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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