September 12 2018, by Eric Danis
September 12, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› A pretty quiet week in rankings movement sees Poker Masters Short Deck event winner Isaac Haxton (World #24) make his return to the Top 25
›› Once a power on the live poker charts, the Dutch are making a comeback! First Joris Ruys (World #60) rocketed up the ranks, now Tobias Peters (World #70) joins him in the Top 100
›› A 3rd place finish in the event Haxton won helped Ryan Tosoc (World #228) make his return to the GPI300 for the first time since January 2017
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Jason Koon picked up some points this week, moving up four spots to 9th in the PoY race
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (22 weeks) | UK | 3,844.56 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,663.67 | 2 | = |
| #3 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,661.04 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,630.88 | 4 | = |
| #5 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,610.91 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,411.55 | 6 | = |
| #7 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,342.06 | 7 | = |
| #8 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,326.64 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,293.35 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,281.90 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,218.72 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,182.65 | 13 | +1 |
| #13 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,158.05 | 12 | -1 |
| #14 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MSA | 3,073.19 | 14 | = |
| #15 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,058.80 | 15 | = |
| #16 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,041.42 | 18 | +2 |
| #17 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,033.83 | 19 | +2 |
| #18 | Anthony Zinno #1 | USA | 3,029.59 | 17 | -1 |
| #19 | Darren Elias | USA | 3,025.98 | 16 | -3 |
| #20 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,989.57 | 20 | = |
| #21 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 2,968.46 | 21 | = |
| #22 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,957.38 | 22 | = |
| #23 | Ryan Riess | USA | 2,914.82 | 24 | +1 |
| #24 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 2,911.69 | 33 | NEW |
| #25 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 2,903.67 | 25 | = |
Out of the Top 25: #29 Mike Leah (CAN) -6
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #111 | Jonathan Abdellatif | BEL | 170 | +59 |
| #244 | Ralph Massey CB | USA | 300 | +56 |
| #70 | Tobias Peters CB | NED | 121 | +51 |
| #86 | Jared Jaffee | USA | 131 | +45 |
| #99 | David Eldridge | USA | 142 | +43 |
| #214 | Martin Kabrhel | CZE | 248 | +34 |
| #211 | Hon Cheong Lee | HKG | 239 | +28 |
| #185 | Joe Elpayaa | USA | 210 | +25 |
| #259 | Jordan Cristos | USA | 283 | +24 |
| #138 | Alexander Lynskey | AUS | 161 | +23 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #194 | David Laka Calzada | ESP | 75 | -119 |
| #163 | Aleksandr Gofman | RUS | 86 | -77 |
| #290 | Samuel Phillips | USA | 214 | -76 |
| #173 | James Chen | TAI | 102 | -71 |
| #282 | Nikolay Fal | RUS | 218 | -64 |
| #279 | Pierre Neuville | BEL | 236 | -43 |
| #285 | Vadzim Lipauka | BLR | 242 | -43 |
| #146 | Kalidou Sow | FRA | 112 | -34 |
| #296 | Ravi Raghavan | USA | 262 | -34 |
| #277 | Omar Lakhdari | TUR | 249 | -28 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Jesse Yaginuma | USA | +1 |
| #302 | Anna Antimony | USA | -1 |
| #303 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | -7 |
| #304 | Michael Zhang | UK | +2 |
| #305 | Shankar Pillai | USA | +2 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Lance ‘Cord’ Garcia | USA | 218 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 303 | |
| Ryan Tosoc CB | USA | 228 | Ioannis Angelou-Konstas | GRE | 306 | |
| Brian Green | USA | 251 | Christopher Conrad | USA | 312 | |
| Ryan Van Sanford | USA | 260 | Konstantin Puchkov | RUS | 371 | |
| Brett Apter | USA | 293 |
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 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,691.67 | = |
| 2nd | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,660.28 | = |
| 3rd | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,589.33 | = |
| 4th | David Peters | USA | 3,561.52 | = |
| 5th | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,364.20 | = |
| 6th | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,263.60 | = |
| 7th | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,230.72 | = |
| 8th | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,147.81 | = |
| 9th | Jason Koon | USA | 3,137.05 | +4 |
| 10th | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,116.13 | -1 |
| 11th | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,086.82 | -1 |
| 12th | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,077.21 | -1 |
| 13th | Benjamin Yu | USA | 3,056.84 | -1 |
| 14th | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,974.97 | +1 |
| 15th | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,925.92 | -1 |
Full September 12, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-09-12/300/
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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.
