Cardoso | POR | 278 | Philip Galfond | USA | 333 | |
| Antonio Esfandiari | USA | 280 | Ben Vinson | UK | 340 | |
| Je Wook Oh | USA | 289 | John Parker | USA | 347 | |
| Chris Tryba | USA | 292 | Stuart Rutter | UK | 357 | |
| Timur Margolin | ISR | 300 | Greg Merson | USA | 388 |
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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.
