September 30 2015, by Eric Danis
GPI300: Mercier’s streak stopped as Kaverman moves to #1
We have a new #1 atop the GPI World Poker Rankings …
VIEW FROM THE TOP
After sitting at #1 for 10 consecutive weeks, Jason Mercier (GPI#2, -1) is no longer #1 on the GPI World Poker Rankings as Byron Kaverman (GPI#1, +1) reaches the top for the very first time of his poker career.
Despite not having scored points since earning a trio of results last month at the EPT Barcelona Festival, Kaverman was able to add over 200 points this week, on the strength of his consistent play over the past few years. Kaverman’s lead is a very small one at the moment.
One week after dropping from the Top 10 for the first time in 2015, Bryn Kenney (GPI#10, +1) is right back in this week, replacing former World #2 Davidi Kitai (GPI#19, -9) at #10.
A pair of former top-ranked pros drop out of the GPI300 this week as Fabrice Soulier (GPI#304), who was ranked #4 in the very first edition of the GPI World Poker Rankings back in 2011, and former World #2 Philipp Gruissem are out this week. Gruissem is ranked outside the Top 300 for the first time of his career.
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
#1 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 4,257.36 | 2 | +1 |
#2 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,200.41 | 1 | -1 |
#3 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 4,006.18 | 3 | = |
#4 | Scott Seiver | USA | 3,920.19 | 4 | = |
#5 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,749.82 | 7 | +2 |
#6 | Nicholas Petrangelo | USA | 3,710.07 | 5 | -1 |
#7 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,699.56 | 6 | -1 |
#8 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,620.49 | 8 | = |
#9 | Martin Finger | GER | 3,607.46 | 9 | = |
#10 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,590.78 | 11 | NEW |
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
Mario Lopez | ARG | 1,950.52 | 286 | 192 | +94 |
Scott Baumstein | USA | 1,969.71 | 238 | 189 | +49 |
Richard Kirsch | USA | 1,810.73 | 297 | 250 | +47 |
Brian Green | USA | 2,123.49 | 190 | 145 | +45 |
Darren Elias | USA | 2,730.94 | 98 | 61 | +37 |
Maurice Hawkins | USA | 2,380.93 | 146 | 109 | +37 |
Bobby Oboodi | USA | 1,798.40 | 290 | 253 | +37 |
Timur Margolin | ISR | 1,908.70 | 251 | 217 | +34 |
Aditya Prasetyo | USA | 1,942.94 | 225 | 195 | +30 |
Yury Gulyy | RUS | 1,895.42 | 249 | 222 | +27 |
DOWN THE LADDER
PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 1,796.54 | 191 | 255 | -64 |
Frederik Jensen | DEN | 1,972.99 | 125 | 187 | -62 |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur | CAN | 1,759.71 | 237 | 276 | -39 |
Jussi Nevanlinna | FIN | 1,711.37 | 262 | 297 | -35 |
Anthony Gregg | USA | 1,875.00 | 197 | 231 | -34 |
Paul Tedeschi | FRA | 1,973.70 | 154 | 186 | -32 |
Anatoly Filatov | RUS | 1,708.58 | 267 | 299 | -32 |
Guiuliano Bendinelli | ITA | 1,918.54 | 178 | 209 | -31 |
Ludovic Geilich | UK | 2,012.03 | 145 | 175 | -30 |
Simeon Naydenov | BLR | 1,933.47 | 171 | 201 | -30 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
Andjelko Andrejevic | USA | 153 | Jens Lakemeier | GER | 301 | |
James Gilbert | USA | 191 | Aku Joentausta | FIN | 302 | |
Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 245 | Fabrice Soulier | FRA | 304 | |
Ben Heath | UK | 249 | Senh Man Ung | UK | 306 | |
Gregory Merson | USA | 251 | Jorryt van Hoof | NED | 307 | |
David Paredes | USA | 260 | Asher Conniff | USA | 308 | |
Oscar Alache Orrego | CHI | 266 | Ryan Fee | USA | 311 | |
Jean Gaspard | USA | 271 | Benjamin Spindler | GER | 326 | |
David Stefanski | USA | 280 | Vitaly Lunkin | RUS | 330 | |
Vinny Pahuja | USA | 294 | Philipp Gruissem | GER | 346 | |
Steve Karp | USA | 300 | Maxin Panyak | RUS | 365 |
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