October 12 2017, by Eric Danis
October 11, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Koray Aldemir’s successful 2017 season sees him move to a career-best World #8 this week. He started the year ranked #92 in the World
›› David Eldridge’s hot streak continues. After joining the GPI300 for the first time of his career on September 27th, he now stands at a career-high #199 in the World
›› Congratulations go out to the first ever WPT500 winner, Sean Yu (World #298), who makes his GPI300 debut this week
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney (8 wks) | USA | 3,485.54 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,292.43 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,268.26 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,210.05 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,206.33 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,158.28 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,109.22 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Koral Aldemir CB | GER | 3,078.43 | 9 | +1 |
| #9 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 3,030.67 | 10 | +1 |
| #10 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,029.09 | 8 | -2 |
| #11 | Fedor Holz #1 | GER | 3,017.70 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 2,977.55 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,957.25 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,854.91 | 16 | +2 |
| #15 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,849.95 | 15 | = |
| #16 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 2,838.18 | 17 | +1 |
| #17 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,829.60 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,806.96 | 19 | +1 |
| #19 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,805.46 | 20 | +1 |
| #20 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,803.25 | 14 | -6 |
| #21 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 2,787.55 | 23 | +2 |
| #22 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 2,776.70 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,773.80 | 24 | +1 |
| #24 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 2,766.91 | 25 | +1 |
| #25 | Javier Zapatero | ESP | 2,764.09 | 26 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #29 Jake Schindler (USA) -8
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Phong Vip Nguyen CB | USA | 231 | 150 | +81 |
| Jonathan Turner | USA | 288 | 209 | +79 |
| Matt Glantz | USA | 257 | 189 | +68 |
| Scott Clements | USA | 245 | 188 | +57 |
| David Eldridge CB | USA | 253 | 199 | +54 |
| Matas Cimbolas | LIT | 297 | 243 | +54 |
| Sorel Mizzi | CAN | 241 | 192 | +49 |
| Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 206 | 158 | +48 |
| Philipp Gruissem | GER | 244 | 198 | +46 |
| Martin Kabrhel CB | CZE | 240 | 201 | +39 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Mikita Badziakouski | BLR | 168 | 285 | -117 |
| Cary Katz | USA | 83 | 166 | -83 |
| Sam Greenwood | CAN | 125 | 193 | -68 |
| Christopher Frank | GER | 117 | 163 | -46 |
| Chad Eveslage | USA | 186 | 232 | -46 |
| Loni Harwood | USA | 169 | 210 | -41 |
| Davidi Kitai | BEL | 60 | 90 | -30 |
| Erik Seidel | USA | 36 | 65 | -29 |
| Eric Baldwin | USA | 196 | 225 | -29 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | USA | 209 | 237 | -28 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Schuyler Thornton | USA |
| #302 | Andrey Pateychuk | RUS |
| #303 | David Laka | ESP |
| #304 | Ray Henson | USA |
| #305 | James Calderaro | USA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Louis Salter | USA | 248 | Ray Henson | USA | 304 | |
| Thomas Taylor | CAN | 282 | Salvatore Dicarlo | USA | 307 | |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 296 | Benjamin Keeline | USA | 314 | |
| Sean Yu 300 | KOR | 298 | Robert Hankins | USA | 395 | |
| Richard Alsup | USA | 299 | Alex Difelice | CAN | 412 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2017 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,440.32 | = |
| #2 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,167.07 | = |
| #3 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,058.14 | = |
| #4 | Dan Smith | USA | 2,948.77 | = |
| #5 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 2,928.47 | = |
| #6 | Dejuante Alexander | USA | 2,919.11 | +1 |
| #7 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,830.89 | -1 |
| #8 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 2,795.90 | +3 |
| #9 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,788.84 | +3 |
| #10 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 2,783.99 | -2 |
| #11 | Pete Chen | TAI | 2,781.40 | -2 |
| #12 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,778.51 | -2 |
| #13 | David Peters | USA | 2,767.73 | = |
| #14 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 2,765.80 | = |
| #15 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,711.90 | = |
Full October 11, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-10-11/300/
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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.
