September 14 2017, by Eric Danis

September 13, 2017 World Poker Rankings

THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK

›› Benjamin Pollak (World #10) is the first French player to be ranked in the Top 10 since over three years (ElkY – August 28, 2013)

›› A runner-up finish in the High Roller event at the World Cup of Cards in Montreal sees Aussie star Jonathan Karamalikis  move up over 80 spots in the rankings to a yearly high at #171

›› Coming off a win in the kickoff event at the Borgata Poker Open in Atlantic City – the biggest of his career – American Marshall White (World #238) returns to the GPI300 for the first time since June

›› Congratulations go out to Brett Apter (World #293), who makes his debut inside the GPI300 this week

GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25

RANK PLAYER NATION GPI SCORE LAST CHANGE
#1 Bryn Kenney (4 wks) USA 3,385.08 1 =
#2 Nick Petrangelo #1 USA 3,307.33 2 =
#3 David Peters #1 USA 3,262.53 3 =
#4 Justin Bonomo USA 3,254.93 4 =
#5 Stephen Chidwick UK 3,219.23 5 =
#6 Adrian Mateos ESP 3,205.37 6 =
#7 Ari Engel CAN 3,128.20 7 =
#8 Dan Smith #1 USA 3,085.40 8 =
#9 Koray Aldemir CB GER 3,029.66 10 +1
#10 Benjamin Pollak CB FRA 2,975.08 12 +2
#11 Benjamin Zamani USA 2,973.16 11 =
#12 Jason Koon USA 2,956.18 13 +1
#13 Joseph McKeehen USA 2,903.73 14 +1
#14 Ankush Mandavia USA 2,901.95 9 -5
#15 Paul Volpe USA 2,860.40 20 +5
#16 Samuel Panzica USA 2,852.72 15 -1
#17 Javier Zapatero ESP 2,850.00 17 =
#18 Jack Salter UK 2,846.84 16 -2
#19 Sergio Aido ESP 2,838.93 18 -1
#20 Steve O’Dwyer #1 USA 2,835.25 28 NEW
#21 Rainer Kempe GER 2,806.96 21 =
#22 Connor Drinan USA 2,769.20 26 NEW
#23 Brian Altman USA 2,758.55 23 =
#24 Dario Sammartino ITA 2,756.23 22 -2
#25 Charlie Carrel UK 2,747.12 24 -1

Out of the Top 25: #26 Stefan Schillhabel (GER) -7; #28 Niall Farrell (UK) -3

SWIMMING UPSTREAM

PLAYER NATION LAST THIS CHANGE
Chris Hunichen USA 236 142 +94
Jonathan Karamalikis AUS 254 171 +83
Diego Zeiter SUI 207 133 +74
Oliver Weis CB GER 181 123 +58
Matthew Wakeman CB AUS 268 210 +58
Joe Elpayaa USA 275 228 +47
Martin Jacobson SWE 242 200 +42
Martin Finger GER 121 81 +40
Kenny Hallaert BEL 199 161 +38
Mukul Pahuja USA 237 207 +30

DOWN THE LADDER

PLAYER NATION LAST THIS CHANGE
James Chen TAI 137 220 -83
Michael Del Vecchio USA 216 283 -67
Sorel Mizzi CAN 203 267 -64
Rajaee Wazwaz USA 180 243 -63
Eric Baldwin USA 161 205 -44
Richard Dubini ARG 156 197 -41
Jeremy Meacham USA 209 248 -39
Jesse Sylvia USA 233 272 -39
Dylan Wilkerson USA 145 173 -28
Aleksandr Gofman RUS 269 296 -27

ON THE BUBBLE

RANK PLAYER NATION
#301 Christoph Vogelsang GER
#302 Patrick Mahoney USA
#303 Joshua Reichard CB USA
#304 Linh Tran VIE
#305 Michael Aron USA

WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?

GPI300: IN ››› NATION GPI# ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT NATION GPI#
Scott Davies USA 214 Christoph Vogelsang GER 301
Marshall White USA 238 Patrick Mahoney USA 302
Martin Kabrhel CZE 255 Linh Tran VIE 304
Stoyan Obreshkov BUL 268 Michael Aron USA 305
Massoud Eskandari IRI 292 Matt Salsberg CAN 307
Brett Apter 300 USA 293 Kevin Eyster USA 326

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 3,284.93 =
#2 Koray Aldemir GER 3,149.15 =
#3 Nick Petrangelo USA 3,058.14 =
#4 Dario Sammartino ITA 2,928.47 =
#5 Dan Smith USA 2,841.98 =
#6 Sergio Aido ESP 2,809.01 =
#7 Pete Chen TAI 2,781.40 =
#8 Stephen Chidwick UK 2,778.51 =
#9 Anthony Spinella USA 2,769.89 =
#10 Dejuante Alexander USA 2,769.61 =
#11 Ari Engel CAN 2,769.06 =
#12 David Peters USA 2,745.14 =
#13 Adrian Mateos ESP 2,705.65 =
#14 Manig Loeser GER 2,667.58 =
#15 Javier Zapatero ESP 2,641.92 =

 

Full September 13, 2017 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2017-09-13/300/

 

 

 

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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.