May 17 2018, by Eric Danis
May 16, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› It’s a really quiet week in the rankings as Jason Koon (World #10) makes the biggest push inside our Top 25, moving up three spots to #10
›› A successful work (and fun) trip to Morocco sees former November Niner Sylvain Loosli (World #65) rise to his highest ranking in three months
›› No first time entries into the GPI300 this week. Amongst the seven returning players are World Series of Poker bracelet winners Phillip Hui (World #293) and Pascal Lefrancois (World #300)
›› 2018 GPI PoY: A Main Event victory at the Winamax SISMIX in Marrakech helps defending GPI Player of the Year Adrian Mateos move up to 5th in the 2018 PoY race
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (5 weeks) | UK | 3,775.44 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,695.86 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,495.33 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,445.60 | 4 | = |
| #5 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,418.33 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,358.22 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,233.91 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,185.35 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 3,133.76 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,125.82 | 13 | +3 |
| #11 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,116.41 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,115.63 | 11 | -1 |
| #13 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,111.70 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,027.40 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,012.65 | 16 | +1 |
| #16 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,995.06 | 15 | -1 |
| #17 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,977.16 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,969.47 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 2,950.45 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,890.35 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,889.80 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Michal Mrakes | CZE | 2,881.44 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,873.50 | 23 | = |
| #24 | Albert Daher | LIB | 2,868.37 | 24 | = |
| #25 | Timothy Miles | USA | 2,853.83 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: None
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Sylvain Loosli | FRA | 215 | 150 | +65 |
| Je Wook Oh | USA | 162 | 104 | +58 |
| Morten Mortensen CB | DEN | 147 | 118 | +29 |
| Charles La Boissoiniere CB | CAN | 265 | 238 | +27 |
| Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 268 | 246 | +22 |
| Kevin MacPhee | USA | 199 | 180 | +19 |
| Jonathan Abdellatif | BEL | 241 | 225 | +16 |
| Ivan Deyra | FRA | 171 | 157 | +14 |
| Demo Kiriopoulos | CAN | 233 | 222 | +11 |
| Michael Linster | USA | 204 | 194 | +10 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 183 | 233 | -50 |
| Aaron Massey | USA | 148 | 186 | -38 |
| Jake Schwartz | USA | 245 | 272 | -27 |
| Linh Tran | VIE | 247 | 273 | -26 |
| Daniel Wagner | USA | 216 | 240 | -24 |
| Jason Gooch | USA | 272 | 295 | -23 |
| Jeffrey Trudeau | USA | 165 | 184 | -19 |
| Fabrice Soulier | FRA | 227 | 245 | -18 |
| Justin Liberto | USA | 77 | 94 | -17 |
| Kurt Jewell | USA | 139 | 156 | -17 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Jonathan Turner | USA | -1 |
| #302 | Ismael Bojang | BEL | +4 |
| #303 | Govert Metaal | NED | +4 |
| #304 | Phong Vip Nguyen | USA | +4 |
| #305 | Chen Lin | TAI | -8 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Park Yu Cheung | HKG | 250 | Jonathan Turner | USA | 301 | |
| Andres Korn | ARG | 287 | Chen Lin | TAI | 305 | |
| Phillip Hui | USA | 293 | Rex Clinkscales | USA | 308 | |
| Bobby Zhang | AUS | 296 | Kahle Burns | AUS | 324 | |
| Raffaele Sorrentino | ITA | 297 | Tom Hall | UK | 326 | |
| Josias Santos | BRA | 299 | Jean Gaspard | USA | 335 | |
| Pascal Lefrancois | CAN | 300 | Samuel Chartier | CAN | 358 | |
| Stefan Huber | SUI | 242 | Benjamin Richardson | AUS | 310 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2018 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,928.70 | = |
| #2 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,813.98 | = |
| #3 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,639.82 | = |
| #4 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,472.22 | = |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 2,355.59 | +1 |
| #6 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 2,337.36 | -1 |
| #7 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,292.30 | = |
| #8 | Timothy Miles | USA | 2,071.41 | = |
| #9 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 2,067.73 | = |
| #10 | Brian Altman | USA | 1,964.79 | = |
| #11 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,960.53 | = |
| #12 | Manig Loeser | GER | 1,931.40 | = |
| #13 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,919.01 | = |
| #14 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,894.89 | = |
| #15 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 1,890.78 | = |
Full May 16, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-05-16/300/
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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.
