May 23 2019, by Eric Danis
May 22, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Reigning and defending GPI Female Player of the Year (2017, 2018) Kristen Bicknell reaches a career-high #11 in the Global Rankings this week – one step away from the Top 10
›› WPT Choctaw final table participant Nick Pupillo (GPI #22) makes a return to the Top 25 in eight of the past 11 weeks
›› Congratulations go out to another WPT Choctaw FT player, Trung Pham (GPI #294), makes his GPI300 debut
›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Sean Winter is still on top while Sam Greenwood gains two spots to reach 3rd in the chase for PoY
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
#1 | William Alex Foxen (33 weeks) | USA | 3,952.43 | 1 | = |
#2 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,635.90 | 2 | = |
#3 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,619.34 | 3 | = |
#4 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,487.58 | 4 | = |
#5 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,472.22 | 5 | = |
#6 | Manig Loeser | GER | 3,406.46 | 6 | = |
#7 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,373.72 | 7 | = |
#8 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,304.77 | 8 | = |
#9 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,291.89 | 9 | = |
#10 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,267.99 | 10 | = |
#11 | Kristen Bicknell CB | CAN | 3,227.50 | 13 | +2 |
#12 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,197.68 | 11 | -1 |
#13 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,193.30 | 17 | +4 |
#14 | Michael Addamo | AUS | 3,145.82 | 15 | +1 |
#15 | Sean Winter | USA | 3,118.09 | 26 | NEW |
#16 | Nick Petrangelo CB | USA | 3,081.07 | 19 | +3 |
#17 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 3,074.64 | 16 | +3 |
#18 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,071.84 | 12 | -6 |
#19 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,038.45 | 18 | -1 |
#20 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,027.65 | 14 | -6 |
#21 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 3,026.75 | 21 | = |
#22 | Nick Pupillo CB | USA | 3,023.84 | 32 | NEW |
#23 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,015.75 | 20 | -3 |
#24 | Dylan Linde | USA | 2,989.35 | 23 | -1 |
#25 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,986.32 | 24 | -1 |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Daniel Tang (HKG) -4 // #27 Koray Aldemir (GER) -2
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
#172 | Craig Varnell | USA | 253 | +81 |
#123 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 186 | +63 |
#145 | Ben Lamb | USA | 202 | +57 |
#59 | Seng Yee Leow | MAS | 111 | +52 |
#88 | William Berry | USA | 138 | +50 |
#223 | Joshua Reichard | USA | 271 | +48 |
#159 | Jefferey Fielder | USA | 194 | +35 |
#268 | Vincent Moscati | USA | 297 | +29 |
#252 | Brock Wilson CB | USA | 280 | +28 |
#189 | Blair Hinkle | USA | 213 | +24 |
DOWN THE LADDER
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
#262 | Paul Volpe | USA | 163 | -99 |
#237 | Michael Watson | CAN | 168 | -69 |
#154 | Steffen Sontheimmer | GER | 90 | -64 |
#158 | Mustapha Kanit | ITA | 95 | -63 |
#231 | Jose Ignacio Barbero | ARG | 171 | -60 |
#249 | Guillaume Diaz | FRA | 195 | -54 |
#278 | Marty Mathis | USA | 231 | -47 |
#277 | Cliff Josephy | USA | 235 | -42 |
#222 | Chris Hunichen | USA | 183 | -39 |
#300 | Richard Alsup | USA | 265 | -35 |
ON THE BUBBLE
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
#301 | Scott Margerson | UK | -2 |
#302 | Steve Sung | USA | +24 |
#303 | Erkut Yilmaz | USA | +40 |
#304 | Alexander Denisov | RUS | -31 |
#305 | Ray Qartomy | USA | +40 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
Joe Elpayaa | USA | 194 | Scott Margereson | UK | 301 | |
Ryan Phan | USA | 212 | Alexander Denisov | RUS | 304 | |
Joshua Kay | USA | 283 | Jordan Cristos | USA | 306 | |
Ben Heath | UK | 284 | Petter Jetten | CAN | 307 | |
Mike Shin | USA | 286 | Chen An Lin | TAI | 310 | |
Trung Pham 300 | USA | 294 | Ryan Olisar | USA | 312 | |
Aaron Johnson | USA | 297 | Darryll Fish | USA | 322 | |
Lucas Greenwood | CAN | 298 | Daniel Buzgon | USA | 327 | |
Alex Ziskin | RUS | 299 | Aymon Hata | UK | 356 | |
Mike Takayama | PHI | 264 | Filipe Oliveira | POR | 357 | |
Alexander Denisov | RUS | 273 | Dejuante Alexander | USA | 361 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2019 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
1st | Sean Winter | USA | 2,627.05 | = |
2nd | Bryn Kenney | USA | 2,533.85 | = |
3rd | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,482.84 | +2 |
4th | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,416.04 | -1 |
5th | Brian Altman | USA | 2,263.92 | +1 |
6th | James Romero | USA | 2,240.06 | -2 |
7th | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 2,151.19 | NEW |
8th | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 2,137.83 | +2 |
9th | Nick Pupillo | USA | 2,094.17 | NEW |
10th | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,067.32 | -3 |
Full May 22, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-05-22/300/
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