August 26 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Volpe moves up, Petrangelo moves into Top 10
Mercier pads his lead while Volpe and Petrangelo are moving on up …
VIEW FROM THE TOP
As Jason Mercier (GPI#1, =) begins his sixth week ranked atop the GPI World Poker Rankings, he sees his lead widen at the top following a successful result in the High Roller event at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open, which concluded last week in Florida. Mercier now holds a 238-point lead over current GPI PoY leader Anthony Zinno (GPI#2, =).
A final table finish in the Main Event at the SHRPO sees Paul Volpe (GPI#4 CB, +5) move up to a career-best #4 in the World. A strong summer also has Volpe in contention for GPI Player of the Year – he currently sits 5th on the PoY leaderboard.
A few weeks after German star Dominik Nitsche (GPI#8, =) made his debut in the Top 10, it’s American pro Nicholas Petrangelo’s (GPI#9 CB, +2) turn to enter the elite group for the very first time. Petrangelo was able to move up thanks to Dario Sammartino (GPI#10, =) and Dan Smith (GPI#15, -9) dropping points this week. Smith drops out of the Top 10 for the first time in over three months.
A total of 18 players enter the GPI300 this week including Marc MacDonnell (GPI#225), Christoph Csik (GPI#249), Pablo Fernandez (GPI#256), Jens Lakemeier (GPI#272), James Gilbert (GPI#275) and Randy Pfeifer (GPI#291), who each make their debut inside the Top 300.
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,259.98 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,021.32 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 3,988.80 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,735.02 | 9 | +5 |
| #5 | Scott Seiver | USA | 3,726.19 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,618.37 | 7 | +1 |
| #7 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,592.90 | 5 | -2 |
| #8 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,497.43 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,475.91 | 11 | NEW |
| #10 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 3,443.75 | 10 | = |
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,093.33 | 284 | 154 | +130 |
| Mike McDonald | CAN | 2,650.49 | 181 | 69 | +112 |
| Isaac Baron | USA | 2,161.24 | 216 | 139 | +77 |
| Georges Yazbeck | LIB | 1,921.13 | 261 | 194 | +67 |
| Bertrand Grospellier | FRA | 1,872.68 | 281 | 217 | +64 |
| Daniel Colman | USA | 2,742.60 | 118 | 58 | +60 |
| Ankush Mandavia | USA | 2,602.82 | 128 | 76 | +52 |
| Jeffrey Rossiter | AUS | 2,211.78 | 180 | 129 | +51 |
| Ryan Van Sanford | USA | 1,902.34 | 256 | 205 | +51 |
| Igor Kurganov | RUS | 2,198.25 | 182 | 132 | +50 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Alexander Kuzmin | RUS | 1,784.08 | 172 | 247 | -75 |
| Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | CAN | 1,673.24 | 233 | 293 | -60 |
| Andy Frankenberger | USA | 1,856.10 | 168 | 226 | -58 |
| Dylan Linde | USA | 1,844.23 | 171 | 229 | -58 |
| Norbert Szecsi | HUN | 1,709.74 | 224 | 280 | -56 |
| Maxim Panyak | RUS | 1,771.99 | 200 | 253 | -53 |
| Marc-Andre Ladouceur | CAN | 1,912.93 | 152 | 201 | -49 |
| Matt Salsberg | CAN | 1,795.98 | 193 | 241 | -48 |
| Christopher De Maci | USA | 1,740.43 | 218 | 266 | -48 |
| Allen Kessler | USA | 1,885.21 | 164 | 211 | -47 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› IN ››› | COUNTRY | GPI# | ‹‹‹ OUT ‹‹‹ | COUNTRY | GPI# | |
| Antonio Buonanno | ITA | 189 | Kilian Kramer | GER | 302 | |
| Chris Hunichen | USA | 219 | David Nowling | USA | 304 | |
| Timothy Miles | USA | 223 | Richard Dubini | ARG | 308 | |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 225 | Lasse Frost | DEN | 309 | |
| Viet Van Vo | USA | 230 | Nicolas Chouity | LIB | 311 | |
| Aaron Lim | AUS | 234 | Vojtech Ruzicka | CZE | 314 | |
| Brian Roberts | USA | 243 | Michael Tureniec | SWE | 328 | |
| Christoph Csik | USA | 249 | Seth Berger | USA | 332 | |
| Pablo Fernandez | ESP | 256 | Mark Randal Flowers | USA | 335 | |
| Jens Lakemeier | GER | 272 | Sebastian Pauli | GER | 339 | |
| Dermot Blain | IRL | 274 | Benjamin Spindler | GER | 343 | |
| James Gilbert | USA | 275 | David Chiu | USA | 344 | |
| Leo Fernandez | ARG | 283 | Rumen Nanev | BUL | 347 | |
| Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 285 | Tamer Kamel | UK | 354 | |
| Carlo Savinelli | ITA | 286 | Griffin Benger | CAN | 357 | |
| Daniel Buzgon | USA | 290 | Marko Neumann | GER | 361 | |
| Randy Pfeifer | USA | 291 | Rocco Palumbo | ITA | 363 | |
| Johnny Lodden | NOR | 296 | Andrea Dato | ITA | 366 |
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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.
