October 11 2018, by Eric Danis
October 10, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Another strong performance, this time at partypoker MILLIONS UK in Nottingham, sees Alex Foxen (World #1) reach top status on the GPI World Poker Rankings for the very first time of his career. The 2nd place in Nottingham also propelled Foxen to 1st in the 2018 GPI PoY race
›› Former World #1 Steve O’Dwyer (World #8) made a huge jump inside the Top 25 following a pair of High Roller event victories in Nottingham
›› Tom Hall (World #105) is the biggest mover inside the GPI300 this week, moving up 135 spots to #105, his highest ranking in eight months
›› Congratulations go out to Claudio Di Giacomo (World #273), Milad Oghabian Langar (World #289) and Martin Zamani (World #292), who all make their debuts in the GPI300
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
#1 | William Alex Foxen CB | USA | 3,980.45 | 2 | +1 |
#2 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,781.56 | 1 | -1 |
#3 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,628.40 | 3 | = |
#4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,587.77 | 5 | +1 |
#5 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,551.66 | 4 | -1 |
#6 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,408.53 | 6 | = |
#7 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,327.51 | 7 | = |
#8 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,301.96 | 22 | +14 |
#9 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,287.99 | 8 | -1 |
#10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,203.72 | 11 | +1 |
#11 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,165.43 | 9 | -2 |
#12 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,125.71 | 10 | -2 |
#13 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,105.66 | 17 | +4 |
#14 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,103.34 | 12 | -2 |
#15 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,084.59 | 13 | -2 |
#16 | Kristen Bicknell CB | CAN | 3,073.46 | 23 | +7 |
#17 | Anthony Zinno #1 | USA | 3,031.29 | 15 | -2 |
#18 | Timothy Miles | USA | 3,030.47 | 16 | -2 |
#19 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 3,023.95 | 18 | -1 |
#20 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,010.46 | 31 | NEW |
#21 | Darren Elias | USA | 3,008.45 | 19 | -2 |
#22 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 2,994.79 | 21 | -1 |
#23 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 2,993.76 | 20 | -3 |
#24 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,978.39 | 14 | -10 |
#25 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 2,954.32 | 24 | -1 |
Out of the Top 25: #29 Dan Smith #1 (USA) -4
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
#105 | Tom Hall | UK | 240 | +135 |
#175 | Max Silver | UK | 273 | +98 |
#118 | Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 195 | +77 |
#89 | Michael Wang | USA | 161 | +72 |
#66 | Preben Stokkan | NOR | 118 | +52 |
#142 | Michael Watson | CAN | 193 | +51 |
#185 | Ryan Phan | USA | 235 | +50 |
#238 | Andres Korn | ARG | 287 | +49 |
#234 | Timur Margolin | ISR | 280 | +46 |
#94 | Martin Jacobson | SWE | 138 | +44 |
DOWN THE LADDER
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
#170 | Joao Simao | BRA | 100 | -70 |
#155 | Matt Affleck | USA | 97 | -58 |
#208 | David Eldridge | USA | 153 | -55 |
#286 | Chen Lin | TAI | 238 | -48 |
#171 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 133 | -38 |
#218 | Paul Hofer | GER | 181 | -37 |
#156 | Scott Stewart | USA | 122 | -34 |
#263 | Jonathan Turner | USA | 230 | -33 |
#290 | Robert Hankins | USA | 258 | -32 |
#130 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 99 | -31 |
ON THE BUBBLE
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
#301 | Paul Michaelis | GER | +24 |
#302 | Aaron Mermelstein | USA | -43 |
#303 | – | – | – |
#304 | Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | -23 |
#305 | Alexander Denisov | RUS | +1 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
Ioannis Angelou-Konstas CB | GRE | 82 | Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 302 | |
Michael Zhang | USA | 190 | Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 304 | |
Martin Kabrhel | CZE | 202 | Peter Eichhardt | SWE | 307 | |
James Calderaro | USA | 253 | Wendy Freedman | USA | 308 | |
Scott Margereson | UK | 261 | Brian Green | USA | 312 | |
Patrick Clarke CB | IRL | 266 | Eric Blair | USA | 313 | |
Christopher Conrad CB | USA | 272 | Kiryl Radzivonau | BLR | 315 | |
Claudio Di Giacomo 300 | ITA | 273 | Thomas Taylor | CAN | 324 | |
Milad Oghabian Langar 300 | NED | 289 | Alex Ziskin | USA | 327 | |
Martin Zamani 300 | USA | 292 | Jordan Cristos | USA | 341 | |
Anton Wigg | SWE | 298 | Ravi Raghavan | USA | 343 |
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 |
1st | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,710.76 | +5 |
2nd | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,691.67 | -1 |
3rd | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,660.28 | -1 |
4th | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,625.15 | -1 |
5th | David Peters | USA | 3,561.52 | -1 |
6th | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,364.20 | -1 |
7th | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,230.72 | = |
8th | Jason Koon | USA | 3,191.17 | = |
9th | Benjamin Yu | USA | 3,191.07 | = |
10th | Christopher Michael Soyza | USA | 3,147.81 | = |
11th | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,116.13 | = |
12th | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,099.37 | = |
13th | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,077.21 | = |
14th | Almedin Imsirovic | USA | 3,026.47 | = |
15th | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,983.58 | NEW |
Full October 10, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-10-10/300/
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