July 26 2017, by Eric Danis
July 26, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Three Americans, a Canadian and now TWO Spaniards form the World Top 6 as Sergio Aido, who cracked the Top 10 two weeks ago, now sits at a career-high #6 – two spots behind fellow countryman Adrian Mateos (World #4)
›› Triple victories helped UK star Patrick Leonard (World #88) take a huge leap this week into the Top 100. Amazingly, he has moved close to 1,000 spots up in the rankings
›› WSOP Main Event third place finisher Benjamin Pollak (World #35) has earned his highest ranking since January 2016, moving up 119 spots and into the Top 50
›› Three other WSOP Main Event final table participants also made huge strides this week by moving back into the GPI300: Antoine Saout (World #99), Bryan Piccioli (World #156), Damian Salas (World #177)
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,480.87 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,294.37 | 2 | = |
| #3 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,182.73 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,177.14 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,166.75 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Sergio Aido CB | ESP | 3,066.15 | 9 | +3 |
| #7 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,042.65 | 8 | +1 |
| #8 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,039.56 | 20 | +12 |
| #9 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,032.63 | 7 | -2 |
| #10 | Dario Sammartino | USA | 3,024.41 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,022.66 | 6 | -5 |
| #12 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,982.71 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,969.70 | 11 | -2 |
| #14 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,934.58 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,916.52 | 15 | = |
| #16 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,911.38 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,902.41 | 17 | = |
| #18 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 2,900.42 | 23 | +5 |
| #19 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,888.79 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,874.32 | 21 | +1 |
| #21 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,854.88 | 25 | +4 |
| #22 | Dan Smith | USA | 2,842.38 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,836.10 | 24 | +1 |
| #24 | Paul Volpe | USA | 2,825.77 | 18 | -6 |
| #25 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 2,803.35 | 13 | -12 |
Out of the Top 25: None
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Patrick Leonard CB | UK | 295 | 88 | +207 |
| Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 154 | 35 | +119 |
| Paul Hoefer | GER | 166 | 84 | +82 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | AUT | 148 | 86 | +62 |
| Manig Loeser CB | GER | 121 | 62 | +59 |
| Javier Zapatero CB | ESP | 89 | 32 | +57 |
| Ray Qartomy | USA | 197 | 140 | +57 |
| Daniel Dizenzo CB | USA | 290 | 233 | +57 |
| Dylan Linde | USA | 240 | 189 | +51 |
| Ravi Raghavan | USA | 292 | 241 | +51 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Chad Eveslage | USA | 127 | 188 | -61 |
| Artur Koren | GER | 172 | 224 | -52 |
| Alexander Lynskey | AUS | 205 | 247 | -42 |
| Benjamin Tollerene | USA | 147 | 187 | -40 |
| Michal Mrakes | CZE | 239 | 274 | -35 |
| Vlad Darie | ROU | 62 | 93 | -31 |
| Mukul Pahuja | USA | 170 | 200 | -30 |
| Philipp Gruissem | GER | 221 | 251 | -30 |
| Josip Simunic | AUT | 269 | 299 | -30 |
| Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 52 | 80 | -28 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Vincent Moscati | USA |
| #302 | Isaac Haxton | USA |
| #303 | Dorian Rios Pavon | VEN |
| #304 | Paul Balzano | USA |
| #305 | Alan King Lun Lau | HKG |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Antoine Saout | FRA | 99 | Vincent Moscati | USA | 301 | |
| Bryan Piccioli | USA | 156 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 302 | |
| Damian Salas CB | ARG | 177 | Paul Balzano | USA | 304 | |
| Jonathan Karamalikis | AUS | 183 | Alan King Lun Lau | HKG | 305 | |
| Jesse James Sylvia | USA | 207 | Jake Cody | UK | 308 | |
| Adrian Attenborough CB | AUS | 230 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 314 | |
| Dimitar Danchev | BUL | 239 | Jan Bendik | SLV | 326 | |
| Salvatore Dicarlo | USA | 262 | Mark Herm | USA | 350 | |
| Adam Geyer | USA | 265 | Kitty Kuo | TAI | 351 | |
| Joey Weissman | USA | 268 | Luiz Ferreira Filho | BRA | 357 | |
| Justin Young | USA | 270 | Stefan Jedlicka | AUT | 370 | |
| John Juanda | INA | 285 | Tony Dunst | USA | 372 | |
| William Berry | USA | 296 | Jens Lakemeier | GER | 419 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 2,928.47 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 2,881.97 | = |
| #3 | Dan Smith | USA | 2,841.98 | = |
| #4 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 2,840.97 | = |
| #5 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,833.85 | = |
| #6 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,809.01 | = |
| #7 | David Peters | USA | 2,684.63 | = |
| #8 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,652.80 | = |
| #9 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,618.77 | = |
| #10 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,616.70 | = |
| #11 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,562.21 | NEW |
| #12 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 2,558.33 | NEW |
| #13 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 2,556.40 | -1 |
| #14 | Pete Chen | TAI | 2,542.69 | -3 |
| #15 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 2,527.67 | -2 |
Full July 26, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-07-26/300/
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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.
