May 31 2017, by Eric Danis
May 31, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Recent success on the Las Vegas strip sees former World #1 David Peters (World #2) narrow the gap between himself and current World #1 Nick Petrangelo
›› A 13th place finish in the Deep Stack Series Main Event at the Seminole Hard Rock allows former World Top 10 Benjamin Zamani (World #48) to return to the Top 50
›› Former World #1 Daniel Negreanu (World #190) returns to the GPI300 this week. This is only the third time that Kid Poker has been ranked inside the Top 300 this year
›› We bid adieu to Bulgarian star Dimitar Danchev (World #307), who drops out of the GPI300 for the very first time of his career. Danchev debuted at #270 in April 2012
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,510.93 | 1 | = |
| #2 | David Peters | USA | 3,446.60 | 3 | +1 |
| #3 | Justin Bonomo CB | USA | 3,445.98 | 5 | +2 |
| #4 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,427.20 | 2 | -2 |
| #5 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,337.60 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,236.17 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Jason Mercier | USA | 3,165.47 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,157.11 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,116.71 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,090.34 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,074.61 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,068.71 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,068.43 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 3,037.20 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,035.42 | 17 | +2 |
| #16 | Dan Smith | USA | 3,030.77 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,017.87 | 15 | -2 |
| #18 | David Yan | NZL | 2,990.44 | 18 | = |
| #19 | Jake Schindler | USA | 2,961.32 | 23 | +4 |
| #20 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,920.95 | 19 | -1 |
| #21 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,893.12 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 2,858.76 | 21 | -1 |
| #23 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,846.67 | 22 | -1 |
| #24 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,840.52 | 24 | = |
| #25 | Erik Seidel | USA | 2,741.62 | 26 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: Davidi Kitai (World #26, -1)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Steffen Sontheimer | UK | 278 | 187 | +91 |
| Amos Ben Haim | CHI | 280 | 206 | +74 |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | SRB | 172 | 104 | +68 |
| Farid Jattin | COL | 167 | 102 | +65 |
| Thomas Marchese | USA | 158 | 97 | +61 |
| David Diaz | USA | 265 | 220 | +45 |
| Dominik Panka | POL | 266 | 223 | +43 |
| Lee Wai Kiat | MAS | 277 | 250 | +27 |
| Benjamin Zamani | USA | 72 | 48 | +24 |
| Vlad Darie CB | ROU | 105 | 83 | +22 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Upsehka De Silva | USA | 182 | 295 | -113 |
| Michael Gathy | BEL | 190 | 272 | -82 |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 227 | 296 | -69 |
| Rafael Moraes | BRA | 122 | 186 | -64 |
| Timothy West | USA | 214 | 267 | -53 |
| Ryan D’Angelo | USA | 151 | 201 | -50 |
| Isaac Haxton | USA | 117 | 166 | -49 |
| Mark Herm | USA | 231 | 275 | -44 |
| Vinny Pahuja | USA | 238 | 270 | -32 |
| Tobias Peters | NED | 181 | 210 | -29 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Nicholas Palma | USA |
| #302 | Allen Kessler | USA |
| #303 | David Jackson | USA |
| #304 | Wael Sarkis | LIB |
| #305 | Tobias Hausen | GER |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Daniel Negreanu | CAN | 190 | Nicholas Palma | USA | 301 | |
| Christian Christner CB | GER | 212 | Allen Kessler | USA | 302 | |
| Brian Rast | USA | 233 | Dimitar Danchev | BUL | 307 | |
| Linh Tran | CHN | 238 | Thiago Nishijima | BRA | 313 | |
| Alexander Denisov | RUS | 252 | Stefan Jedlicka | AUT | 317 | |
| Chad Eveslage | USA | 274 | Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 326 | |
| Alexander Lakhov | RUS | 287 | Ouassini Mansouri | FRA | 332 | |
| Scott Stewart | USA | 299 | Rex Clinkscales | USA | 342 | |
| WeiYi Zhang | CHN | 300 | Chino Rheem | USA | 345 |
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 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 2,570.52 | +3 |
| #3 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,478.79 | -1 |
| #4 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,463.57 | -1 |
| #5 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 2,430.71 | -1 |
| #6 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,262.69 | = |
| #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 | David Peters | USA | 1,929.74 | NEW |
| #12 | Andreas Klatt | GER | 1,892.07 | -1 |
| #13 | Timothy Adams | CAN | 1,854.35 | -1 |
| #14 | Yang Zhang | CHN | 1,829.25 | -1 |
| #15 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1,800.23 | NEW |
Full May 31, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-05-31/300/
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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.
