June 04 2018, by Eric Danis
May 30, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› William Alex Foxen (World #4) enters the World Series of Poker as a member of the Top 4 for the very first time of his career
›› Having moved up 150 spots in the rankings in the past three weeks, Josias Santos (World #162) has reached his career best rank
›› Right in time for the WSOP, poker legend Phil Hellmuth (World #277) returns to the GPI300
›› Congratulations go out to Brett Murray (World #297), who makes his debut ranked inside the GPI300 this week
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Ranked 1st and 2nd, Stephen Chidwick and Rainer Kempe managed to add points this week
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (7 weeks) | UK | 3,746.41 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,709.27 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,529.57 | 3 | = |
| #4 | William Alex Foxen CB | USA | 3,424.55 | 5 | +1 |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,383.57 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,369.66 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,367.74 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,351.85 | 9 | +1 |
| #9 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,343.33 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,181.55 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 3,133.76 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Stefen Schillhabel | GER | 3,111.70 | 14 | +2 |
| #13 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,088.09 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,070.46 | 15 | +1 |
| #15 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,061.99 | 13 | -2 |
| #16 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,058.18 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,012.65 | 17 | = |
| #18 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy CB | BLR | 2,945.36 | 20 | +2 |
| #19 | Timothy Miles CB | USA | 2,937.61 | 27 | NEW |
| #20 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,936.50 | 18 | -2 |
| #21 | Nick Petrangelo CB | USA | 2,929.89 | 19 | -2 |
| #22 | Darren Elias | USA | 2,928.96 | 36 | NEW |
| #23 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,911.56 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,894.71 | 23 | -1 |
| #25 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,884.52 | 21 | -4 |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Albert Daher (LIB) -1 // #27 Michal Mrakeš (CZE) -3
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Sam Soverel | USA | 261 | 153 | +108 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 207 | 117 | +90 |
| Weiyi Zhang | CHN | 264 | 202 | +62 |
| Josias Santos CB | BRA | 211 | 162 | +49 |
| Omar Lakhdari | MAR | 231 | 188 | +43 |
| Michael Tureniec | SWE | 208 | 170 | +38 |
| Michael Linster | USA | 190 | 154 | +36 |
| Joao Simao | BRA | 116 | 81 | +35 |
| Jared Jaffee | USA | 97 | 73 | +24 |
| Marvin Rettenmeier #1 | GER | 250 | 226 | +24 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Ramon Miquel | ESP | 174 | 244 | -70 |
| Andy Frankenberger | USA | 210 | 270 | -60 |
| Shaun Deeb | USA | 158 | 212 | -54 |
| Kenny Hallaert | BEL | 60 | 112 | -52 |
| Chris Hunichen | USA | 139 | 191 | -52 |
| Richard Dubini | ARG | 181 | 225 | -44 |
| Fabrice Soulier | FRA | 241 | 285 | -40 |
| Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 65 | 105 | -40 |
| Bart Lybaert | BEL | 58 | 95 | -37 |
| Johanssy Joseph | USA | 178 | 215 | -37 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Chen Lin | TAI | +30 |
| #302 | Jesse Alexis Cohen | USA | +12 |
| #303 | Rex Clinkscales | USA | +68 |
| #304 | Jason Mercier | USA | -1 |
| #305 | Paul Newey | UK | +5 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Thomas Marchese | USA | 224 | Rafael Moraes | BRA | 309 | |
| Phil Hellmuth | USA | 277 | Usman Siddique | UK | 312 | |
| Brett Murray 300 | USA | 297 | Martin Kozlov | AUS | 314 | |
| Joshua Turner | USA | 298 | David Jackson | USA | 325 | |
| Max Silver | UK | 299 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | BLR | 330 | |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 300 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 348 |
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 | 3,127.97 | = |
| #2 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,859.86 | = |
| #3 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,639.82 | = |
| #4 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,472.22 | = |
| #5 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,443.30 | +7 |
| #6 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GER | 2,371.36 | -1 |
| #7 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 2,355.59 | -1 |
| #8 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 2,337.37 | -1 |
| #9 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,326.39 | NEW |
| #10 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,292.30 | -2 |
| #11 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,289.58 | -2 |
| #12 | Timothy Miles | USA | 2,274.35 | -2 |
| #13 | Dylan Wilkerson | USA | 2,067.73 | -2 |
| #14 | Brian Altman | USA | 1,964.79 | -1 |
| #15 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,960.53 | -1 |
Full May 30, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-05-30/300/
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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.
