May 17 2017, by Eric Danis
May 17, 2017 World Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Fedor Holz (World #2) returns to #2 in the World for only the second time of his career. The last time he was #2 was last June, a week before the start of his record 30 consecutive week run as the #1 ranked player in the World
›› After falling out of the GPI300 earlier this year, WPT Amsterdam runner-up Louis Salter (World #120) has returned in a big way recently – reaching his career-best ranking this week
›› Former World Top 10 Juha Helppi (World #97) enters the Top 100 for the second time since the start of 2016
›› Although there are no first-time entries into the GPI300 this week, five players make a return to the 300, including partypoker Million North America Champion Jean-Pascal Savard (World #198), who returns to the top group for the first time in 2017
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,525.80 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,450.90 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | David Peters | USA | 3,431.82 | 2 | -1 |
| #4 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,362.37 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,314.73 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,230.29 | 11 | +5 |
| #7 | Jason Mercier | USA | 3,218.68 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,147.51 | 7 | -1 |
| #9 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,116.71 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,090.34 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,058.72 | 12 | +1 |
| #12 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,057.63 | 13 | +1 |
| #13 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,041.03 | 14 | +1 |
| #14 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,036.55 | 9 | -5 |
| #15 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,034.22 | 15 | = |
| #16 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 3,027.93 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Niall Farrell | UK | 3,018.81 | 22 | +5 |
| #18 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,980.23 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,959.97 | 18 | -1 |
| #20 | David Yan | NZL | 2,905.40 | 19 | -1 |
| #21 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,858.76 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,846.67 | 20 | -2 |
| #23 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 2,766.88 | 23 | = |
| #24 | Daniel Strelitz | USA | 2,765.80 | 24 | = |
| #25 | Erik Seidel | USA | 2,747.92 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: None
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Enzo Del Piero CB | UK | 287 | 161 | +126 |
| Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 235 | 137 | +98 |
| Upeshka De Silva | USA | 263 | 182 | +81 |
| Louis Salter CB | UK | 195 | 120 | +75 |
| Juha Helppi | FIN | 167 | 97 | +70 |
| Vojtech Ruzicka | CZE | 200 | 140 | +60 |
| Samuel Chartier | CAN | 138 | 88 | +50 |
| Bart Lybaert CB | BEL | 231 | 185 | +46 |
| Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 160 | 115 | +45 |
| Phong Vip Nguyen | USA | 285 | 251 | +34 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Artem Metalidi | UKR | 199 | 286 | -87 |
| Ryan D’Angelo | USA | 102 | 154 | -52 |
| Dimitar Danchev | BUL | 249 | 299 | -50 |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 133 | 178 | -45 |
| Raiden Kan | HKG | 246 | 287 | -41 |
| James Obst | AUS | 77 | 116 | -39 |
| Michael Dentale | USA | 179 | 215 | -36 |
| Michael Gathy | BEL | 163 | 192 | -29 |
| Jonathan Turner | USA | 120 | 146 | -26 |
| John Juanda | INA | 213 | 239 | -26 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | William Kassouf | UK |
| #302 | Daniel Negrenau | CAN |
| #303 | Ben Palmer | USA |
| #304 | Austin Peck | USA |
| #305 | Natasha Mercier | LIB |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Jean-Pascal Savard | CAN | 198 | William Kassouf | UK | 301 | |
| Timothy West | USA | 220 | Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 302 | |
| Elliot Smith | CAN | 288 | Ben Palmer | USA | 303 | |
| Kane Kalas | USA | 292 | Jeremy Meacham | USA | 315 | |
| Dani Stern | USA | 293 | Alexander Lakhov | RUS | 352 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 2,840.97 | = |
| #2 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,478.79 | +4 |
| #3 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,463.57 | -1 |
| #4 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 2,430.71 | -1 |
| #5 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 2,392.76 | -1 |
| #6 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,262.69 | -1 |
| #7 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,176.14 | = |
| #8 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 2,109.57 | = |
| #9 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,108.44 | = |
| #10 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 1,938.12 | = |
| #11 | Andreas Klatt | GER | 1,938.12 | +1 |
| #12 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 1,854.35 | -1 |
| #13 | Yang Zhang | CHN | 1,829.25 | = |
| #14 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 1,645.09 | NEW |
| #15 | Felipe Ramos | BRA | 1,629.23 | -1 |
Full May 17, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-05-17/300/
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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.
