October 19 2017, by Eric Danis
October 18, 2017 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Tom Hall (World #25) joins the World Top 25 for the first time of his career following his Main Event victory at 888Live London earlier this week
›› Triton Super High Roller Side Event Six-Max winner Stefan Schillhabel (World #13) continues his rise. He’s now the #3 ranked player in Germany behind World #8 Koray Aldemir and World #11 Fedor Holz
›› After spending 15 weeks on the outside looking in, former World #2 Mike Watson (World #272) makes his return to the GPI300 after finishing 2nd to Schillhabel in Macau
›› Finally, congratulations go out to Foxwoods World Poker Finals Champion Jia Liu (World #285) for making his GPI300 debut this week!
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Bryn Kenney (9 wks) | USA | 3,485.54 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,295.96 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,271.48 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,210.05 | 4 | = |
| #5 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,183.54 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,158.28 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,156.86 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Koral Aldemir | GER | 3,078.43 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Steve O’Dwyer CB | USA | 3,042.21 | 12 | +3 |
| #10 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 3,019.44 | 9 | -1 |
| #11 | Fedor Holz #1 | GER | 3,017.70 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,016.07 | 10 | -2 |
| #13 | Stefan Schillhabel CB | GER | 3,001.23 | 21 | +8 |
| #14 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 2,957.25 | 13 | -1 |
| #15 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,845.38 | 14 | -1 |
| #16 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 2,831.43 | 16 | = |
| #17 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,831.09 | 17 | = |
| #18 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,827.95 | 15 | -3 |
| #19 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,806.96 | 18 | -1 |
| #20 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,805.46 | 19 | -1 |
| #21 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,780.90 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | Connor Drinan | USA | 2,773.80 | 23 | +1 |
| #23 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 2,766.91 | 24 | +1 |
| #24 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 2,762.67 | 26 | NEW |
| #25 | Tom Hall CB | UK | 2,750.91 | 47 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Javier Zapatero (ESP) -1; #33 Samuel Panzica (USA) -11
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Govert Metaal | NED | 219 | 156 | +63 |
| Ryan Leng CB | USA | 256 | 200 | +56 |
| Viliyan Petleshkov CB | BUL | 175 | 131 | +44 |
| Isaac Haxton | USA | 89 | 51 | +38 |
| Michael Hahn | USA | 227 | 195 | +32 |
| Matthew Wakeman | USA | 247 | 215 | +32 |
| Javier Zarco | ESP | 263 | 235 | +28 |
| Tobias Peters CB | NED | 148 | 122 | +26 |
| Uri Reichenstein CB | ISR | 242 | 216 | +26 |
| Tom Hall CB | UK | 47 | 25 | +22 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Seth Davies | USA | 172 | 277 | -105 |
| Garrett Greer | USA | 127 | 194 | -67 |
| Marvin Rettenmaier | GER | 143 | 205 | -62 |
| Ian O’Hara | USA | 224 | 275 | -51 |
| Paul Balzano | USA | 180 | 222 | -42 |
| Sam Soverel | USA | 79 | 113 | -34 |
| Bryan Piccioli | USA | 176 | 208 | -32 |
| Mukul Pahuja | USA | 220 | 248 | -28 |
| Timothy Reilly | USA | 222 | 249 | -27 |
| Stefan Jedlicka | AUT | 196 | 221 | -25 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION |
| #301 | Adam Owen | UK |
| #302 | Joey Weissman | USA |
| #303 | Andrey Pateychuk | RUS |
| #304 | David Laka | ESP |
| #305 | Andrew Kelsall CB | USA |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Michael Watson | CAN | 272 | Adam Owen | UK | 301 | |
| Jia Liu 300 | USA | 285 | Joey Weissman | USA | 302 | |
| Jesse Cohen | USA | 294 | David Rheem | USA | 320 | |
| Reginald Roberts | USA | 295 | Giuseppe Pantaleo | GER | 322 |
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 | 3,023.28 | = |
| #5 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 2,928.47 | = |
| #6 | Dejuante Alexander | USA | 2,919.11 | = |
| #7 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 2,849.49 | NEW |
| #8 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,838.39 | +7 |
| #9 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,830.89 | -2 |
| #10 | Anthony Spinella | USA | 2,795.90 | -2 |
| #11 | Ari Engel | CAN | 2,788.84 | -2 |
| #12 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 2,783.99 | -2 |
| #13 | Pete Chen | TAI | 2,781.40 | -2 |
| #14 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 2,778.51 | -2 |
| #15 | David Peters | USA | 2,767.73 | -2 |
Full October 18, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-10-18/300/
Photo: 888Live/PokerNews
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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.
