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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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.