August 16 2018, by Eric Danis
August 15, 2018 GPI World Poker Rankings
THIS WEEK’S NOTES
›› A High Roller victory at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open sees Alex Foxen (World #3) move up two spots with his eyes firmly set on GPI World #1
›› Another Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open winner, Jake Schindler (World #6), also moves up the ranks, moving up to a career-best #6
›› A tip of the cap to Benjamin Yu (World #23) who enters the GPI World Top 25 for the very first time of his career
›› Russian star Anatoly Filatov (World #52) earns his best ranking in over three years following his victory in the partypoker MILLIONS Russia Main Event in Sochi
›› 2018 GPI PoY: While moving up in the GPI World Rankings, Schindler was also busy adding over 270 points to his PoY totals, inching closer to Chidwick and Bonomo, who remain 1 and 2 in the PoY race
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Stephen Chidwick (18 weeks) | UK | 3,860.84 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,666.36 | 2 | = |
| #3 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 3,589.40 | 5 | +2 |
| #4 | Adrian Mateos #1 | ESP | 3,552.71 | 3 | -1 |
| #5 | David Peters #1 | USA | 3,507.68 | 4 | -1 |
| #6 | Jake Schindler CB | USA | 3,461.30 | 11 | +5 |
| #7 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,353.92 | 6 | -1 |
| #8 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 3,307.14 | 8 | = |
| #9 | Nick Petrangelo #1 | USA | 3,292.86 | 9 | = |
| #10 | Jason Koon | USA | 3,286.21 | 7 | -3 |
| #11 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,253.99 | 10 | -1 |
| #12 | Bryn Kenney #1 | USA | 3,149.07 | 12 | = |
| #13 | Dominik Nitsche | GER | 3,134.05 | 19 | +6 |
| #14 | Steve O’Dwyer #1 | USA | 3,097.25 | 16 | +2 |
| #15 | Darren Elias | USA | 3,089.38 | 15 | = |
| #16 | Nikita Bodyakovskiy | BLR | 3,077.53 | 13 | -3 |
| #17 | Bart Lybaert | BEL | 3,065.02 | 17 | = |
| #18 | Anthony Zinno #1 | USA | 3,051.49 | 18 | = |
| #19 | Pavel Plesuv | MDA | 3,020.99 | 20 | +1 |
| #20 | Jan Scwhippert | GER | 3,010.24 | 21 | +1 |
| #21 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 2,991.08 | 23 | +2 |
| #22 | Kristen Bicknell | CAN | 2,943.05 | 24 | +2 |
| #23 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,924.23 | 26 | NEW |
| #24 | Brian Altman | USA | 2,908.21 | 25 | +1 |
| #25 | Benjamin Pollak | FRA | 2,899.13 | 14 | -11 |
Out of the Top 25: #26 Mike Leah (CAN) -4
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #109 | Stoyan Obreshkov CB | BUL | 228 | +119 |
| #118 | Jeremy Ausmus | USA | 229 | +111 |
| #65 | Joao Simao CB | BRA | 169 | +104 |
| #189 | Aymon Hata CB | GER | 290 | +101 |
| #186 | James Calderaro | USA | 186 | +93 |
| #52 | Anatoly Filatov | RUS | 139 | +87 |
| #125 | Jared Griener CB | USA | 200 | +75 |
| #141 | Michael Dentale | USA | 215 | +74 |
| #144 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | POL | 205 | +61 |
| #74 | Jacob Bazeley | USA | 127 | +53 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | LAST | CHANGE |
| #185 | Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 57 | -128 |
| #202 | Gerald Karlic | AUT | 81 | -121 |
| #213 | Joe Kuether | USA | 108 | -105 |
| #285 | Robert Heidorn | GER | 211 | -74 |
| #250 | Arsenii Karmatckii | RUS | 182 | -68 |
| #290 | Ryan Yu | CAN | 222 | -68 |
| #289 | Taylor Paur | USA | 235 | -54 |
| #129 | Faraz Jaka | USA | 76 | -53 |
| #249 | Matas Cimbolas | LIT | 196 | -53 |
| #130 | Marvin Rettenmaier | GER | 85 | -45 |
ON THE BUBBLE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | +/- |
| #301 | Jeffrey Hakim | USA | +4 |
| #302 | Olivier Busquet | USA | +80 |
| #303 | Felix Bleiker | SUI | +5 |
| #304 | Michael Gagliano | USA | +7 |
| #305 | Jean Gaspard | USA | -33 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT | NATION | GPI# | |
| Hon Cheong Lee CB | HKG | 219 | Jean Gaspard | USA | 305 | |
| Andrey Pateychuk | RUS | 261 | Marshall White | USA | 312 | |
| Vadzim Lipauka CB | BLR | 267 | Pfizer Jordan | USA | 315 | |
| Maxwell Young | USA | 269 | Joseph Serock | USA | 327 | |
| Jake Schwartz | USA | 288 | Shannon Shorr | USA | 329 | |
| Alexander Denisov | RUS | 292 | Francois Billard | CAN | 336 | |
| Spencer Champlin | USA | 294 | John Andress | USA | 344 | |
| Oliver Weis | GER | 299 | Alexandru Papazian | ROU | 361 |
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 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,691.67 | = |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,660.28 | = |
| #3 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,569.71 | = |
| #4 | David Peters | USA | 3,144.12 | +4 |
| #5 | Shaun Deeb | USA | 3,122.50 | +7 |
| #6 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,116.13 | -2 |
| #7 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,096.99 | -2 |
| #8 | Joseph McKeehen | USA | 3,086.82 | -2 |
| #9 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,948.00 | -2 |
| #10 | Benjamin Yu | USA | 2,934.50 | -1 |
| #11 | Sam Greenwood | CAN | 2,925.92 | -1 |
| #12 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 2,923.53 | -1 |
| #13 | Joseph Cheong | USA | 2,902.54 | NEW |
| #14 | William Alex Foxen | USA | 2,894.11 | NEW |
| #15 | Manig Loeser | GER | 2,753.48 | -2 |
Full August 15, 2018 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/2018-08-15/300/
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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.
