January 24 2019, by Eric Danis

January 23, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update

THIS WEEK’S NOTES

›› A pair of side event victories at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) sees former GPI #3 Rainer Kempe (GPI #5) return to the Top 5 for the first time since January of 2018

›› Posting results in the Bahamas, Los Angeles and Melbourne has helped Toby Lewis (GPI# 131) gain over 320 spots in the rankings in the past two weeks

›› Congratulations go out to Ivan Zhetchev (GPI #177) and Filipe Oliveira (GPI #289), who make their debut ranked inside the GPI300 this week

›› 2019 GPI PoY: Canadian star Sam Greenwood starts the year ranked #1 in the 2019 PoY race

GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25

RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE
#1 William Alex Foxen (16 weeks) USA 4,016.97 1 =
#2 David Peters #1 USA 3,655.78 2 =
#3 Stephen Chidwick #1 UK 3,495.77 3 =
#4 Steve O’Dwyer #1 USA 3,481.47 4 =
#5 Rainer Kempe GER 3,420.70 10 +5
#6 Adrian Mateos #1 ESP 3,326.70 5 -1
#7 Benjamin Pollak FRA 3,300.89 6 -1
#8 Ryan Riess USA 3,298.84 7 -1
#9 Nikita Bodyakovskiy BLR 3,274.90 9 =
#10 Dominik Nitsche GER 3,269.24 18 +8
#11 Sam Greenwood CAN 3,227.53 20 +9
#12 Pavel Plesuv MDA 3,225.30 11 -1
#13 Jake Schindler USA 3,207.10 8 -5
#14 Kristen Bicknell CAN 3,123.95 12 -2
#15 Christopher Michael Soyza MAS 3,109.29 13 -2
#16 Nick Petrangelo #1 USA 3,097.29 15 -1
#17 Shaun Deeb USA 3,065.54 17 =
#18 Jason Koon USA 3,062.15 14 -4
#19 Bart Lybaert BEL 3,039.39 19 =
#20 Joseph McKeehen USA 3,012.11 16 -4
#21 Justin Bonomo USA 2,986.11 21 =
#22 Michael Addamo AUS 2,975.21 24 +2
#23 Brian Altman USA 2,970.07 36 NEW
#24 Isaac Haxton USA 2,965.19 22 -2
#25 Jan Schwippert GER 2,939.21 25 =

Out of the Top 25: #26 Manig Loeser (GER) -3

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

RANK PLAYER NATION LAST CHANGE
#131 Toby Lewis USA 283 +152
#144 Timur Margolin ISR 259 +115
#60 Daniel Strelitz USA 156 +96
#160 Erik Seidel #1 USA 244 +84
#138 Vadzim Lipauka CB BLR 208 +70
#191 Byron Kaverman #1 USA 237 +46
#248 Andrew Kelsall USA 293 +45
#121 Brett Murray CB USA 163 +42
#142 Nicholas Palma USA 182 +40
#99 Stephen Song CB LIT 247 +78

DOWN THE LADDER

RANK PLAYER NATION LAST CHANGE
#268 Michael Dentale USA 195 -73
#287 Hiroyuki Noda JPN 230 -57
#157 Alexander Lynskey RUS 105 -52
#82 Paul Volpe USA 35 -47
#233 Paul Balzano USA 190 -43
#127 Darryll Fish USA 86 -41
#257 Eric Blair USA 219 -38
#291 Craig Mason USA 254 -37
#156 Ben Palmer USA 124 -32
#206 Ankush Mandavia USA 174 -32

ON THE BUBBLE

RANK PLAYER NATION +/-
#301 Christian Harder USA -7
#302 Lucas Greenwood CAN -7
#303 Ryan Phan USA -69
#304 Mike Takayama PHI -6
#305 Robin Hegele GER -17

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

GPI300: IN ››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT NATION GPI#
Ivan Zhetchev 300 BUL 177 Christian Harder USA 301
Omar Lakhdari ALG 212 Lucas Greenwood CAN 302
David “Chino” Rheem USA 214 Ryan Phan USA 303
Ubaid Habib USA 243 Mike Takayama PHI 304
Filipe Oliveira 300 POR 269 Robin Hegele GER 305
Randy “Nanonoko” Lew USA 277 Gavin O’Rourke IRL 307
Guo Dong CHN 281 Bobby Zhang AUS 309
Mihai Manole ROU 285 Michael Del Vecchio USA 312
Jordan Cristos USA 289 Eyal Bensimhon AUT 336
Kacper Pyzara POL 290 Craig Varnell USA 357

 

CB: Career-best GPI ranking  |  300: Making GPI300 debut |  #1: Former GPI World #1


 

Full January 23, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-01-23/300/

 

 

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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.