April 11 2018, by Eric Danis
April 11, 2018 World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTEBOOK
›› Former World #1 David Peters (World #3) moves up a spot in the standings. Peters, who held the #1 rank for seven totals weeks at the start of 2017, has already collected a pair of victories in 2018
›› Belgian superstar Davidi Kitai (World #56) earns his best ranking of 2018 following a 25K High Roller event victory at partypoker MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona. Kitbul is a former #2 ranked player in the World
›› Congratulations go out to Matthew Yorra (World #281) and Matthew Moss (World #295), who each make their GPI300 debuts this week
›› On the flip side, WPT Champions Club member Aaron Mermelstein (World #351) drops out of the GPI300 for the first time since September of 2015 – a remarkable run!
›› 2018 GPI PoY: Rainer Kempe takes over top spot in the PoY race following a second place finish in a 25K High Roller at partypoker MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona. Ari Engel, who remains second in the race, added points again this week
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Adrian Mateos (20 weeks) | ESP | 3,752.03 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,491.40 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,375.24 | 4 | +1 |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,360.62 | 3 | -1 |
| #5 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,329.63 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Joseph McKeehen CB | USA | 3,257.60 | 7 | +1 |
| #7 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,213.04 | 10 | +3 |
| #8 | Ari Engel | CAN | 3,201.61 | 6 | -2 |
| #9 | Koray Aldemir | GER | 3,176.79 | 8 | -1 |
| #10 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 3,153.14 | 9 | -1 |
| #11 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,104.40 | 11 | = |
| #12 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,039.18 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Dan Smith #1 | USA | 3,009.22 | 13 | = |
| #14 | Jack Salter | UK | 2,984.38 | 15 | +1 |
| #15 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,979.53 | 16 | +1 |
| #16 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,964.93 | 17 | +1 |
| #17 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 2,948.02 | 18 | +1 |
| #18 | Niall Farrell | UK | 2,941.76 | 19 | +1 |
| #19 | Sergio Aido | ESP | 2,929.80 | 23 | +4 |
| #20 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 2,914.79 | 14 | -6 |
| #21 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,876.40 | 20 | -1 |
| #22 | Darren Elias | USA | 2,853.88 | 21 | -1 |
| #23 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,823.44 | 25 | +2 |
| #24 | Jan Schwippert | GER | 2,812.41 | 24 | = |
| #25 | Benjamin Zamani | USA | 2,782.86 | 22 | -3 |
Out of the Top 25: None
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Byron Kaverman #1 | USA | 268 | 158 | +110 |
| Philipp Gruissem | GER | 251 | 177 | +74 |
| Jake Schwartz | USA | 281 | 231 | +50 |
| Oliver Weis | GER | 238 | 195 | +43 |
| Davidi Kitai | BEL | 88 | 56 | +32 |
| Yan Tsang CB | HKG | 143 | 112 | +31 |
| Erik Seidel #1 | USA | 122 | 92 | +30 |
| Schuyler Thornton CB | USA | 217 | 187 | +30 |
| Aaron Johnson CB | USA | 257 | 227 | +30 |
| Peter Eichhardt CB | SWE | 208 | 184 | +24 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| David Eldridge | USA | 187 | 263 | -76 |
| Anthony Spinella | USA | 79 | 132 | -53 |
| Romain Lewis | FRA | 189 | 242 | -53 |
| Bobby Zhang | AUS | 232 | 278 | -46 |
| Matt Affleck | USA | 64 | 109 | -45 |
| Fedor Holz #1 | GER | 57 | 100 | -43 |
| Robert Hankins | USA | 192 | 234 | -42 |
| Paul Höfer | GER | 151 | 189 | -38 |
| Matthew Stout | USA | 253 | 287 | -34 |
| Christopher Frank | GER | 81 | 114 | -33 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Allen Kessler | USA | +4 |
| #302 | Ilkin Savalan Amirov | AZE | +9 |
| #303 | Jan Bendik | SLV | +5 |
| #304 | Anthony Ruberto | USA | +5 |
| #305 | Phillip Hui | USA | +52 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Jerry Wong | USA | 200 | Robert Schulz | GER | 308 | |
| Jeremy Joseph | USA | 250 | Jordan Cristos | USA | 309 | |
| Kevin Saul | USA | 257 | Tom Middleton | UK | 343 | |
| Josias Santos CB | BRA | 274 | Aaron Mermelstein | USA | 351 | |
| Matthew Yorra 300 | USA | 281 | Chen Lin | TAI | 361 | |
| Matthew Moss 300 | UK | 295 | Vladimir Shabalin | RUS | 373 | |
| Paul Michaelis | GER | 300 | Ryan Yu | CAN | 383 |
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 |
| #1 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,028.61 | +4 |
| #2 | Ari Engel | CAN | 1,834.60 | = |
| #3 | Nick Pupillo | USA | 1,824.63 | -2 |
| #4 | Georgios Zisimopoulos | GRE | 1,797.41 | -1 |
| #5 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 1,790.99 | +2 |
| #6 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 1,762.53 | -2 |
| #7 | Joao Simao | BRA | 1,639.27 | +3 |
| #8 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 1,632.12 | NEW |
| #9 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 1,601.68 | -3 |
| #10 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 1,590.86 | +1 |
| #11 | Timothy Miles | USA | 1,549.78 | -2 |
| #12 | Isaac Haxton | USA | 1,537.95 | -4 |
| #13 | Brian Altman | USA | 1,467.55 | NEW |
| #14 | Manig Loeser | GER | 1,424.90 | NEW |
| #15 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 1,406.75 | NEW |
Full April 11, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-04-11/300/
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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.
