May 25 2018, by Eric Danis
May 23, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Sam Greenwood (World #8) is gaining ground in the standings, moving into the Top 10 for the very first time of his career
›› A Triton Super High Roller Main Event victory in Montenegro sees Nikita Bodyakovskiy (World #20) make a return to the Top 25
›› Fellow Belarusian Ihar Soika (World #63) makes the biggest jump inside the GPI300 this week, moving up over 200 spots to a career-best #63
›› Congratulations go out to Boris Kolev (World #271) of Bulgaria, who makes his debut ranked inside the GPI300 this week
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Two more event victories in Cyprus helped Georgios Zisimopoulos move up the PoY ranks. Zisimopoulos now has six victories in Cyprus this year
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (6 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 | 3,424.55 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,381.41 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,367.74 | 10 | +3 |
| #8 | Sam Greenwood CB | CAN | 3,343.33 | 23 | +15 |
| #9 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,223.56 | 7 | -2 |
| #10 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,185.35 | 8 | -2 |
| #11 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 3,133.76 | 9 | -2 |
| #12 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,116.41 | 11 | -1 |
| #13 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,115.63 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,111.70 | 13 | -1 |
| #15 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,070.46 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,058.18 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,012.65 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,977.16 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 2,950.45 | 19 | = |
| #20 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy CB | BLR | 2,945.36 | 28 | NEW |
| #21 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,903.97 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,899.35 | 21 | -1 |
| #23 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,894.71 | 18 | -5 |
| #24 | Michal Mrakes | CZE | 2,881.44 | 22 | -2 |
| #25 | Albert Daher | LIB | 2,868.37 | 24 | -1 |
Out of the Top 25: #27 Timothy Miles (USA) -2
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Ihar Soika CB | BLR | 268 | 63 | +205 |
| Almedin Imsirovic CB | USA | 286 | 162 | +124 |
| Josias Santos CB | BRA | 299 | 211 | +88 |
| Aaron Johnson CB | USA | 210 | 143 | +67 |
| Ramon Miquel | ESP | 239 | 174 | +65 |
| Dominik Panka | POL | 256 | 196 | +60 |
| Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 117 | 65 | +52 |
| Marshall White | USA | 298 | 251 | +47 |
| Dmitry Gromov | RUS | 271 | 225 | +46 |
| Joao Simao | BRA | 159 | 116 | +43 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Rafael Moraes | BRA | 136 | 272 | -136 |
| Mihai Niste | ROU | 169 | 263 | -94 |
| Claas Segebrecht | GER | 141 | 226 | -85 |
| Christian Harder | USA | 216 | 286 | -70 |
| Oliver Weis | GER | 155 | 221 | -66 |
| Usman Siddique | UK | 227 | 289 | -62 |
| Michael Zhang | UK | 127 | 187 | -60 |
| Justin Young | USA | 230 | 288 | -58 |
| Ivan Luca | ARG | 201 | 258 | -57 |
| Pierre Neuville | BEL | 175 | 228 | -53 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Brett Murray CB | USA | +129 |
| #302 | Mark Dube | USA | +19 |
| #303 | Jason Mercier #1 | USA | +3 |
| #304 | Benjamin Richardson | AUS | +3 |
| #305 | Upeshka De Silva | USA | +4 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Sam Soverel | USA | 261 | Michael Gagliano | USA | 317 | |
| Kacper Pyzara | POL | 267 | Jack Duong | USA | 320 | |
| Boris Kolev | BUL | 271 | Jason Gooch | USA | 324 | |
| Luke Bereton | UK | 287 | Juha Helppi | FIN | 327 | |
| Kevin Saul | USA | 292 | Thomas Marchese | USA | 338 | |
| Govert Metaal | NED | 300 | Pascal Lefrancois | CAN | 346 |
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 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 2,371.36 | +10 |
| #6 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 2,355.59 | -1 |
| #7 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 2,337.36 | -1 |
| #8 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,292.30 | -1 |
| #9 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,108.43 | +3 |
| #10 | Timothy Miles | USA | 2,071.41 | -2 |
| #11 | Dylan Wilkeson | USA | 2,067.73 | -2 |
| #12 | Jake Schindler | USA | 1,996.03 | NEW |
| #13 | Brian Altman | USA | 1,964.79 | -3 |
| #14 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,960.53 | -3 |
| #15 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,919.01 | -2 |
Full May 23, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-05-23/300/
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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.
