December 14 2016, by Eric Danis
December 14, 2016 World Poker Rankings Update
Justin Bonomo (World #4) and Ankush Mandavia (World #13) both improve on their career-best rankings this week:
GPI WORLD POKER RANKINGS TOP 25
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | GPI SCORE | LAST | CHANGE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 4,855.94 | 1 | = |
| #2 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 4,305.38 | 2 | = |
| #3 | David Peters | USA | 4,279.96 | 3 | = |
| #4 | Justin Bonomo CB | USA | 4,232.44 | 9 | +5 |
| #5 | Dan Smith | USA | 4,209.89 | 5 | = |
| #6 | Jason Mercier | USA | 4,164.94 | 4 | -2 |
| #7 | Thomas Marchese | USA | 4,079.30 | 8 | +1 |
| #8 | Jake Schindler | USA | 3,957.12 | 20 | +12 |
| #9 | Erik Seidel | USA | 3,953.34 | 6 | -3 |
| #10 | Connor Drinan | USA | 3,929.16 | 10 | = |
| #11 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,920.25 | 7 | -4 |
| #12 | Anthony Zinno | USA | 3,908.91 | 13 | +1 |
| #13 | Ankush Mandavia CB | USA | 3,818.64 | 25 | +12 |
| #14 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,814.42 | 15 | +1 |
| #15 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,798.05 | 12 | -3 |
| #16 | Steve O’Dwyer | USA | 3,774.64 | 11 | -5 |
| #17 | Sean Winter | USA | 3,761.02 | 14 | -3 |
| #18 | Davidi Kitai | BEL | 3,678.90 | 16 | -2 |
| #19 | Jack Salter | UK | 3,650.17 | 23 | +4 |
| #20 | Cary Katz CB | USA | 3,673.74 | 21 | +1 |
| #21 | Stephen Chidwick | UK | 3,625.76 | 17 | -4 |
| #22 | Igor Kurganov | RUS | 3,619.02 | 27 | NEW |
| #23 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 3,617.70 | 19 | -4 |
| #24 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,583.25 | 22 | -2 |
| #25 | Rainer Kempe | GER | 3,550.61 | 18 | -7 |
Out of Top 25: #34 Joseph McKeehen (-10)
SWIMMING UPSTREAM
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Chris Klodinick | USA | 198 | 95 | +103 |
| Shaun Deeb | USA | 247 | 159 | +88 |
| Darren Rabinowitz | USA | 244 | 172 | +72 |
| Alex Keating | USA | 252 | 183 | +69 |
| Michael Gathy | BEL | 258 | 190 | +68 |
| David ‘Doc’ Sands | USA | 167 | 99 | +68 |
| Christopher Frank | GER | 243 | 186 | +57 |
| Christoph Vogelsang | GER | 156 | 100 | +56 |
| Stefan Schillhabel | GER | 126 | 70 | +56 |
| Tom Middleton | UK | 269 | 216 | +53 |
DOWN THE LADDER
| PLAYER | NATION | LAST | THIS | CHANGE |
| Gavin O’Rourke | IRL | 192 | 293 | -101 |
| Marc MacDonnell | IRL | 169 | 251 | -82 |
| Natasha Mercier | LIB | 189 | 270 | -81 |
| Jeremy Ausmus | USA | 158 | 222 | -64 |
| Julian Stuer | GER | 170 | 232 | -62 |
| Ralph Porter | USA | 208 | 267 | -59 |
| Goran Mandic | CRO | 197 | 254 | -57 |
| Govert Metaal | NED | 159 | 209 | -50 |
| Samuel Stein | USA | 148 | 198 | -50 |
| David Levi | USA | 248 | 292 | -44 |
WHO’S IN? / WHO’S OUT?
| ››› GPI300: IN ››› | NATION | GPI# | ‹‹‹ GPI300: OUT ‹‹‹ | NATION | GPI# | |
| Corey Hochman | USA | 176 | Alex Difelice | CAN | 302 | |
| Sergi Reixach CB | ESP | 212 | Daniel Colman | USA | 303 | |
| Eric Wasserson CB | USA | 224 | Michael Laake | AUT | 305 | |
| Jeffrey Chang 300 | USA | 248 | Jesse Yaginuma | USA | 306 | |
| Andrey Shatilov | RUS | 261 | Andy Frankenberger | USA | 308 | |
| Matt Waxman | USA | 262 | Anthony Ruberto | USA | 309 | |
| Shannon Shorr | USA | 264 | Rumen Nanev | BUL | 312 | |
| Jean-Pascal Savard | CAN | 268 | Josip Simunic | AUT | 317 | |
| Jesse Sylvia | USA | 271 | Alexandru Papazian | ROU | 320 | |
| David ‘Chino’ Rheem | USA | 272 | Piotr Franczak | POL | 323 | |
| Gerald Karlic | AUT | 286 | Joseph Couden | USA | 325 | |
| Rajaee Wazwaz | USA | 289 | Daniel Weinman | USA | 335 | |
| Anton Wigg | SWE | 295 | Derek Wolters | USA | 340 | |
| Jyri Merivirta | FIN | 298 | Iaron Lightbourne | UK | 351 | |
| David Diaz | USA | 299 | Louis Salter | UK | 401 |
CB: Career-best GPI ranking | 300: Making GPI300 debut
2016 GPI PLAYER OF THE YEAR RACE
| RANK | PLAYER | NATION | PoY SCORE |
| #1 | Fedor Holz | GER | 3,644.80 |
| #2 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 3,442.75 |
| #3 | David Peters | USA | 3,366.10 |
| #4 | Chance Kornuth | USA | 3,336.54 |
| #5 | Alan ‘Ari’ Engel | CAN | 3,255.23 |
| #6 | Paul Volpe | USA | 3,192.88 |
| #7 | Adrian Mateos | ESP | 3,186.35 |
| #8 | Samuel Panzica | USA | 3,114.66 |
| #9 | Ankush Mandavia | USA | 3,012.91 |
| #10 | Charlie Carrel | UK | 3,012.19 |
| #11 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 3,008.21 |
| #12 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 3,002.78 |
| #13 | Ivan Luca | ARG | 2,992.47 |
| #14 | Jason Mercier | USA | 2,983.71 |
| #15 | Jason Koon | USA | 2,927.38 |
Full December 14, 2016 rankings:
http://www.globalpokerindex.com/rankings/300/2016-12-14/
*Cover photo courtesy of World Poker Tour
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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.
