May 03 2019, by Eric Danis
May 1, 2019 GPI Global Poker Rankings Update
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› Rainer Kempe (GPI #2) returns to the #2 spot on the Global Poker Rankings – he was last ranked 2nd earlier this year, in February
›› WSOP bracelet winner Julien Martini (GPI# 77) is the biggest mover inside the GPI300 this week moving up to a career-best #77
›› Congratulations go out to Kazuhiko Yotsushika (GPI# 232) and Hakim Zoufri (GPI #268), who make their GPI300 debuts this week
›› 2019 GPI PoY Race: Sean Winter regains the top spot in the GPI PoY race after sitting in second for the past two weeks
GPI GLOBAL POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
#1 | William Alex Foxen (30 weeks) | USA | 3,910.47 | 1 | = |
#2 | Rainer Kempe CB | GER | 3,496.19 | 4 | +2 |
#3 | Stephen Chidwick #1 | UK | 3,491.28 | 3 | = |
#4 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,464.15 | 2 | -2 |
#5 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,387.09 | 7 | +2 |
#6 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,367.97 | 6 | = |
#7 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,343.37 | 5 | -2 |
#8 | Christopher Michael Soyza | MAS | 3,297.32 | 8 | = |
#9 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,279.33 | 9 | = |
#10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,250.84 | 10 | = |
#11 | Bart Lybaert CB | BEL | 3,117.13 | 17 | +6 |
#12 | Michael Addamo CB | AUS | 3,101.57 | 22 | +10 |
#13 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,068.75 | 14 | +1 |
#14 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,064.22 | 15 | +1 |
#15 | Ryan Riess | USA | 3,032.78 | 11 | -4 |
#16 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,032.46 | 16 | = |
#17 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 3,016.74 | 13 | -4 |
#18 | Manig Loeser | GER | 3,011.45 | 18 | = |
#19 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 3,005.10 | 20 | +1 |
#20 | Dylan Linde CB | USA | 2,998.00 | 21 | +1 |
#21 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 2,957.02 | 19 | -2 |
#22 | Nick Pupillo CB | USA | 2,953.96 | 26 | NEW |
#23 | Almedin Imsirovic | BIH | 2,931.69 | 28 | NEW |
#24 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,924.10 | 23 | -1 |
#25 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,922.35 | 29 | NEW |
Out of the Top 25: #28 Nikita Bodyakovskiy (BLR) -16 // #30 Joseph Cheong (USA) -5 // #47 Sam Greenwood (CAN) -23
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
#77 | Julien Martini CB | FRA | 181 | +104 |
#95 | Sylvain Loosli | FRA | 172 | +77 |
#241 | Bas de Laat CB | NED | 299 | +58 |
#251 | Omar Lakhdari | ALG | 295 | +44 |
#70 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 108 | +38 |
#101 | David Rheem | USA | 132 | +31 |
#83 | James Romero CB | USA | 113 | +30 |
#74 | Matthias Eibinger CB | AUT | 101 | +27 |
#65 | Seth Davies | USA | 88 | +23 |
#131 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | UKR | 153 | +22 |
DOWN THE LADDER
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
#259 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | RUS | 80 | -179 |
#221 | Seng Yee Leow | MAS | 141 | -80 |
#255 | Darryll Fish | USA | 175 | -80 |
#186 | Michael Sklenička | CZE | 120 | -66 |
#113 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 53 | -60 |
#266 | Tommy Nguyen | CAN | 208 | -58 |
#150 | Taylor Black | USA | 97 | -53 |
#249 | Daniel Dvoress | CAN | 197 | -52 |
#247 | Daniel Wang | AUS | 198 | -49 |
#138 | Steffen Sontheimer | GER | 91 | -47 |
ON THE BUBBLE
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
#301 | Yan Tsang | HKG | +88 |
#302 | Ismael Bojang | BEL | -17 |
#303 | Iori Yogo | JPN | +9 |
#304 | Joni Jouhkimainen | FIN | +23 |
#305 | Georges Hanna CB | LIB | +82 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
Kazuhiko Yotsushika 300 | JPN | 232 | Ismael Bojang | GER | 302 | |
Hakim Zoufri 300 | NED | 268 | Dario Sammartino | ITA | 306 | |
Brent Roberts | USA | 277 | Jasthi Kumar | USA | 313 | |
Nan Hong | CHN | 288 | Tom Hall | UK | 314 | |
Mihai Manole | ROU | 292 | Craig Mason | USA | 317 | |
Ryan Phan | USA | 293 | Steve Sung | USA | 321 | |
Danny Wong | USA | 294 | John Andress | USA | 322 | |
Scott Margereson | UK | 295 | Matthew Stout | USA | 323 | |
Evangelos Beichrakis | GRE | 296 | Yunsheng Sun | CHN | 326 | |
Scott Clements | USA | 297 | Randy Lew | USA | 343 | |
Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 298 | Joshua Kay | USA | 351 | |
Michael Marder | USA | 299 | Tomas Jozonis | LIT | 360 | |
Vlad Darie | ROU | 300 | Annand Ramdin | USA | 396 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut | #1: Former GPI World #1
2019 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE | CHANGE |
1st | Sean Winter | USA | 2,447.24 | +1 |
2nd | Brian Altman | USA | 2,218.96 | -1 |
3rd | Rainer Kempe | GER | 1,891.32 | = |
4th | James Romero | USA | 1,877.16 | NEW |
5th | Sonny Franco | FRA | 1,790.53 | NEW |
6th | Aaron Massey | USA | 1,772.45 | -2 |
7th | Bryn Kenney | USA | 1,767.30 | -2 |
8th | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,741.92 | NEW |
9th | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,737.08 | -3 |
10th | Ariel Celestino | BRA | 1,679.71 | -3 |
Full May 1, 2019 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2019-05-01/300/
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